Awesome Colors

Super Impulse World's Smallest Barbie, Ken and Dream House next to Transformers Missing Link Convoy

New to the Neighborhood

Best Bot

Activities, boardgames and VCR games in a vintage Sears Wish Book Catalog

Games 1987 SEARS

Vintage Thunder Punch He-Man Cardback with action figure cross sell

Masters of the Universe 1985

Mattel Spectra and Barbie Fashion Dolls in a vintage Sears Wish Book Catalog

Spectra 1987 Sears

Yes Serpentor was available in stores from 1986 through 1987 but many years after that as a mail away exclusive

Firehouse playset, Haunted Humans, Fright Features Ghostbusters, Roleplay Pack and Highway Haunter in a vintage Christmas Catalog

Kenner Real Ghostbusters
1988 JCPenney Catalog

Hasbro action figures including Serpentor with Air Chariot

GIJoe 1986

Rarities - 1986 Promotion Image (Pre-Production Figures) Forgotten G.I. Joe Figure profiles. Featuring G.I. Joe figures from around the world.

Today, we look at an early 1986 promotional catalog page that's chock full of pre-production figures: including one of the few looks at Mainframe's cancelled computer stand:

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#GIJoe

Soft toys of characters from Duck Tales, Sesame Street and Pee Wees Playhouse in a vintage JCPenney Catalog

1988 JCPenney Catalog

Playskool Plush Huey, Dewey and Louie in a vintage JCPenney Christmas Catalog

Duck Tales 1988 JCPenney

Got Spinster for my 11th birthday. Always liked the Target Masters

Wasn't released. Mattel had a prototype but couldn't get the action feature to work. The character showed up in some early comics in Europe before his role as leader was absorbed by Hydron

Multi-Language International packaging for the vintage New Adventures of He-Man toy line featuring a cross sell of Good and Evil characters aligned with He-Man and Skeletor

Masters vs Mutants
1989 Mattel He-Man Cardback

Tyco toy line in a vintage JCPenney Christmas Catalog

Dino Riders 1988 JCPenney

Vintage Kenner Superman Action Figure

Super Powers 1984

Superman action figures from Kenner and McFarlane Toys

Happy Superman Day

A black and white photo of Burnley drawing

Action Comics #108 (1947). On the cover, Superman gets between a container that is spilling liquid metal and the two workers who are standing underneath it. We can see the liquid hitting Superman’s back while he flies above the men.

Artist Jack Burnley. #SupermanDay

Vintage 1993 Hasbro Transformers Generation 2 Megatron in robot mode

Rumors of a new G2 Megatron next year

Plush toys and Play Doh in a vintage JCPenney Catalog Toys Brochure

Fluppy Dogs 1986 JCPenney

Plush dog puppets in a JCPenney Catalog Toys Brochure for Spring & Summer 1986

Wrinkles 1986 JCPenney

Cabbage Patch Kids dolls in JCPenney Catalog Toys Brochure for Spring & Summer 1986

CPK in Space
1986 JCPenney

Soft Coleco dolls with plastic heads and rooted hair. From the Spring & Summer Toys brochure

Cabbage Patch Kids
1986 JCPenney Catalog

That's the usual narrative but I'm of the opinion that Beast Wars is the natural evolution of Transformers Generation 2. If McDonald's had said "do cars" rather than choose animals for their 1996 Happy Meal promotion the Mainframe animated series you have had a very different cast of characters

Diecast Matchbox Voltron made of 5 combining lions and Miniature Voltron

Lion Force Voltron
1986 Matchbox Catalog

G2 Laser Optimus Prime, ATB Megatron and Unreleased Combat Heroes in a vintage Toy Fair Dealer Catalog

Optimus Prime & Megatron
Transformers 1995 Hasbro Catalog

Good luck with that

Video Games were really expensive 30-40 years ago. Maybe people don't realize that as much because their parents for paying for them

Nintendo Entertainment System and games in a vintage Sears Wish Book Catalog

NES 1987 SEARS