by Shawn Robare | Jul 5, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Wow, it’s been quite the hectic week around here. The wife and I took a trip down to Florida to see family and the last 5 days have been a whirlwind of driving, walking, driving, taking pictures, and more driving. We took a family outing to Epcot which was...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 27, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Growing up I watched a lot of movies, a least when I compare my list to the people I know well; I mean I’m no Harry Knowles or anything. So what I’ve begun to notice in the last few years is a weird trend in my nostalgia for childhood movies. There is a...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 19, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When I was scanning the Madballs sticker sheet this past weekend it reminded me of a Bonkers candy ad that came out around the time I started collecting comics. That led me to digging through some of the scanned comic ads I’ve acquired and as I was...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 18, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Thanks to an awesome eBay store, the Swoopermarket, which stocks a really awesome variety of 80s vintage stickers, I was finally able to procure a sheet of stickers that I’ve been trying to get my hands on for a while. Back around Christmas I stumbled upon an...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 14, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Obviously the main reason I began putting this site/blog/podcast (etc) together is my love of mulling over nostalgic memories and all the crap I had/wanted/loved as a kid. Well there is an aspect to this desire that is even more seductive than the nostalgia for stuff...
