by Shawn Robare | Oct 16, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This weekend while I was out looking for some Frankenstein goodness for the prize pack in my Halloween contest, I decided to hit a few stores that had surprised me last year with their Halloween schwag, in particular Toys R Us. Now I seem to remember there being a...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 15, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, it’s the start of the third week of Halloween blogging and I’m only going a little crazy. I thought it would be fun to shoot out of the gate this week with an awesome set of sticker cards that were printed by Topps in 1980 called Weird Wheels. There...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today I thought I’d take a moment to share one of the oldest books in my collection, not by publishing date, but a book that I’ve had for what seems like forever (it’s really only 20 years.) It’s a short book of ghost stories called The...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 12, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So last year was sort of fun for me because it was the first year where I really took the time to seek out Halloween past the odd grocery store where I’d be doing my weekly shopping. I hit everything from Wal-Mart and Target to Dollar Tree and the many gas...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 10, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The most exciting aspect to nostalgia for me is that moment where you experience something mundane that for some reason sparks a memory of days gone by. Now, I am a reveler when it comes to nostalgia, this site is a testament to that, and I’m also a...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 9, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Day nine of the Halloween countdown has arrived and I figured it would be a good day to dig back into my sticker collection with another installment of the more gruesome Peel Here column. Well actually it’s not all that gruesome, but there are monsters, Gremlins...
