by Shawn Robare | Feb 4, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It may sound weird, but I find myself asking this question a lot. Over the past decade I’ve noticed that a lot of the films I grew up loving have started seeing revival screenings in movie theaters. It actually probably started in the late 90s with the 20th...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 30, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So it was announced today that the 7th official Lego Cuusoo project is going to be brick artist Brent Waller’s Ghostbusters play set. I was pretty excited when I saw the news because the work he did on his Ecto-1 is kind of beyond superb… Not only is the...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 26, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I mentioned in this past weekend’s Battle Cat toddler hopper piece that I found something pretty nifty and cheap at a local vintage toy shop. I went into Billy’s Toys expecting to come out with something, I mean with the sheer amount of cool vintage stuff...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 25, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, felt a little listless hanging around the apartment this weekend and decided to make the 45 minute trek up to my favorite local vintage shop called Billy’s Toys. I just recently picked up an almost min-on-card Transformers Afterburner there and I was...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 23, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Things have been pretty nuts this week, but yesterday there was a slight calm in the storm with a very fun mail day. Last week I showcased my collection of pop culture 1:64th scale die-cast vehicles and in the comments my good buddy Jason Gross of the super cool...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 20, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past weekend I stumbled upon something pretty cool while I was browsing through Alternate Worlds, a Baltimore area comic shop, with my girlfriend Jaime. A co-worker had suggested the store to her since they have a great selection of comics, games and toys. I...
