“Ee-yuk! Garbage Pail Kids!”
The Garbage Pail Kids book* from 2012 is a great joy, but the entire book…
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Star Wars Renaissance in 1996
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (July 9, 1996) comes this article by Glenn Gaslin of the…
More Star Wars Die Cast Vehicles at Fred Meyer
Earlier this morning we looked at a December 23, 1979 newspaper ad for the Fred…
Die Cast Star Wars Vehicles from Kenner on Sale at Fred Meyer
This ad from the Eugene Register-Guard (December 23, 1979) taunts us all with the classic…
1978 Kiddie City Ad for Star Wars Action Figures
The June 11, 1978 Toledo Blade newspaper included this ad for Kenner’s Star Wars action…
Lakeland, Florida 1979 Newspaper Article on Mattel Recall
When I went searching for old newspaper articles about the Battlestar Galactica series and toys…
Battlestar Galactica-Related Suicide in 1979
After yesterday’s Battlestar Galactica post I went searching the newspaper archives trying to find news…
February, 1991 and the Toy Industry
February 11, 1991. Welcome to an Associated Press article that I uncovered in the Bangor,…