by Shawn Robare | Feb 4, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A little while ago I agreed to take part in a fun project for Charles over at Eclectorama called Spockcation 2009. The whole idea is that Charles would mail out one of his Spock Mego figures to various people in different states who would then take Spock around...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 1, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I know it’s a little late for Christmas missives, but I was away from Branded during the holidays and I had totally intended to share this rad 1980 advertisement for the Schwinn Phantom Scrambler… This came out of an issue of Boy’s Life which I’ve...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 31, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So this week I thought I’d dig a little deeper into the whole school book club flyer phenomenon of the 80s while also taking a look at one of the more recognizable clubs, Weekly Reader. Again, all of these scans come from the personal collection of the...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 28, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Been doing a bunch of collection culling, house cleaning and framing these past couple of weeks (trying to get a jump on Spring cleaning I guess), and in the process I’ve been digging back into my collection of Garbage Pail Kids. I’ve always wanted...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 27, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since I started sharing Ste-vil King Macrocranios’s collection of vintage school book club flyers this week, I thought it would also be a cool opportunity to take a closer look at some of the stuff one might have ordered back in the day. Today I thought...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 25, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m a bit late in getting to this before Christmas, but I wanted to take a second and point to one of the coolest things I received during this past holiday season. I’ve been reading Roger Barr’s I-Mockery site for years, in particular during...
