by Shawn Robare | Oct 28, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read
New Halloween candy has really been a mixed bag this year. Overall I was pretty disappointed with the crop, but I have to admit that there were some pretty crazy concepts and designs floating about. There were some really fun repackaging designs as in the Halloween...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 23, 2008 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Well, this certainly is the week from hell (as far as the day job goes.) I can’t wait for tomorrow to be over because I’ll then be on vacation until the end of October. Anyway, I hated missing yesterday’s posting, but thems the...
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...
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!...
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...
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...