by Shawn Robare | May 29, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ll be the first person to admit that most times Hallmark non-branded stickers from the 80s are generally weird and silly and very rarely seem cohesively designed. There are a lot of anthropomorphic items like food, shoes, and dust bunnies, quip-y stickers...
by Shawn Robare | May 28, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s funny, having just written a piece riffing on the idea that I don’t “go in” for many modern takes on nostalgic properties, I find myself getting pulled into and won over by stuff left and right. In fact, the latest nostalgic callback I...
by Shawn Robare | May 23, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When you find yourself perusing the internet looking for 30 year-old stickers, sometimes you can’t fight that battle with precision strikes, yanking only the desired sheets, sets, and singles from auctions. In the past 10 years folks who sell ephemera like...
by Shawn Robare | May 22, 2019 | Branded in the 80s, Read
You know what I haven’t talked about in a long time? Stickers. In the early days of this site I spent an inordinate amount of time discussing 80s era stickers and sticker collecting. I probably burnt myself out on the subject a bit, but that never stopped me...
by Shawn Robare | May 18, 2019 | Look
I’ve been running Branded in the 80s for a long time, longer than I ever thought I would to be perfectly honest, and in that time the site has pulled me in a number of directions while coming up with content. On the one hand, there’s a strong urge to...
