Sales Brochure for Transformers Toys, Hasbro Industries Inc., 1984
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Some toys are "More than meets the eye." Transformers can change from vehicles into robots -- either good Autobots or evil Decepticons -- and back again. Released by Hasbro, Inc. in 1984, these successfully marketed action figures quickly transformed into an entertainment franchise with comic books, television shows, video games and feature-length films. This brochure shows the toys available for kids to purchase.
Some toys are "More than meets the eye." Transformers can change from vehicles into robots -- either good Autobots or evil Decepticons -- and back again. Released by Hasbro, Inc. in 1984, these successfully marketed action figures quickly transformed into an entertainment franchise with comic books, television shows, video games and feature-length films. This brochure shows the toys available for kids to purchase.
Artifact
Brochure
Date Made
1984
Subject Date
1984
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Rhode Island, Pawtucket
Creator Notes
Made for Hasbro Industries, Inc. of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; printed in Japan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.43.40
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8.625 in
Width: 12 in
Inscriptions
On front: TRANSFORMERS / MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE IT IS A WORLD TRANSFORMED, WHERE THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM. IT IS THE WORLD OF THE TRANSFORMERS...A WORLD OF HEROIC AUTOBOTS AND EVIL DECEPTICONS!
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