by Shawn Robare | Oct 19, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m going to switch back into Halloween gear this morning I think. I’ve sort of been running out of ideas of what to post about probably because I didn’t go into this with any sort of game plan. No focus I tell you. In fact it’s not until this late in the game that I...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 17, 2006 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Sometime last year when I was shopping around for He-Man busts on Amazon.com I stumbled upon a book that looked pretty interesting, Mastering the Universe: He-Man and the Rise and Fall of a Billion Dollar Idea by Roger Sweet and David Wecker. The blurb on the back of...
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...
