by Shawn Robare | Oct 1, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s hard to break tradition, and the October tradition at Branded is to do my very best to treat write about or share something Halloweeny every day until Halloween. It’s the annual Countdown to Halloween, and this year is my 10th time celebrating this...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 23, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Back in 1997 when I first saw the Paul Thomas Anderson flick Boogie Nights I felt like my brain was going to melt. It wasn’t just that the film was amazing, it was and is still one of my favorite Anderson films, but it was one of the first times I experienced the...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 21, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A couple weekends ago my girlfriend Jaime and I made the trek up to Oaks, Pennsylvania for Retro Con, a relatively recent toy and pop culture convention that I’ve wanted to check out for a few years and I had an absolute blast. There was a time in my life when I...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 13, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A few months ago my buddy Ed over at AEIOU & Sometimes Why tipped me off to a mystery box swap that he was planning for this summer. Basically, he filled a box full of miscellaneous fun stuff (movies, toys, and ephemera) and a host toy (a Dracula Mego figure that...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 11, 2015 | Read
There are a lot of great 80s era pop culture collectibles on display at Branded HQ; toys, books, lunchboxes, stickers, vinyl albums, animation cels, and heaps of magazines and comics. Though I love all of that stuff, when I’m feeling really nostalgic the one...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 1, 2015 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a little while since I dove in and deconstructed an awesome 80s era pop culture bedroom. This past week I had my mind blown a couple times when Pee-wee Herman shared the piece I did on his room from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure on Facebook and...
