by Shawn Robare | Jun 4, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Goonies, today’s Wax Paper Pop Art features two wrappers from the 1985 Topps bubblegum card set. I talked about the stickers from this set here.
by Shawn Robare | Jun 3, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Before DVD commentary or special features on laser discs, before the internet and imdb, there were only a few outlets to get some interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits on our favorite films. As a kid my favorite outlet for this super secret information was the...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 2, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s day two of Branded’s week-long celebration of the Goonies. Today I thought I’d take a look at some of the various posters for the flick. First up is my favorite from artist Drew Struzan… If I’m not mistaken, I believe...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 1, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week on Branded in the 80s I’m going to feature a series of posts in celebration of the 25th anniversary of one of my all time favorite 80s flicks, the Goonies! To start things off I thought I’d repurpose some of the content from an old Peel...
by Shawn Robare | May 28, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week brings a slight theme, orange-yellow-blue. Most of the bubblegum card wax wrappers I’ve seen have limited color palettes, between two and four colors, and a good chunk of them feature yellow and blue. So these three really jumped out at...
by Shawn Robare | May 26, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m about a week late with this as far as the 30th anniversary is concerned, but I ran across this ad in an old 1983 Woman’s Day magazine for Pac-Man vitamins that I thought was kind of neat. I have to admit that I was a Flintstone Kid when it came to my...
