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RNA! Vintage Newspaper, Comic and Magazine Advertisements, mostly for toys, cartoons and junk food, but really whatever I feel like. Curated by @afunghoul.bsky.social
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Smurf Magic Berries had kids imagining Papa Smurf chained up in a Post Factory constantly casting spells to make more of them. Well, I did at least. Don’t judge me (Odessa American, Odessa, TX, 10/9/88)

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Come meet Hordak and talk your parents into buying you toys (Dumfries & Galloway Standard, Scotland, 7/4/86)

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Gross -is- Good! Shout out for the rare mention of Hairy Hurlers, sort of Madballs with long rooted hair that kids could toss like a bola (Tampa Bay Times, St. Pete, FL, 7/7/93)

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Can you spot the differences? (Coventry Evening Telegraph, West Midlands, England, 17/9/88)

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“Something Smells Funny in Florida”. Sure, but I don’t think it’s Bigfoot (News Press, Fort Myers, FL, 5/20/88)

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You wouldn’t think Sting and Jake could’ve had a boring match, right? Oh, just make the stips a Coal Miner’s Glove and see (Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/19/92)

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Has there ever been a toyline with a more 🔥 first assortment than MASK? Every single vehicle was -gold- (Olympian, Olympia, WA, 11/28/85)

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Meijer had Christmas ‘78 *going on* Look at those prices! (Flint Journal, Flint, MI, 12/11/78)

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In honor of “National Cereal Day” or whatever, here’s a mostly complete and fully unused Ghostbusters Cereal Fan Club Kit from 1986

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[The Plain Dealer; Ohio - 10/17/1990]

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Ralston took the “two cereals in one box” gimmick from their earlier Nerds cereal and turned it into the now legendary Nintendo Cereal System (Baltimore Sun, 5/21/89)

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Masters of the Universe bubble bath is certainly one of the best remembered ancillary MotU products. A bit later there was even a Slime Pit bubble bath with a monstrous slimy claw as the topper! (Morning Call, Allentown, PA, 12/14/84)

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Here’s the grand prize winner and some runner-ups in the Arizona Republic’s contest to win a My Pet Monster! (Arizona Republic, 12/28/86)

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Couldn’t find anything on the 1987 Hi-C promotion with the Spidey mini comics BUT there’s some publicity shots for their 1994 X-Men tie in around. Notice how they couldn’t even keep that reprint of UXM #1 looking nice for the photo? (L.A. Times, 3/3/94)

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Color Spidey and win a shirt! (Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH, 6/25/84)

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Spider-Man vitamins having an offer for a free comic was a no brainer. Wonder who the lucky kid who got the Spidey party was? (News-Review, Petoskey, MI, 9/14/83)

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Mego’s Pocket Super Heroes on sale in 1979 (Casey County News, Liberty, KY, 11/29/79)

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This ad for Superman on an early version of Pay Per View contains an interesting offer: kids who stopped by the cable company’s office would leave with one of those “Glow in the Dark” Kryptonite Rocks (Oakland Tribune, 10/12/80)

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Superman not only had branded peanut butter and pretzels in the 80’s, he even got his own hot cocoa mix! (Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, 11/11/84)

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Quick question: Do you folks think setting up an RNA account on Instagram would be worthwhile?

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Sneaking suspicion Kenner paid for this Bone Age piece that ran in various “Holiday Gift Guide” columns (The Monitor, McAllen, TX, 11/24/88)

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Speaking of Rice Krispies, they had a promo with Hot Wheels for some exclusive cars by mail in 1986 (Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 7/27/86)

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Rice Krispies box with the Boglins mask on the back spotted in this General Mills “appeal to authority” ad (Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/2/88)

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VIII has ever so slowly become my second favorite F13th film over the years. It’s pure insanity. Just don’t think about the logic of anything and roll with it😁

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Long before last Halloween season, the Cereal Monsters had pets as seen in this 1978 coloring book! I’ll leave it to you, my fair audience, to give them names

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Castle Greyskull - Fortress of Mystery and Power (Asheville Times, Asheville, NC, 9/9/84)

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The Uh-Huh Girls make a live promotional appearance at KayBee Toys. They’ll even autograph your dancing Pepsi can! (New York Daily News, 4/15/92)

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Zeroed in on this Toys Are Joy ad for the criminally underrated Cobra Night Landing, but had to share the whole thing because it’s just -loaded- with amazing stuff! Dinobots! AWA Tag Teams and ring! 1985 was a GREAT year for action figures (The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY, 11/9/85)

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The NWA returns to Salisbury, home of the famous steaks. Although he’s not advertised, a little birdie tells me there may be a Dragon on the card (Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, 3/5/89)

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Ralston’s Dinersaurs cereal had initial tie-ins with Denver the Last Dinosaur *and* Knotts Berry Farm👀 Wild (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 5/8/88)

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Neat little article on the NES version of Chiller, one of the most violent games ever made for the system (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 5/12/90)

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Y’know, it’s always been assumed the Willow “vehicle” sets were exclusive to Sears Canada because they were the only company that ordered them. Then I run across a Swain’s ad with them on sale (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA, 12/18/88)

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the cereal is actually a thing that happened (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6/10/91)

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Terminate your thirst at Subway (Daily News Leader, Staunton, VA, 7/3/91)

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One of the best toys of the Nineties, the incredible Monster Face! (Sacramento Bee, 10/9/92)

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More? More. (Wichita Eagle, Wichita, KS, 8/30/83)

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Return of the Jedi figures had some killer newspaper ads (Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, 11/27/83)

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Nerds Cereal is all up in your area (Morning Union, Springfield, MA, 12/10/86)

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TIL the world Courant means heraldry. So like pageantry or pomp. That seems like a pretty…conceited name for a newspaper, doesn’t it? “We are your local news. We demand you take us formally and seriously”

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Come meet Barbie and her band, He-Man, Skeletor and crazy enough Captain Hot Wheels at Opryland! I mean, you’d have to enter the state of Tennessee but still, seems like a blast (The Tennesseean, Nashville, 7/22/90)

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More free ish: Here’s an offer for the elusive Captain Harris figure, free by mail with a couple proofs a’purchase (Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 10/5/89) What the heck is a Courant btw?

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Damn, a free glow in the dark MotU poster?!? (The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, 6/6/85)

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