by Shawn Robare | Aug 14, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Twenty five years ago today The Monster Squad was released in theaters. August 14th, 1987. I was ten years-old, and though I didn’t see it on the 14th, I was at the theater bright and early for the first showing on a Saturday the following week, the 22nd. The...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 1, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week’s assignment from the League is all about capturing the last vestiges of summer and planning a dream pop culture road trip. Honestly, I’m sort of sick of summer and am ready for it to be Halloween, but that won’t stop me from pondering...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 31, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s so easy to get lost in the sea of social media sometimes, pining after all the cool events and places other people are visiting and enjoying that are either too far away or too expensive to take advantage of. At times like this that I have to remind myself...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 26, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a few weeks since I was on the ball enough to participate in a League Assignment, but this week’s topic was too broad to pass up. Brian over at Cool & Collected gave us one simple word. Green. I wracked my brain and all I could think of...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 13, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve written a bit about how the extreme violence in Robocop affected me as a kid, and if I had to pinpoint the specific scene that did the most damage I would have to say that it’s the boardroom scene and the unfortunate end to one Mr. Kinney. If...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 12, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For today’s installment of Robo-madness I thought it would be fun to take a look at a couple of toys based on the Robocop film (and cartoon series.) Back in 1988 we were treated to slew of RC merchandising and spinoffs including lunchboxes, school supplies, a...
