by Shawn Robare | Apr 28, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When you run a website steeped in nostalgia you never know exactly where the hunt for content will take you. In my quest to catalog and discuss a bunch of the stuff that I loved as a kid I’ve accumulated all sorts of weird and wonderful ephemera along the way...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 27, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In July of 1990 two essential things happened in my life. The first was turning 13 years old and achieving my peak level of childhood experience where I was just old enough to appreciate most of the wonderful things that life has to offer and yet was still young...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 21, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Branded in the 80s is an unapologetic, love letter to everything that I adore about the 80s, in particular the stuff from my childhood. That being said, I was one of those kids that never really “grew up” a whole heck of a lot over the years, and I managed...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 20, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
About five years ago I wrote a piece here at Branded about my adoration for the idea of crossing over two of my favorite 80s animated series. G.I. Joe and the Transformers. Both cartoons were produced by the same animation company, Sunbow, the toys were all Hasbro...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 17, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On the latest episode of the show I spend a few minutes relating a couple of random toy memories that revolve around Star Wars in the 1983-84 era… I mention my first grade class and my contentious relationship with that teacher (who still might have some of my...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 15, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Over the last five or six years my love for the film The Monster Squad has taken me to all kinds of weird places when it comes to adding items to my collection. Whether it’s seeking out 33 year-old paper copies of the HBO Program Guide so that I can have proof...
