by Shawn Robare | Oct 24, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today was a much needed day of rest and movie watching; in fact it was the first day of a vacation that should last through the 31st (knock on wood.) So what was on the agenda at casa de Robare? Well, the 1974 flick titled Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 22, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I can’t believe there are only ten more days until Halloween (if you count today.) This month has flown by, which kind of surprises me considering the amount of posting I’ve been doing. I guess time flies and all that rut. Anyway, not only has this month...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 22, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In the post on the Crestwood Monster series of books I mentioned how I sort of felt like I missed out on the whole monster craze because of growing up in the 80s. One thing I really feel like I missed out on was the fun cheap schwag you could order from a million ads...
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...
