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 1983 Star Wars Poster from Hi-C
This gorgeous Star Wars poster is from a 1983 Hi-C promotion and was located and…
G.I. Joe, Smurfs, and Masters of the Universe
December 15, 1982. Here’s an eighties Christmas offer for everyone! Hasbro’s G.I. Joe stands out…
Kenner Darth Vader TIE Fighter
Only $9.96 for the Darth Vader TIE Fighter in this 1980 newspaper advertisement, making this…
“Star Wars Spectacular” and Play Doh at K-Mart in 1982
My two published books of Star Wars newspaper advertisements — Action Figure Carrying Cases* and…
Mattel’s Krusher Growing Monster
December 13, 1980. I’m unfamiliar with some of the stranger, one-off toys of the seventies…
Darth Vader Carrying Case at K-Mart in 1980
December 9, 1980. I featured the Kenner Darth Vader carrying case fairly heavily in two…
Kenner’s “The Real West” Western Cafe Playset
If the playset shown on this page from the 1980 Kenner Toy Fair Catalog looks…
Radio Controlled R2-D2 in the 1980 Kenner Toy Fair Catalog
We’ve seen a number of different newspaper ads for the Kenner Radio Controlled R2-D2 toy…