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 Rock Lords in the News!
Well, in 1986 Rock Lords were in the news in this article from the February…
Star Wars, Strawberry Shortcake, and More in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
November, 1983. What better time of year to dive into toytalk than the holidays, and…
“Toy-Based Programming and Childrens Knowledge of Products”
If you thought that the research paper about Transformers that I shared earlier this week…
“Children’s Shows Have Turned Into Commercials”
Okay, this feels a lot more what I expect to encounter when I seek information…
Mego Buck Rogers Action Figures and Vehicles Catalog Page in 1979
The second issue of the Heroes World catalog shares with us this full-page devoted to…
Spotted Online – Botch the Crab on Transformers and Gender
A few days ago I posted a 1986 paper about Transformers and gender. An academic…
1980 Coleco Catalog and the Star Trek Electronic Game
If you flip through the 1980 Coleco catalog (hosted at archive.org) then you’re going to…
So that’s where “we’ll be right back” comes from . . .
Any child of the eighties will instantly think of the bumpers, those short clips run…