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Oh, I just wanted to say good-bye and remind you that the good guys always win, even in the eighties…

by Shawn Robare | Sep 27, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read

So, um, HOLY CRAP! While I’ve been working away on the upcoming Halloween fun for the site I totally missed the fact that the truly awesomely horrible movie, Megaforce, was finally released on DVD this past month. I missed this flick when it was originally...

I’m a member in good standing in some pretty prestigious clubs…

by Shawn Robare | Sep 26, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read

I thought I wasn’t going to find time to post this week, but I didn’t want to sit on the following cool stuff for another month (considering I’m going into Halloween lockdown mode soon.)  I recently had a few extra bucks lying around (rare these...

There’s only one thing to say about the Topps Mars Attacks Book: Ack Ack Ack!

by Shawn Robare | Sep 21, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read

As an avid collector of trading cards, specifically those non-sports pop culture sets released by Topps over the last 50 years, I have to say that there has never been a better time to be steeped in the hobby.  Between re-releases of classic cards and stickers (ala...

Coming this Fall, The Branded in the 80s Megafun Saturday!

by Shawn Robare | Aug 23, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read

This week’s assignment from the League is a really fun one (suggested by Poe Ghostal over at PG’s Points of Articulation) that invites the members to program their own dream Saturday morning cartoon line-up.  The SMC programming block is an...

The Branded in the 80s Mixtape, sponsored by The League…

by Shawn Robare | Aug 16, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read

**Update, the 15th and final Mixtape has now been sent out.  Thanks everyone who requested one!** This week’s assignment from the League is all about the tunes we used to jam back in our high school days, and the mixtapes we made along the way.  Basically, the...

Remembering my first experience with The Monster Squad…

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...
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