A lot of you may already be aware of these awesome posts, but a new one was posted yesterday so I thought I would just write a quick piece about how great they are in case you hadn’t seen them. Shawn Robare is becoming a…
Feel like a M.A.S.K. fix today? Look no further. I love this full page diorama of most of the early M.A.S.K. toy range from the 1986 Autumn / Winter Argos catalogue. They obviously put a reasonable amount of effort into these dioramas, and it pays…
This Top Ten list was incredibly hard. So many great actors from so many great movies to choose from. I’ve tried to keep it to the 80s although to be honest some of the movies mentioned are from 1 or 2 years either side. Basically…
Panini sticker albums were a huge part of my childhood. I had this Masters of the Universe one as a child but I never managed to complete it and I didn’t hold on to it. I picked this complete one off eBay and it’s all…
I love old toy leaflets like these. Check out all the G1 Transformers on display here. Autobots on the front and Decepticons on the back. Just take a look at the size of that Jetfire! You can see other cool leaflets like this in the…
I recently stumbled across this incredible series of art photographs by Danny Passarella of arcade machines. Just check them out. They’re absolutely beautiful. The pics below are just screenshots from his website but if you have some cash to splash you can purchase prints from…
What a collection of 70s franchises here in this page from the 1982 Spring Argos catalogue. You’ve got CHiPs, The Professionals, Buck Rogers, Action Man and Star Wars. Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer is a pretty weird toy actually isn’t it? I always wanted one of…
All you retro girls (and Bronies) out there can enjoy this trip down My Little Pony lane with this awesome double page spread from the 1986 Autumn/Winter Argos catalogue. And all you guys out there in relationships can give your loved one a blast from…
Sweets are a big thing when you’re a kid. Sometimes they are the biggest thing in your day or even your life! Oh, halcyon days. Because of this, there are some sweets that I really do look back on with very fond memories. I’m not…
Anyone else remember this? The ball that moved in an ‘unpredicta-ball’ way. It was like it was alive. Obviously I now know it just has a big steel ball inside, slightly off-centre to make it move strangely, but at the time it was awesome. There’s…