It's one thing to have a talking doll, but what about a talking doll that can recite some of Australia's most loved phrases of the 1980s?

One of Australia’s most successful music exports, INXS scored their biggest worldwide hit with their sixth studio album, Kick (1987).

At the height of the puppet Agro's popularity, Agro merchandise included four recorded studio albums, an arcade game (Agro's Fantastic Video Game), snap cards, stickers,

Buzz buzz!

This original prop from political satire Rubbery Figures (1984–1990) is a caricatured, puppet version of Paul Keating with a bow tie.

This 1985 poster promoted the band Mental As Anything's ‘Live it Up in the Bush' tour.

It might be just a piece of paper, but the role of a poster in film distribution terms is powerful.

When marketed to international audiences, posters for Australian films can be wildly different – leaning into aspects of the movie that aren't part of the Australian poster.

Posters are a significant part of the theatrical distribution strategy of a film.

A film's international poster – like this Japanese poster for teenage beach movie Puberty Blues (1981) – shows how locally-made films were marketed to overseas audiences.