Retro toys, nostalgia, video games and other old crap
I was a Street Fighter II loyalist as a kid. No other arcade fighting game could possibly interest me until one day I watched a kid playing a game in an arcade that was called Mortal Kombat. It looked much gorier than Street Fighter II and it seemed to play a lot faster as well, …
Continue reading Funko Savage World Mortal Kombat MOTU Style Figures! Scorpion and Sub-Zero!
I've mentioned before of my love of Final Fantasy and have already covered some of the toys from FF VII but today I thought I'd take a look at some figures that are a little bit different. It's the 'Square Minimum Collection'! The idea of this line is that they would …
Continue reading The ‘Square Minimum Collection’! Strange, Blockish Final Fantasy Action Figures!
Some of you might remember that I covered weird flavoured sticks of rock ages ago. My Auntie sent me more which have been kicking about for a while, so I thought I ought to finally get around to abusing my taste buds and giving 'em a go. And there was quite a selection to try! …
Continue reading Odd Food! More Weird and Disgusting Flavoured Sticks of Candy Rock!
Whenever I see a cassette tape, I am instantly transported back to my childhood. To me, cassette tapes will always be more synonymous with the many happy hours sat playing computer games instead of listening to music. I grew up a little too late for me to feel the warm, glowing blanket of nostalgia that …
Okay, so it's Sunday, not Saturday. But I started this post on Saturday but felt too ill to finish it, so I'm finishing it today. It's still Star Wars Saturdays though! I mentioned in my Christmas haul post the other day that I planned on doing a Star Wars Saturdays looking at some Galactic …
I haven't given Christmas any attention on here this year as I've just been so damn busy visiting family in England and stuff. I don't think I gave it much attention last year either which feels like a personal failure as it's definitely one of my favourite times of the year. Regardless of my failings, …
Most people I know seem glad that they lived through their childhood at the time that they did. Star Wars has been a part of many peoples childhoods, and even today it is still a huge part of many kids lives throughout the world. I've spoken to people who were kids back in the seventies …
Continue reading Star Wars Saturdays! Five ’90s Star Wars Action Figures of Questionable Design!
I've been on a bit of a Pokémon trip of late, after we went to the cinema to see the new Pokémon movie (I Choose You). I had very mixed feelings on it. I disliked how it completely shat on existing continuity, by retelling stories from the original '90s cartoons but replacing fan favourite characters …
A year ago when I first looked at Pocket Shockers, I said I was going to try and get hold of the Manic Mansion playset that I remembered owning as a kid. Well, it took a fair amount of time, but after much patience and scouring eBay, I was finally in ownership of this absolute …
I really like things that transform into something else. I covered a WereBear last year that I had fond memories of as a kid, and loved how it could either be something cute or something a bit scary. In the early nineties, Hornby (known for their model railway toys) released a series of plush toys …
