LEGO TECHNIC 8860 Advert

One of a series of adverts ran in American comics in the early eighties to push Lego's range, this one quite rightly forefronts the drool-worthy feature-packed 8860 Car Chassis.

G.I.Joe - Operation Star Fight book art

In a bizarre "worlds collide" moment Marvel assigned Earl Norrem to some of their licensed Big Looker storybooks in the eighties and he didn't shirk, resulting in some of the most gorgeous art ever to shill toys. And those certainly aren't lasers being traded between Cobra and the Joes...

Aurora Russian Nuclear Powered Bomber model kit

The Red Scare was an all-ages affair and in 1959 model manufacturers Aurora devised this terrifying Soviet beast capable of obliterating entire cities in mere moments. The kit was modelled on the Myasishchev M-50 prototype. Sleep well, little Timmy...

Man from UNCLE Spy Pen advert

 

Based on all those times Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin used the device to spy on women undressing. Sadly for  voyeuristic secret agents any actual seeing through walls was entirely coincidental.

Operation X-500 toy

Manufactured by Deluxe Reading Toys in 1962, this looks, in all sincerity, preposterously exciting.