by Shawn Robare | Mar 29, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I meant to post about this a week ago, but I finally found an insanely well-stocked vintage toy shop in the (more or less) Atlanta area. It’s called HD Comics and Toys run by a couple of swell gentlemen, Billy and Steve. They’re located...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 26, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Looking back, I spent an inordinate amount of time reading as a kid, though I never really had a window into kid-centric magazines. I was always more of an “inside” kind of kid, and I always seemed to have a lot of books around, mostly hand-me-down...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 25, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When I think about growing up as an American in the 80s, three things come to mind, seeing Lee Iacocca’s “autobiography” on at least a dozen of my friend’s and family’s coffee tables, listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 24, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When looking through the TV Guide Fall Preview issues that came out between 1977-1990, I find all sorts of little nostalgic gems, not to mention a parade of stars that I know and love. Even when a lot of the new shows don’t last, the stars do, eventually...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 18, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Robotech is one of the main cartoons and toy-lines that I mostly missed out on in the 80s. I say main because of the plethora of shows that hit the airwaves and toys clogging up the aisles at the local Playworld Robotech is one of the more memorable franchises....
