by Shawn Robare | Oct 11, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I thought I’d take a minute during this season to pimp some of the blogs I enjoy reading that are on a temporary Halloween blitz. In no particular order… Todd Franklin at Neato Coolville has a really great blog that visits all sorts of stuff from toys to vintage ads...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 6, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Last night I did some quick research on Hot Wheels and Matchbox die-cast cars and I was surprised to find out that Mattel Inc. owns both brands. Has this always been the case? I mean there is a very obvious difference in quality between the two products and neither...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 5, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I have most assuredly got the bug for buying all sorts of craziness during this Halloween season. Since my vision is in serious monster hunting mode, that’s typically all I see and it’s always a happy site when I do. In particular I’ve been suddenly...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 3, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So yesterday when I was out at lunch I decided to hit my local basic American food style buffet place because you can take out by the pound and so my lunch ends up only costing like $2 instead of $8 like what most of the places around here charge. One of the things I...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 2, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Day 2 of my October Halloween blogging fun. As you can see here I am pretty darn near super psyched for the season this year. Well today’s post harkens back to that older post with a very similar set of items. Today I’m taking a look at more cheap plastic...
