Kelloggs Corn Flakes from 1978. The sunshine taste! Shake, Shake.
Harmony Hairspray advert from 1978. The hair is awesome!
Action Man commercial from 1978. This advert features Action Man and all the ‘Transport Command’ accessories to accompany him.
History
Palitoy (from 1968 to 1980, a British subsidiary of General Mills) was the UK licensee for Hasbro Industries the company grew out of a plastics firm established by Alfred Edward Pallett in 1909 and went on to become one of Britain’s leading toy manufacturers until its ultimate closure in 1984.
In the early years Action Man competed with the entirely British Tommy Gunn by Pedigree Toys who were the producers of the Sindy doll. The Tommy Gunn figure copied aspects of Hasbro’s G.I. Joe, released two years earlier in the United States. Regardless, Tommy Gunn was generally regarded as a higher quality in terms of equipment and accuracy of accessories, especially since the Action Man of the sixties was little more than a re-packaged G.I. Joe. However, he was Read the rest of this entry »
Pepsi Cola adver from the 70′s “Lipsmacking Pepsi cures the summertime blues”
OXO advert from 1976 featuring Denis Waterman of ‘Minder’ fame.
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