When Hasbro and the World Wrestling Federation parted ways at the end of 1994 the WWF was without an action figure manufacturer for the first time since the company went national. Throughout the dark days of 1995 the only WWF wrestlers on toy shelves were undesirable Hasbro leftovers in clearance bins and JusToys Bend ‘Em’s … More Jakks Bone Crunching WWF Figures
From 1985 until 1997 all of the official World Wrestling Federation home video releases were distributed by Coliseum Video. This period was a golden age in both professional wrestling as well as home video as the rise of VHS coincided with the 1980’s professional wrestling boom. As video stores popped up in every neighborhood, Coliseum … More Coliseum Video Rewind: Invasion of the Bodyslammers (WF117)
From 1985 until 1997 all of the official World Wrestling Federation home video releases were distributed by Coliseum Video. This period was a golden age in both professional wrestling as well as home video as the rise of VHS coincided with the 1980’s professional wrestling boom. As video stores popped up in every neighborhood, Coliseum … More Coliseum Video Rewind: WrestleFest 88 (WF058)
The late 1990’s was a special time in video game history. The gaming industry was maturing, two dimensional graphics gave way to 3D worlds, technology was giving gamers experiences they never would have thought was possible previously, and there was intense competition between established game companies and a powerful newcomer. For me personally the late … More Summer of ’98 Part V: Video Games
Like most kids born in the mid 1980’s I was a fan of Hulk Hogan and the World Wrestling Federation. Children have a natural attraction to professional wrestling but the WWF of the 1980’s took that attraction, marketed to it, packaged it up, and as a result reached levels of popularity the sport had never seen … More Summer of 1998 Part III: WWF
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
Here we go again! This is the fifth installment of Five Awesome Video Game Tracks! That means if my multiplication skills are still refined that you could enjoy 25 interesting video game melodies if you check out all of these installments. It also means that I’ve written roughly 5,000 words dedicated to beeps, hums, and tones … More Five Awesome Video Game Tracks Part 5
Recently Street Fighter V was released for the PC and the PS4 which I only know about because I ran across the info while reading about vintage games. Amid the frenzy of the new Street Fighter game appearing in a store near you a key milestone in the franchise seems to have been overlooked. Street … More Street Fighter II: 25th Anniversary
I loved collecting WWF Coliseum Videos back when I was in high school, and my favorite pay per view event has always been the Royal Rumble. Add the two passions together and of course I owned nearly every Royal Rumble VHS tape produced. Today I’d like to take a trip down memory lane and rank … More Ranking Royal Rumble’s By Box Art
I’ve always been a collector of something, accumulating large quantities of various items that have interested me for years. Be it Lego sets, comic books, action figures, trading cards, it seems I was always pursuing a new addition to one of my various collections. Of all the things I’ve collected over the years I look … More Smack ‘Em Whack ‘Em (Coliseum Video, 1993)
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