by Shawn Robare | Dec 15, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It was nearly impossible to be a kid growing up in the 80s suffering through the onslaught of product merchandising and not have a moment of pure greed and weakness where you simply just “had to have” some ridiculously expensive and outlandish toy. ...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 9, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As I get older I often wonder how much the elementary school experience has changed for kids over the last 30 years. I mean there are some obvious advancements in technology with tablets and smartphones in the home that have kids pseudo-computing and interfacing with...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 8, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past week I shared a scan of an old Town & Country Surf and Skate corporate Christmas card that was illustrated by the awesome Steve Nazar back in 1988. Well, Steve saw my post (over on my Instagram account) and in response he posted another couple from that...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 5, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since it’s sort of been a week or two of a bit more old school Branded-style pieces I figured I’d cap it off with a piece of Wax Paper Pop Art that I’ve been meaning to post for ages. Of all the semi-definitive pop culture icons that could be used...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 3, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It seems like the older I get the more my collecting urges tend to focus on some weirder things. For instance, you can file this under obscure ephemera, but one of my favorite 80s era treasures in my collection is this lone Christmas card released back in the winter...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 1, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
After breaking out the TV Guides recently and writing about the 1986 Fall Preview issue it got me thinking about a handful of the other columns here at Branded that I haven’t touched in years. There was a time when I was buying vintage stickers left and right...
