George A. Romero passed away last month at the age of 77, following a brief battle with lung cancer. It is difficult to overstate how much an impact he made on the horror genre. His effects are still felt to this day, perhaps now more than ever. The current horror landscape would not exist without … More In Memory of George A. Romero
In 1993 LEGO Pirates had been available for four years and had already churned out some of the most memorable LEGO sets ever produced. Since 1989 the Black Seas Barracuda (6285) had been the literal flagship of the pirates and the figurative flagship set of the theme. By 1993 as is the custom it was … More Skull’s Eye Schooner #6286 (LEGO, 1993)
McDonald’s are marketing geniuses. Rather than focusing on adults and the sparse few dollars they may spend on fast food they have endeavored to attract families. Since children are typically difficult eaters McDonald’s managed to draw them in droves with an idea brilliant in it’s simplicity; include a toy with the meal. Over the years billions of … More McDonald’s Changeables
Maybe I’m just biased but in my opinion the 1980’s was the golden age of Production Company Logo’s. What’s a production company logo you ask? You’ve seen them. They’re the small 5 or 10 second clips with a company name that appeared at the end of many TV shows. I didn’t have cable when I … More 1980’s Production Company Logo’s
Few toys represent childhood to a generation of kids like the Ecto-1 did to children of my era. In the mid 1980’s Star Wars was already in the rear-view mirror, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had yet to arrive, and although pro wrestling was in the midst of it’s biggest boom period in the history of … More Ecto-1 (Kenner, 1986)
Few things in life represent summer to me as much as Kool-Aid. I grew up guzzling the multi-colored beverages to the point where my face had a permanently stained Kool-Aid mustache that made me look like Jack Nicholson’s Joker. Days would pass where Kool-Aid was the only liquid I consumed. Who could blame me? Kid’s … More Kool-Aid Points
Maybe I don’t watch enough TV these days or maybe I’m just not watching the “right” shows but as a kid I remember there being a lot of advertisements for non-descript food products as well as a lot more public service announcements. Beef: It’s what’s for dinner! Pork: The other white meat. But the one … More Milk: It Does a Body Good
The Real Ghostbusters was one of the most popular cartoons of the 1980’s and the action figure line produced by Kenner became a staple in the toy chests of boys the world over. Although the hit movie was released in the summer of 1984, the cartoon did not make it’s debut on ABC until the … More Ray Stantz (Kenner, 1986)
Kenner did a fabulous job with the vintage Star Wars action figure line. One of the great things about the series was that any cool looking alien that spent at least 3 tenths of a second on the screen would be immortalized by Kenner in the form of Chinese produced plastic. Today we’re going to … More Ree-Yees (Kenner, 1983)
Ralston was known for their licensed cereal brands in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. If there was a property popular with children, a shopper could be pretty certain that Ralston would dump some processed nuggets in a box and slap a logo on it for a quick buck. Ralston-Purina sticks to making pet food and … More Batman Cereal (Ralston, 1989)
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