Name: Action Transfers Manufacturer: Salters Year: 1983 Country of origin: UK Category: Toys & Games Tags: Star Wars, He-Man, Masters of the Universe Notes: Used to love these. Made you feel like a proper artist. You started with a landscape of your favourite 80s property…
Name: Gremlins storybook Publisher: Hippo Year: 1984 Country of origin: UK (originally USA) Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: Gremlins, storybooks Notes: Another great storybook here. Storybooks were great ways to relive the film when you didn’t have access to a TV or VHS and digest…
Song: Now That’s What I Call Music Year: 1983-present Label: EMI Country of origin: UK Category: Music Notes: An official mix-tape. What a great idea. These tri-annual compilations have been going strong since 1983 and are a staple of the UK music scene. The original…
Song: Prince – 1999 Album: 1999 Year: 1982 Label: Warner Bros. Country of origin: USA Category: Music Tags: Prince Notes: A classic track by Prince and some genius forward thinking as I’m sure he made a mint from royalties at the turn of the millenium….
Name: Button Moon Year: 1980 Seasons: 7 Episodes: 91 Country of origin: UK Category: Kids Shows Notes: A fantastically quirky and charming little UK kids show. All the characters and objects were puppets made from everyday household objects like spoons, buttons and washing up liquid…
Name: The Blues Brothers Year: 1980 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: John Landis Country of origin: USA Category: Movies Notes: Probably my second favourite film of all time (after WarGames). Part comedy, part drama, part musical. And such an incredible cast of actors, comedians and musicians….
Name: Game Zone Publisher: Dennis Publishing Year: 1991 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: computer magazines Notes: I can’t find too much information about this mag online but I still have at least 6 issues myself from back in the day. I’m…
Name: Skedoodle Manufacturer: Hasbro Year: 1979 Country of origin: US Category: Toys & Games Tags: Hasbro Notes: The Skedoodle is Hasbro’s answer to the Etch-a-Sketch. The main difference being the curved screen and the joystick controller. An extremely cool looking retro toy and a great…
Song: Stan Ridgway – Camouflage Album: The Big Heat Year: 1986 Label: IRS Country of origin: USA Category: Music Notes: I remember thinking how bizarre and awesome this song was when it came out. It was a kind of spoken rap about a guy in…
Name: SuperTed Year: 1983 Seasons: 3 Episodes: 36 Country of origin: Wales Category: Cartoons Notes: Great cartoon from the early 80s featuring a teddy bear who was deemed defective by the factory that made him and “threw him away like a piece of rubbish”. A…