A weekly newsletter from the desk of Todd Coopee
November 19, 2016
Here are a few highlights from the blog this week:
Invisible Ink Books and Games from Lee Publications (1970s)

To the relief of parents everywhere, Invisible Ink game and quiz books from Lee Publications have been providing road-trip entertainment for children for over 40 years.
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Pixel Pals from PDP

8-bit pixel art intersects with iconic video game characters in the initial release of Pixel Pals from Performance Designed Products (PDP).
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Toy Tales Weekly: Video Game Easter Egg Edition

The backstory behind video game Easter Eggs and 7 other things I wanted to share this week.

  1. The concept of the video game Easter Egg started out as an act of rebellion by an Atari game designer.
  2. You can now buy a jacket made out of those pesky Star Trek Tribbles.
  3. Here's a clip from Empire Strikes Back where Chewbacca speaks English. It's a little surreal.
  4. Speaking of that galaxy far, far away, check out this rare footage of Kenner and Palitoy workers assembling original Star Wars toys.
  5. The director of Downton Abbey and Broadchurch is set to helm a J.R.R. Tolkien biopic.
  6. The new book ‘Art of Atari’ published by Dynamite Comics shines the light on the gaming system's iconic artwork.
  7. This 1950s Mattel documentary shows how toys were made and how far we've moved away from those practices.
  8. Someone has posted a list of the most valuable comic books from each age (Silver, Bronze, Copper, and Modern.)
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