Mattel’s Masters of the Universe on Sale at Walgreens in 1986

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July 30, 1986. The South Florida Sun of Fort Lauderdale, Florida offers up this Walgreens coupon to get Mattel’s Masters of the Universe action figures for only $4/each. This ad is one of many early warning signs that the brand was in trouble; as we know, 1987 sales of Masters of the Universe were so weak that the line came to a close.

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