While the newspaper flyer has yet to be replaced in this digital age and I admit I still check the Christmas toys out, it’s just not as cool as when I was eight. That’s why I thought it would be fun to see the toys on sale at K Mart during this week thirty one […]
Here’s a close up at that funky Stretch Monster Art: Other Toy Flyers and Circulars from the 70s….
Children’s Palace is a well known Toy chain to anyone who grew up on the East Coast, these castle themed stores were eventually bought up by Child World in 1977 and ran until 1992 when they finally closed their doors, leaving many a 70s kid in mourning.This 1974 Toy circular shows a retailer in it’s […]
I really dig this UK ad for the highly underrated Matchbox Fighting Furies figures, mostly because it gives you a drool worthy shot of the display box. In the US, for some reason the spokesperson for this line was Mason Reese (no fooling, check it out here) Matchbox also released a killer playset for this […]
Another bit of vintage toy industry advertising. Growing up, Corgi Jrs were some of the coolest diecast around, not only because of their Superhero lines (I still have my Batmobile and Batcopter) but because they seemed to license almost every cool car from TV and movies including James Bond and Starsky and Hutch. Hopefully I’ll […]
Another vintage toy industry ad, this time for the Empire Toys Bat Cycle. Think it has enough bats on it? For more check out the 1979 Empire Toys Catalog.
I’m going to start bringing in some more vintage toy industry ads once again and what better way to start than this cool Star Trek poster set. I’m pretty sure I had one of these for Star Wars back in the day. Here is a close up of the art.
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