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 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…
Not so much a movie review, but more a random list of points from my stream of consciousness after seeing it earlier this week. It goes without saying that there are A LOT OF SPOILERS in this post. So please DO NOT READ this post…
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…
I used to love playing card games like Top Trumps etc. This pack wasn’t an official Top Trumps pack but it was my favourite of the lot. I was always a fan of Marvel comics and the artwork on these cards is fantastic. The game…
Action figures are probably the main toy genre of the 80s. So many big franchises started out during that time, many of which are still going strong. For the purpose of this list I’m taking into account vehicles too. So if a toyline has cool…
I’m a big fan of art books and coffee table books and I’m a sucker for just buying any kind of retro books off Amazon. The list below is the current bibliography gracing the shelves of Retromash HQ. Some are recent Amazon acquisitions, some are…
I recently fulfilled a childhood ambition by getting my hands on some original artwork from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. James Eatock, creator extraordinaire of the incredible cereal:geek magazine was selling off some of his humongous collection of He-Man animation cels and storyboard…
Today Marvel announced a plethora of new movies for Phase Three of their cinematic universe. Some had been hinted at, some were already set in stone, some were new. All of them are pretty darn exciting. Inhumans – this is another one that really excites…
Name: Gremlins sticker album Publisher: Panini Year: 1984 Country of origin: US Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: Panini, Gremlins Notes: I’ve got very strong memories of this sticker album. I’m not sure if I’d actually seen the film yet when I got it but the…
Name: Mean Machines Publisher: EMAP Year: 1990 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: computer magazines Notes: Mean Machines was a short-lived multi-format video game magazine in the UK which was published between 1990 and 1992. The magazine actually started as a section…