Wasteland The gameplay of Warlords (from Interplay) revealed the strong Dungeons & Dragons role-playing influence on the generation of game programmers…
Lone Ranger action figures Gabriel Toys introduced the Lone Ranger toyline in 1973, creating a vast array of action figures, horses, and playsets based…
Star Wars Figures Director George Lucas passed up an extra $500,000 in director fees when he made Star Wars (1977) in exchange for retaining…
Big Jim Big Jim was a poor cousin of GI Joe, so kids could still afford him on a newspaper delivery boy's salary. The…
Planet of the Apes figures Few science-fiction concepts were as durable as the one that fueled Planet of the Apes. The success of the first…
Hula Hoop The Hula Hoop is the standard by which all fads are measured. Somewhere inside that plastic ring lay the key…
Video Games Encouraged by the success of Atari, other companies tried dipping their joysticks into the home video game market in 1976. Coleco…
