In 1974, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was released by TSR. Over the next few years, with the game growing in popularity and receiving ...

In September 1978, ABC and Universal Studios released the TV show Battlestar Galactica. The lavish production was part of Universal Studios attempt to create a ...

Power Lords - The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors was a toy-line released in 1983 by Revell. Up until 1980, Revell had done well in the model car, boat and airplane ...

Little Professor is a backward-functioning calculator released in 1976 by Texas Instruments. Aimed at children between the ages of 5 and 9, it would generate ...

In 1985, after the success of He-Man and The Masters of the Universe, Mattel tried to create a character that appealed to girls in the same way He-Man appealed ...

The Plasma Ball, also known as a Plasma Globe or a Plasma Lamp, is a glass sphere filled with a mixture of various noble gases with a high-voltage electrode in ...

Monster Face was a toy set released by Hasbro in 1992. The face is in the style of a large Mr. Potato Head, with numerous parts you could attach to the holes ...

Aaahh Real Monsters was a cartoon series launched by Nickelodeon just before Halloween in 1994. The show ran for four seasons, ending in December 1997, it ...

The early 1990's was a huge transition period for WWF. As things changed inside the ring, the same can be said for a lot of things outside it. The simplistic ...

Army Ants toys were a toy-line released by Hasbro in 1987, they were very similar to Battle Beasts and Monster In My Pocket. However, this toy-line focused on ...

The My Buddy doll was a line of toys made by Hasbro (and later Playskool) in 1985. It was made with the intention of making dolls appeal to boys while teaching ...

Star Bird was a toy-line produced by Milton Bradley between 1978 and 1981. The toys were developed by Bing McCoy who designed a number of successful toys in ...