Yes Virginia there actually used to be print adverts for the Amiga in the US!

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I found an old Playboy last week with a 2 page spread on the Amiga 1000. December 1985 pages 12, 13. Has the sepa tone with the kids in the classroom , Stating "You have always had a lot of competition.Now you can Have an unfair Advantage." I am gona scan it up on my blog one of these days.

The question begs to be asked "why would Commodore put an ad with school kids, in a magazine like Playboy?"

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Advertising to the parents, you know, the ones who actually have the money...

Parents read Playboy?

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You would prefer it if they read Razzle?

I never heard of Razzle (must be a European mag), but Playboy is defiantly not what a parent would read. Could you see "Heff's tips for the new dad?" or "The bunnies change diapers?" articles? LOL

No, Playboy caters (or did at that time) to the upperclass male audience (hense the nudie pics), and Commodore should have had an ad to reflect that. Even the (in)famous "2001" Amiga ad would have been more appropriate for the Playboy reader.

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National Geographic had the "soapbox derby" Ad, but I can't remember what issue (probably in '86 sometime- it was for the A1000 after all.