The 80’s were a truly iconic time in American pop culture. The spark or growth of huge series like Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Star Trek began in those years. These massive franchises have enormous fanbases internationally to this day. Chances are, if you’re reading this then you are a fan of something pop ...
Did you grow up in the Halcyon days of arcade video game cabinets determined that you would one day hold a personal “Frogger” machine in the palm of your hand? If you did, then you either dreamed of one day growing up to be Optimus Prime and stuffing full-size coin-op attractions in your pocket, or you foresaw the ...
Hey, kids! Look! We have a nostalgia-milking officially licensed Nintendo product now available for extremely limited pre-orders. If you aren’t already slinging wads of cash toward your screen at escape velocity, you may have missed your chance to own this sweet throwback to the Halcyon days of The House That Mario ...
As Billy Joel once sang, “The good old days weren’t always good.” Case in point? This greatest-hits collection of bombastic hairstyles from the 1980s. Ah, yes. That decade when monoliths of cash lay buried beneath mountains of cocaine on every street corner, America couldn’t “just say no” to eight years of ...
Hey, fellow older Millennials! We have a dandy of a treat for you today. Wicked Cool Toys has announced the revival of the cuddliest interactive plush companion in all 1980s nostalgia - Teddy Ruxpin! We’ve been waiting all day for you to stop by so we can all watch the exciting reveal on YouTube together and revel in ...
These Video Game Shadow Boxes made by Toronto-based Etsy artists Glitch Artwork capture exactly the singular simplicity that has kept the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of gaming so timelessly satisfying. These retro works of art harken to a time when pioneering creators such as Shigeru Miyamoto, Richard “Lord British” ...
Dear Duffer Brothers, Hey, guys. Hope this open letter finds you well. Just to start this off on the right note, thank you from here to the Upside Down and back for "Stranger Things," or as we've come to think of it, "The Greatest Stephen King Story Ever Told, Even Counting Almost Everything Ever Written By Stephen ...
Any fan of the movie ‘Back to the Future’ would love to go back to the past – 1985, when the movie was released and grab some memorabilia from that time, and then bring it into the future, now. Well, it is possible to bring a little piece of the past, back to the future, now, with Doc Brown’s futuristic flux ...
What is the deal lately all the miniature nostalgic gaming cabinets and consoles? Hey, we have an even better question: who the crispity-crunchity hell cares? Between the Mini-NES and an actual competitive market for scaled-down working arcade cabinets, portable gaming has taken on whole new dimensions. Literally. ...
Hello, San Dimas! For what our opinions are worth, there are two kinds of people in this world: people who acknowledge "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" as the single greatest comedy ever made and those who can make convincing arguments for "Wayne's World." Sure, it's a mindset that has gotten us rejected from ...
Between the already much-appreciated miniature Sega Genesis pre-loaded with a whopping 80 classic games and Nintendo drinking in salty, happy tears of retro gamers shed for the Mini NES and its own ready-to-play library of 30 legendary titles, it's a watershed time for video game nostalgia. Everything old is new ...
If you grew up in America in the 1900's, then you will surely remember the A-Team televisions. As a show that was unique for its time, this fictional group of former US Army Special Forces won the hearts of many fans over the years. Even today, Mr. T (aka B. A. Baracus)and his famous saying “I pity the fool” are still ...
Not that their track record with exclusive original series, movies, and specials suggested anything at all otherwise prior to "Voltron: Universal Defender", but the revival of the early-'80s animated television hit "Voltron: Defender Of The Universe" further cements that Netflix can do virtually no wrong these days. ...
Raise a toast to an unforgettable age of television with this kitschy Classic TV Mug Set honoring three quirky favorites of primetime's most beloved shows. The 1980s weren't the Days of Wine and Roses themselves, but with all due respect to what many call the most recent "Golden Age of Television", our time just ...
Every now and again, ignorance truly does become bliss. Today's youth whose coddled tastebuds have never known the sugary, delectable embrace of these 21 bygone breakfast cereals never have to know the longing that comes with remembering what a wonderful treat breakfast once was. Nostalgia is no blue-moon craze. ...
You may not be able to afford the $100,000 Pontiac Trans-Am sports model that was customized for the iconic 80’s show Knight Rider, but you’re sure to remember David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight as he fought crime with his AI unit KITT. This successful show had nearly 100 episodes. Though the 2008 reincarnation of ...
The amount of production that goes into a typical Game of Thrones episode is phenomenal. It's a shame that back when some of us were kids watching Krull, Excalibur, and Yor (anyone remember Yor! Hunter from the Future) we didn't have such great special effects and production.Now, we wonder how the same show would look ...
Who doesn't love themselves a little Scooby-Doo? (There's a pun there…) It's still undoubtedly one of the best kids' shows ever to have aired on TV and not only because Daphne was hot. Well, now you can relive your childhood and pimp Scooby's ride thanks to this new Mystery Machine play set from LEGO. The set ...
The 1980's produced some of the most memorable movies from our childhood. To this day, those beloved iconic 80's characters from the big screen are still part of our culture, and legends in our minds. Perhaps this is why Glenn O'Neill has put together a super-cut tribute for us to all recall those still famous ...
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