1988: Games Workshop’s Dark Future
As awesome as Car Wars was back in the eighties it was no surprise when…
1988
“Celebrate a Decade of Star Wars” in 1988
From the November, 1988 issue of Dragon magazine comes this Star Wars advertisement reminding us…
“From the desk of Bazooka Joe”
The 2013 hardcover book, Bazooka Joe and His Gang*, is the best place to go…
“He’s Not Greedy, He’s Just Acting His Age”
” . . . the place children are most likely to see new SuperNaturals or…
Mars Attacks Fan Opens a Comic Book Store in the Eighties
Lodi, California’s Lodi News-Sentinel newspaper shares with us this January 11, 1988 story in which…
October, 1988 Buck Rogers Game Ad
Before TSR gave their Buck Rogers XXVc roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) a chance on the…
“Toy-Based Programming and Childrens Knowledge of Products”
If you thought that the research paper about Transformers that I shared earlier this week…
1988 Mattel and He-Man Telecommunications Ad
Now this is some strange timing for a Mattel ad featuring Masters of the Universe…