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Vintage Advertising

Remember the toys and games of years past through vintage advertising – for better and for worse!

The Imposters

BY Todd Coopee     January 22, 2015 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

“Suddenly a mild mannered street machine changes into nearly a foot of road gobbling racing machine.” They were kind of like Transformers… before Transformers!

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Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots

BY Todd Coopee     December 18, 2014 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

This two-player action toy featuring dueling robot boxers proved to be a hit for the Marx Toy Company when it was released to the North American market in 1966.

Mouse Trap Game

BY Todd Coopee     December 4, 2014 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

An early television commercial for Ideal Toy Company’s Mouse Trap Game. Inspired by the work of cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg, the game was originally released in 1963. Hasbro is still selling it today.

Silly Putty

BY Todd Coopee     November 27, 2014 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

A vintage comic book ad for Silly Putty – “The Wonder Toy of the Twentieth Century.”

Simon Says…

BY Todd Coopee     October 23, 2014 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

Milton Bradley launched Simon in 1978 at the infamous Studio 54 in New York City.

Aurora Plastics Corporation

BY Todd Coopee     October 16, 2014 Filed to: Vintage Advertising

Most famous for their plastic model kits of classic Hollywood monsters, New York-based Aurora Plastics Corporation also produced a series of licensed models based on other characters from movies, television shows and comic books in the 1950s and ’60s.