by Shawn Robare | Mar 25, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When I think about growing up as an American in the 80s, three things come to mind, seeing Lee Iacocca’s “autobiography” on at least a dozen of my friend’s and family’s coffee tables, listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 18, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Robotech is one of the main cartoons and toy-lines that I mostly missed out on in the 80s. I say main because of the plethora of shows that hit the airwaves and toys clogging up the aisles at the local Playworld Robotech is one of the more memorable franchises....
by Shawn Robare | Mar 16, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For this week’s Awesomely Overdue Books column I thought I’d continue on with some more Find Your Fate books from my collection, in particular some of the more girl-centric volumes. First up are three volumes of the Jem FYF series, titled Jewels in...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 12, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Recently a couple of blogs that I frequent celebrated their four-year anniversaries (Old Man Musings and Cavalcade of Awesome), and it got me thinking about Branded’s upcoming 4-year (which hits this coming Wednesday the 17th), but not necessarily about any...