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 “Hassenfeld toying with success of Hasbro Inc.”
July 13, 1986. The Boca Raton News offers up an Associated Press article that’s sure…
Read William Gibson’s “Johnny Mnemonic” in Its Original Release
My first exposure to William Gibson’s Johnny Mnemonic short story was in the Burning Chrome*…
Rory’s Story Cubes and Batman
When I was in Europe earlier this year one of the things I grabbed at…
1983 Ad for Intellivision Dungeons & Dragons “Treasure of Tarmin” Video Game
The representative screen for the Mattel Treasure of Tarmin video game (Wikipedia page) may not…
M.A.S.K. Thunder Hawk and Gator with Megatron!
This February 25, 1986 newspaper ad shares both Hasbro’s Transformers Megatron and Kenner’s M.A.S.K. Thunder…
Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game
You cannot make up this sort of thing. Published way back in the early eighties,…
Quick Pics – Mega Mini Kits Batmobile
We all need more Batmobile toys, right? Well, in the interest of sharing another Batmobile…
1989 “Hardwired” Ad for the Cyberpunk Roleplaying Game
R. Talsorian’s Cyberpunk roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) continues to be the best cyberpunk-genre RPG ever…