Top Secret/ S.I. roleplaying game

What's the ad for?

Top Secret/S.I. RPG game
Year
1988

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The scoop
A Role-playing game from TSR. This one is about the world of espionage.  

Peter Duncun- "Dropout"

I don't even remember where I scanned this from. I am going to reckon it came from a comic in the late sixties. This was a very successful advertising campaign for ICS. A history of the school can be found here.

More Tengen Games

What's the ad for?

Tengen games for the NES
Year
1988

Spotted in

The scoop
More games from Tengen! Gauntlet was a cool game..."Green Elf needs food - badly!"

Reese's Pieces

What's the ad for?

Reese's Pieces
Year
1985

Spotted in
Action #571, DC comics
The scoop
Can someone say E.T.? This is interesting. Found on the always trustworthy Wikipedia;

"Mars, Incorporated found E.T. so ugly that the company refused to allow M&M's to be used in the film, believing the creature would frighten children. This allowed the Hershey Company the opportunity to market Reese's Pieces."

What a missed opportunity for Mars. Hershey made a killing off of this product placement.

Acclaim's Kid Remote

What's the ad for?

Acclaim video games and accessories
Year
1989

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The scoop
Acclaim started out as a video game company, then they bought Valiant Comics...I will never forgive them for killing Valiant.

Endless Quest

What's the ad for?

Endless Quest books
Year
1983

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The Scoop

This was TSR's version of the Choose you own adventure (CYOA) books, based on Dungeons and Dragons. The Endless Quest books were longer and more involved then the CYOA series but nonetheless the same principal. As you read the story you turn to different pages based on what you choose the character to do. Several endings are always possible, some leading to your death. I used to love these books as a kid. The Vertigo comic series Unwritten featured a CYOA type story in issue 17. It would be cool if more comics featured this.

Collectible Miniatures

What's the ad for?

Collectible Miniatures
Year
1981

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The scoop

You can buy action figures or sets of comic books from Marvel. You would never see an ad selling Marvel, DC and Star Wars figures all from the same seller. I guess this was before such things were controlled. i could be wrong...

ICEE Bear Club

What's the ad for?

ICEE Bear Club
Year
1981

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The scoop

A fan club for a slushie? Works for me. Did you know that Canadians consume more slushies per capita then any other country with Winnipeg, Manitoba being crowned the Slurpee capital of the world eleven times in a row. The fan club is still around albeit under a different name (Too cool club). It's free but you get no cool t-shirt or anything.