1982 Montgomery Ward Atari Sale featuring E.T., Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and More!
This 1982 newspaper advertisement comes from before the crash of the Atari video game system,…
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Parker Brothers’ Mad Magazine Games
December 19, 1980. Monopoly and Boggle are classified as staples, evergreens, annual sellers that holiday…
1980 Mille Bornes Card Game Advertisement
I’ve mentioned the Mille Bornes* card game before (back in 2016), but that older post…
Battlestar Galactica Boardgame and Puzzles in 1980
This 1980 newspaper ad shows us how much Battlestar Galactica had lost at retail by…
“The Galaxy’s Greatest Card Game — Now at ToysRUs” in 1996
Decipher’s Star Wars CCG of the nineties (find at Amazon.com*) found an entirely new audience…
Battleship, Operation, and More Games in 1979
Back when this 1979 newspaper ad was new, many of the boardgames sold in stores…
Parker Brothers’ Nerfuls
The past keeps on giving! This 1986 newspaper ad for various Parker Brothers toys and…
1978 Merlin Advertisment
This newspaper ad comes from October 31, 1978, and features such toy greats as the…