by Shawn Robare | Jul 1, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Something that I don’t talk about a lot here at Branded are some of the insane food products that were big back in the 80s, so today I thought I’d remedy that the best way I know how, by talking about pork. In the 80s I learned two things about...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 29, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past weekend, right out of the blue, Amazon.com sent me a free $4 credit towards any of their VOD (video on demand) products, so I finally picked up a couple of episodes from a cartoon series that I’ve been dying to watch again, the Dinosaucers. Originally...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 25, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today’s waxy pop art comes from the 1985 Topps Pro Wrestling card set (which I’ve yet to procure any stickers for sadly.)
by Shawn Robare | Jun 23, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The wife and I were browsing one of our local antique malls recently when I stumbled on a new booth with a couple bins of ephemera. I usually strike out when I find stacks of magazines and paper as the stuff I’m interested in, kids stuff mostly, just...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 21, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It seems like there were 6.2 million different brands of building sets to choose from while growing up in the 80s. For the most part I was a diehard Lego maniac, but for a short time I dropped my minifigs and building blocks and became quite enamored with Fisher...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 18, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I wonder why the person in charge of picking the colors for this 1982 Donruss Knight Rider wax pack didn’t think to switch out the red and blue of Michael’s shirt and jacket to get it a bit more accurate to the show? Anyway, I wish these cards had a...
