Blonde Alan Alda Trauma I’m still going through photos from ZoloCon earlier this month, and I missed talking about a few items. I just remembered why I took so many photos of this at my friend Mark Huckabone’s booth. The Tri-Star M*A*S*H toyline came onto the scene when I was pretty into the GI […]
1983 Consumers Distributing Toy Catalogue As shown in our recent Toy-Ventures Video, the 1983 Consumer’s Distributing Toy Catalog is from an era where the Canadian retailer was truly one of the biggest retailers of toys in the country, not only through their stores but by creating “Toy City” which were superstores in major Canadian cities. […]
Toy-Ventures takes a look at this blast from the past, the 1983 Consumer’s Distributing Toy Catalogue.This iconic Canadian retailer had a most impressive selection of the hottest toys like GI Joe, Strawbery Shortcake and Star Wars. Check out @Retrontario for more on Consumer’s Distributing. #80stoys #toyventures #gijoe Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature […]
ShockTober: Horrible Rubber Masks Today’s ShockTober subject is this beautiful Hong Kong Trade ad from 1983 for the Mei Bong Latex Co. I’m positive the company didn’t want to suggest their product was Horrible but likely meant “Horrifying,” but well, here we are. I also need to track down that green Dracula mask, as it’s […]
In 1982, LJN toys beat out rival toymaker Mego for the rights to produce toys based on the popular TSR role-play game “Dungeons and Dragons” and a great underrated series of toys was born. The LJN D&D line was sort of a grown-up version of Masters of the Universe with its Elves, Wizards, and Orcs […]
This nice ad from Zayres (wish i had the whole flyer) is from Christmas 1983 and I’m guessing by that point, I had jumped off the wonderful train that was Star Wars. I still read the Marvel comic mind you but I honestly don’t recognize or remember that mini-rig or the plush Ewoks at all. […]
There are NINE PAGES of Annie merchandise in the 1983 Sears catalog. More than any of the other themes like Smurfs or Strawberry Shortcake and exactly nine pages more than “Wrath of Khan” which was more successful at the box office. Not being a young girl at the time (or any time for that matter) I […]
So instead of Leia, this ad features slave General Madine, the most boring Kenner figure ever IMO (and the last figure I ever purchased, talk about going out with a whimper.) Even Jabba seems to be yawning.
I wonder what Geoffrey’s sith lord name is? Darth Exclusive?
I love this neat British Ad for Palitoy UK, who were pretty confident they were going to sell football fields full of Star Wars toys (psssst they did). I’m especially smitten with these drawings of the figures which are there because the ad was placed so far in advance of the film.
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