The League of Extraordinary Bloggers is back. I had just missed out on becoming a regular contributor to the series back when Brian at Cool & Collected stopped the previous incarnation. But now it’s back and it’s called the Pop Culture League. You can find…
Masters of the Universe is without doubt one of my favourite properties of the 80s. It’s possibly the thing I am most nostalgic about from my childhood. One of my most vivid memories from my youth is of playing with my He-Man and Skeletor action…
One thing that always ends up being a challenge to any adult collector is storage space. Money obviously is a big factor too but there’s always ways to get some stuff really cheaply from car boot sales or charity shops etc. But, unless you live…
I’m a big podcast listener. Maybe it’s because I do 4 hours of commuting per day, so I get a fair amount of time to listen to them. And there’s never been as much podcast choice for us geeks as there is right now. There…
I was lucky enough to attend the fantastic event, Reasons to be Creative, in Brighton, a few weeks ago. It’s an amazing mix of web designers, digital creatives, motion graphic artists and makers. It’s got an incredible atmosphere and there are so many inspiring things…
I was recently asked by Man Crates to write a post about what I would want in my retro man crate. They’ve got some pretty cool gift ideas on their site and a retro one obviously caught my imagination. So here goes with my Top…
I recently visited a cool, new cafe in London. The Cereal Killer Cafe, which opened a few months ago, specialises in retro and hard-to-find cereals. They import cereals from all round the world. As a fan of Nerd Lunch and cereal:geek and all things retro/geek/food…
Oh how time files. Seems like only yesterday that I pressed the big red button to make Retromash.com live. It was a year ago today. I’m pretty pleased with how the first year has gone. We’ve been on Buzzfeed, been in two national UK newspapers…
Another difficult list here. If you ask me next week I might change the order of this list. And if I was focussing on best intro sequences I might order it a bit differently too. But for this one I was focussing on the music…
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…