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 Spotted Online – Acid Rain Worker Pics
We keep seeing more and more releases for the Acid Rain action figure series (find…
“Would you rather see an ad about a new game . . . or a new computer . . . or a new movie?”
Here’s an oddity from Marvel in the eighties: a 1985 comic book ad asking readers…
“‘Rook’ Gets Decked Out for 80th Birthday”
I was reading The Game Makers* yesterday, and as this is my second time through…
Public Service Broadcasting’s “New Dimensions in Sound”
Earlier this year, after one of my trips for work, I was introduced to Public…
1986 Matchbox Robotech Ad
Issue 12 of Comico’s Robotech: The Macross Saga comic book from 1986 brings us this…
ToysRUs Plans Deeper Stock of Toys in Stores
If you’re a child of the seventies and eighties you probably remember the toy shelves…
“Plenty of toys, but not German ones” in 1917
I was reading through Dan Foley’s 1962 book, Toys Through the Ages*, last night when…
BB-8: Sketch to Screen Video
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens soon, and even before we’ve seen the film it…