Kenner’s Steve Scout High Adventure Scout Base was a 28-inch tall log-constructed lookout tower, proportioned to the size of the company’s Steve Scout action figure line.

“…you better be sharp, you better be quick.”

In the mid 1930s, the Kiddie Brush & Toy Co. of Jonesville, Michigan, released a line of housekeeping toys under the brand name Susy Goose that remained on store shelves through the late 1960s.

Two years before The A.C. Gilbert Company closed its doors in 1967, it released 65 The Year to Go Gilbert, a catalogue showcasing its active toy lines.

“And they’re off again!”

When loaded with beads, Jewel Magic produced “oodles of baubles ‘n bangles” at the turn of its handle.

“Danger, Will Robinson.”

Released in 1976, Tomy’s Spars & Stripes was a new “unsinkable” sailboat that actually sailed.

“For the fashionable girl on the go.”

Mattel’s 1983 product catalogue, Mattel Delivers, captures the company at a crossroads, riding high on blockbuster brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Masters of the Universe while wrestling with steep losses from its Electronics division.

The Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider shown in this vintage advertisement were two of the four model kits released by Monogram following the 1978 premiere of Battlestar Galactica.

“She loves her kitchen.”