by Shawn Robare | Oct 19, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s day 19 of the 31 days of Halloween insane-o blog-a-thon, and it seems like a good day to sit back, break out the candy corn, and dare myself to eat more than five pieces. Instead of concentrating on the history of the confection (John Rozum did a great job...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 18, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve mentioned my love for a set of elementary school library books called the Crestwood House Monster Series on the site before, but I figured it would be fun to delve into one for the Halloween countdown this month. Probably referred to as those ‘Orange...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 17, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In talking about that Universal Monster figures yesterday I thought it would be fun to follow up on the other UM licensed product I found this year, a set of votives shaped in the busts of the monsters…I found these at a Walgreen’s on sale (3 for $2.) Like the...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 16, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This weekend while I was out looking for some Frankenstein goodness for the prize pack in my Halloween contest, I decided to hit a few stores that had surprised me last year with their Halloween schwag, in particular Toys R Us. Now I seem to remember there being a...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 15, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, it’s the start of the third week of Halloween blogging and I’m only going a little crazy. I thought it would be fun to shoot out of the gate this week with an awesome set of sticker cards that were printed by Topps in 1980 called Weird Wheels. There...
