80's comic ads

Released by Mattel in 1979, Gre-Gory is the ultimate rubber bat, with a transparent chest that allows to see the blood he has drunk running through his body.

Advertisement of the Masters of the Universe toyline launch in 1982. These Conan-inspired toys, animated series and comics were very successful between 1983 and 1986.

Reading is more exciting than ever before! A complete library of the most wonderful books ever written, a treasure your whole family will enjoy.

In 1981 a radio serial of the Star Wars: A New Hope movie was broadcast by the National Public Radio. It was a 13-part serial that expanded the original story, as it was almost six hours long. It was followed by the adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back in 1983 and The Return of the Jedi in 1996. Some actors of the original trilogy such as Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C3P0) or Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) played their roles in the radio dramatization.

Advertisement of the free version of Attack of the Mutants, board game released by Yaquinto in 1981. At the Central State Tech the professor Applewhite, his robots, his daughter and his son-in-law, among others, have to fight against people mutated by the Big Melt-Down, a nuclear accident occurred in 1993.

Do as the expert gamesman Dave Jackson say and buy the board games based upon Pole Position, Q-Bert and Popeye to improve your strategies! Now you finally will defeat your friends in the arcades!

Parker Brothers released in 1983 this James Bond video game for Atari 2600. Each of the four stages of the game is based upon a Bond movie: Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me.

This is the TV commercial of the game:

This page advertises two model kits released by MPC in 1981 recreating two famous scenes from The Empire Strikes Back: The battle on Planet Hoth and Luke Skywalker’s encounter with Yoda on Dagobah.

Behold the ultimate spinning tops: The Spinjas! The evil Dread Force wants to deactivate the gravitational field, but the Eliminators will fight them in the arena to avoid it.

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