by Shawn Robare | May 18, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since I’ve been starring at my tiny Hot Wheels A-Team van all week, and since I have a contest going where you can win one of these toys, I decided that this would be a good time to share my 1983 Topps A-Team wax wrappers… I talked about the stickers from...
by Shawn Robare | May 14, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I had such a fun time reading the long sought-after Goonies novelization recently that I decided to dip back into my movie novelization collection to find another fun one to devour. I wasn’t sure what to dip into next when I stumbled across a very reasonably...
by Shawn Robare | May 11, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week’s Wax Paper Pop Art is all about big hairy apemen. Whether it’s the hilarious misadventures of an unruly adopted sasquatch with the 1987 Topps Harry and the Henderson’s card and sticker set (which I talked about here)… …the weird romance...
by Shawn Robare | May 8, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Brian over at Cool & Collected decided to use a suggestion I offered as a League topic this week. It dovetails nicely with the release of the Avengers flick in theaters, and centers on the idea of a great pop culture crossover between heroes or stories that...
by Shawn Robare | May 4, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Well, it’s Friday and I’m really looking forward to the weekend and catching the Avengers sometime tomorrow morning. Seems like a good opportunity to share my two main Marvel comics wax wrappers. First up is the wrapper for the Topps Marvel...
by Shawn Robare | May 2, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve talked before about my love of souvenir movie magazines and novelizations of 80s flicks because they were a great source of obscure information and deleted content from a lot of the films I grew up loving. Back before DVD and the internet, which provides...
