Day 21 of the Halloween Countdown: I wonder if raisin flop sweat is sickly sweet?

by Shawn Robare | Oct 22, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read

Well, the day job is certainly doing its level best to impede my work on the Halloween countdown this year.  I’m not writing to complain about the woes of the working life though, nope, I’m here to share a crazy piece of Halloween-y goodness (one...

*Updated* Day 20 of the Halloween Countdown: I think I just might make my pumpkin Skeletorized this year…

by Shawn Robare | Oct 20, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read

This is going to have to be a quick countdown entry today (work is crazy stupid killing me today.)  This is from the Fall 1986 issue of the He-Man & the Masters of the Universe magazine.  Make your pumpkins the mightiest pumpkins in the universe!...

Day 17 of the Halloween Countdown: More gummi than you’ll need ever!

by Shawn Robare | Oct 17, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read

Last year during the ghouliest season of the year I wrote about a piece of Halloween candy that completely floored me as it was the single craziest, and largest gummi I’d ever seen called the Mad Lab Frog Dissection Kit (which was part of the Target-specific...

Day 16 of the Halloween Countdown: Sitting for monsters is a full time job…

by Shawn Robare | Oct 16, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read

So if the fact that I’m doing this Halloween countdown weren’t enough of an indication that I love the season and horror themed entertainment in general, I just have to take a moment to say that I love the scary.  Ever since I was a little kid...

Day 15 of the Halloween Countdown: It’s doesn’t just look gross, and that’s a shame…

by Shawn Robare | Oct 15, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read

It’s funny, I’ve spend a ton (for me) on candy for this Halloween season, but I’ve yet to talk about any of it yet, so I thought today would be a good day.  The crop of interesting new stuff in the stores right now can hardly be described as a...