by Shawn Robare | Apr 12, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Once again, in the spirit of spring cleaning, I’m diving back into the stack of random stuff that I’ve picked up over the years to discuss on Branded. For some reason a couple years ago I thought it would be a great idea to start up a column on 80s...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 9, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today’s Peel Here dives back into a segment of sticker branding that I haven’t much luck tracking down, video/arcade game stickers. It’s certainly not for lack of merchandising back in the 80s, it just seems like of all the 80s toys and brands,...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 7, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The wife and I have recently been culling through our collections of various things, trying to free up some room and make our place look a little bit neater. In the quest to let go I came across what’s left of my meager collection of VHS tapes, movies...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 1, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As a quick follow up to yesterday’s Dynamite magazine post, I thought I’d also post the flips side of that Mr. T issue. I’m not sure how many issues of Dynamite were set up this way, but this one was a flip book where the opposite side of the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 31, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since I shared an issue of the 80s kid’s magazine Hot Dog! last week I thought it would be fun to take a look at an issue of one of its much more popular sister publications, Dynamite. Also published by Scholastic throughout the 70s & 80s (and actually up...