by Shawn Robare | Apr 14, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the weirder areas of nostalgia for me lies within the realm of the not-so-exciting household products that either my mom would buy or that I’d see while grocery shopping with her as a kid. Sometimes I get the same sort of longing pangs for a...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 13, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A little over a month ago I was inspired by a contest held over at the Retroist as well as Eclectorama’s traveling Spock campaign, and decided that I wanted to introduce a slightly more tactile section to Branded. I’d been sitting on a great gift...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 12, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Thought I’d take a second today to share this great gift that I received in the mail in response to my TMNT postcard project from a few weeks ago. Mr. & Mrs. McFavorite (of the fun podcast Open Your Toys) sent in this awesome vintage mini DC comics...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 5, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I was picking through a pile of ephemera that I plan on sharing on Branded in the future when I came across my meager collection of sticker transfer sets. I bought most of these around the time I started this website and for some reason I never got around to...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 30, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Before I step away from the Spiral Zone for awhile I thought I’d talk about another interesting angle this series took with its advertising and marketing. Though the Spiral Zone franchise had its share of merchandising (with a small toy line and lunch...
