Eye Candy?
The New Mutants N°24. 1985. US.
I leave you with some tasty treats and fun novelties for this weekend’s post at TVTA. May your weekend rock, dear readers. Alas mine will be more elevator Muzak as I have to work this weekend… #sigh
Always that same sense of dread and impending doom whenever I arrive at work for the weekend shift…
Conan the Barbarian. The Scarlet Personage. 1985. Owsley, Buscema, Chan, Chiang, Roussos.
So thank goodness for Punch ‘n Juicy Soft Bubble Gum – the big juicy taste in my favourite flavours! Yay, Very Cherry!
Punch ‘n Juicy. The Thing N°6. 1983. US.
And thank the lucky stars for M&M’s too…
M&M’s. The New Mutants N°57. 1987. US.
Packs of fun for everyone…
M&M’s. Blue Beetle. 1986. US.
Going for orange. “Glubgrafutz” Reese’s Pieces!
Reeses Pieces. The Incredible Hulk N°311. 1985. US.
A fun puzzle as you munch your way through a box of cookies…
Striped Chips Ahoy. The Young All-Stars N°9. 1988.
Coca-Cola gets minimal and edgy in bid to eradicate thirst…
Coke. The Young All-Stars N°9. 1988.
Okay, fine, but what about the toys?
… all these sugary vintage snacks are giving us toothache!
No problem.
Ask and ye shall receive…
Check out this awesome toy…
Téléphérique toy. Jouets Mont Blanc. France. 1969.
Hm. Do you have anything a little more exciting than that?
Exciting eh? How about…
Masters of the Universe
Fabulous secret powers were revealed to TVTA when… wait, hang on, these ads are fake news! Legit, not. Surely some kind of 80s MOTU bootleg knockoff thing going on!
Look away now…
Mighty Laser Lite Sword 1986 and Mighty Force Weapons Set 1987. Netherlands.
It’s okay. It’s safe to look again. This next ad has been verified as real by the Wooof Authentic Advertising Agency & Antler Awareness Society…
MOTU. Intertoys Speelboek 1987 Autumn Catalogue. Netherlands.
We mentioned cookies earlier didn’t we?
Cookie Monster Piano. FAO Schwartz. 1980-81. US.
Did we mention anything about being tough? (sparkle edition)
Be tough. The Incredible Hulk N°318. 1986. US.
Hard stuff. Sega Burning Rangers, what’s not to love about this ad?
Sega Burning Rangers. The Young All-Stars N°9. 1988.
Time’s marching on, so better say goodnight and post up the final ad…
Goodnight Playmobil. Goodnight vintage mates and happy weekend 🙂
Playmobil. Intertoys Speelboek. 1987. Netherlands.
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