Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984 
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco 
Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986! 
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984 
Androform Cheap Transforming Robot Toy Ad from 1985 “BattleTech puts you in the driver’s seat.”
As a kid in the late eighties, I played a hell of a lot of…
G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, and More in Comics Through Time
A search through Google’s book archives revealed Comics Through Time and these pages on the…
Ken Kelly’s Micronauts Paintings in Super7 Magazine
Available in PDF from the Super7 website, this issue of Super7 magazine is one you’ll…
Heavy Gear Animated Series Intro
Oh, how in the hell did I even forget that this existed? Inspired by the…
1978 Hot Wheels Newspaper Advertisement
As this 1978 newspaper ad demonstrates, Mattel has done an amazing job over the decades…
1986 CityTech Ad from Dragon Magazine
Fans of the classic BattleTech game (find at Amazon.com*) who were playing back in the…
Masters of the Universe Rebate Offer from 1985
So yesterday I speculated that the reason it’s so easy to find newspaper ads for…