During a warm spring day in 1990 my mind was pre-occupied as I struggled to push through my half day of Kindergarten. Although I generally enjoyed school at this young age I knew that something monumental was awaiting me at my grandparents’ house. It was this year that my grandma began a tradition of letting … More Breaking Down My Childhood NES Collection
It was 20 years ago when Star Wars began it’s incredible resurgence in the public eye. After roughly a decade of taking a back seat to various other franchises such as Transformers, Ghostbusters, He-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was time for the masses to rediscover the magic of that universe far far away. … More Princess Leia Organa (Kenner, 1995)
Anyone who’s played video games has had one of the tune’s stuck in their head on a repeated loop at some point. For us old timers it was probably the original Super Mario Bros. theme, or maybe the Overworld theme in The Legend of Zelda. Despite simple technology, the composers on some of those games … More Five Awesome Video Game Tracks
Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters in June of 1984 and it was an immediate success at the box office. Fueled by a slick marketing campaign and a hit single with a popular music video that was constantly replayed on a then new MTV, Ghostbusters would become the most financially successful comedy of the 1980’s. That is … More Peter Venkman Screaming Heroes (Kenner, 1989)
In my post about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES game I mentioned that the Ninja Turtles were less a popular cartoon and more a phenomenon in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The marketing blitz encompassed every facet of childhood life but the two most important products to children were the video games and … More TMNT Raphael Figure (Playmates, 1988)
If you were a child in the 80’s and early 90’s you were a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It didn’t matter what sex, race, or religion you were, you loved that cartoon. If you didn’t you would be labeled a social outcast and live on the fringe of society sitting in the corner … More Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES, 1989)
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