Origins of Air Raiders, Part 5

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. It’s a breakdown of some of the original documents the Air Raiders creator, Steve Reiss, shared with me including the original back story and vehicle concepts. Here are previous installments:Origins of Air Raiders, Part 1Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2Origins of Air Raiders,……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 4

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. Here are previous installments: Origins of Air Raiders, Part 1 Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2 Origins of Air Raiders, Part 3 Last post saw us go over the original background story for the Air Raiders (or Air Masters) in the Pacific Ocean.……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 3

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. Here are previous installments: Origins of Air Raiders, Part 1 Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2 Here’s the early story pitch for Air Raiders, back when Steve Reiss first created the concept and it was called Air Masters. First off, it takes place……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. If you’d like to read the first one, click here. So the last post talked about how Steve Reiss created Air Raiders back when he was the Hasbro Senior Design Director for Boys Toys. Here I will share the actual concept he came……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 1

I was fortunate to speak briefly with Steve Reiss, former Hasbro Senior Design Director for Boys Toys. He has a long history of toy design, starting at Tyco Toys and then moving on to Playskool before they were bought out by Hasbro in 1984. As a Director, he was head of 15 designers working on……