Action Man 12″ Action Figures

Posted on July 30, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

1980 British poster catalogue featuring Action Man figures, clothing, accessories and vehicles from the Palitoy company.

1979 advert showing vehicles

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1979.

1979 ‘Thrill, Spills & Chills Palitoy advert featuring Space Rangers and Gargan

UK. Marvel Superheroes. 1979.

1967 Danish ad showing Action Man Astronaut with early Palitoy logo

Denmark. 1967.

Two Action Man competition adverts

UK. Eagle. 1982.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

French adverts from Pif Gadget

France. Pif Gadget. 1982.

Hamleys catalogue page

UK. Hamleys Christmas Book. 1983.

1990s Action Man by Hasbro

Action Man Power Arm Ninja. 1996. US.

Action Man, Hasbro. Ets De Neuter. Catalogue page. 1995. France.

Great Galactical Blaster Bubbles!

Posted on July 28, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

I’ve just updated TVTA’s UK Star Wars adverts: Palitoy (and friends) post with these cool new additions from 1978 and 1983. Enjoy.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.

Non-toy ad Tuesday: Office Cats, Harmony Hair Cats, Jawbreakers, Bubbly Bubble Gum, Yamaha Keyboards, Weetabix and Texan Bar

Posted on July 26, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

What’s gotten into our office cat Wooof? He’s dashing about the TVTA scanning room like some creature possessed, making strange, garbled mewling sounds. What are you trying to say Wooof? Well you can take that rolled-up vintage advert out of your mouth for a start, no wonder you can’t speak! Oh, look… that’s why Wooof is so excited, he’s just found the first advert for this month’s Non-toy ad Tuesday segment… it’s the Harmony hair colour ad with the kitten on it. Blimey, we’ve been looking for that for ages. What’s that Wooof? Yes, you’re absolutely right; never take kittens into the shower, and always remember to keep them well away from dangerous hair products! Thanks Wooof.

UK. Film Review. 1979.

UK. Eagle and Tiger. 1985.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.

UK. Eagle and Tiger. 1985.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.

Latest ads: Reading over Superman’s shoulders…

Posted on July 23, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Baron Ironblood, Charlie’s Angels, Speeder Bike pilots, Transforming robots and multiple comic heroes trying to read over Superman’s shoulders… just some of the characters featured in the latest ads to line up inside TVTA’s scanner. This week’s selection comes from UK publications Eagle, Eagle and Tiger, and Star Wars Weekly.

First up, spot the famous comic heroes trying to take a peek over Superman’s shoulders to snatch a look at the latest comic available from the Forbidden Planet Store.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978. Artwork by Brian Bolland.

It’s Superman again! This time he’s advertising the Superman III movie for the UK Shreddies breakfast cereal 1983 promotion.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

Action Force.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

Transformers.

UK. Eagle and Tiger. 1985.

Airfix.

UK. Eagle. 1983.

Corgi.

UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.

Masters of the Universe – vintage toy and merchandise adverts

Posted on July 14, 2016 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Masters of the Universe, sometimes referred to as MOTU or He-Man, is a franchise created in 1982 by Mattel. The brand quickly became, and still is, hugely popular, providing a range of action figures and playsets, video games, comics, books, an animated TV series, a feature film and many other items of merchandise sold internationally.

Fabulous secret powers were revealed to TVTA when we managed to get our mitts on a number of super cool MOTU adverts from around the world! Enjoy.

Action figures, Denmark