Retro toys, nostalgia, video games and other old crap
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 …
Nowadays, there are quite a few video games that feature witches as playable characters in games (Bayonetta being the most recent that springs to mind) but back when I was a kid, witches were almost always just there to fill the role as a villain, or a side character at best. But then I discovered …
There was a time in the '90s where I would wander around carboot sales and find amazing toys from the previous decade that I just could not identify, as in I had no prior knowledge on what toyline some things were from, but I still knew when I was holding something impressive in my …
It is finally here! The final post of Halloween Countdown 2016! The 1980s were a busy time for small creature movies. By small, I don't mean small in budget (though many of these films didn't cost much to make) I mean small in size. None of the creatures in these films were going to climb …
Continue reading Day XIII, Halloween Countdown 2016 finale! Boglins hand puppet!
I don't know any kids that didn't love monsters back in the '90s, or at least appreciate them in some form. Monsters were everywhere, if I had to read at school naturally I would gravitate towards books like Goosebumps and Shivers and Creepers.Following the after-school cartoons there would be TV shows like Eerie Indiana, Are …
Continue reading Day X, Halloween Countdown 2016! Monster in My Pocket!
The Resident Evil series was undeniably awesome in the early days, back when the games were still obviously 'survival horror' and not just another generic third person shooter. Though the upcoming 'Resident Evil 7' looks like it might be steering back towards its suspenseful ammo hoarding origins. Whether or not the end result is a …
Ah the Ghostbusters. Remember a time when the franchise wasn't sullied by cheap cash-ins in the form of poorly thought out re-boots that you apparently could only dislike if you harbor misogynistic feelings? I didn't experience the initial airing of The Real Ghostbusters animated TV show (1986-1991) as I was born in 1990,. But I …
The '80s had a pretty substantial amount of cutesy characters that were designed to be made into toys. Care Bears and My little Pony are probably the most popular but there was a whole bunch of sweet scented, cuddly creatures. The intended market for these toys were girls, where as boys had toys that were …
Continue reading Day VII, Halloween Countdown 2016! WereBears plush toys!
In life, very occasionally you might happen across something that you just couldn't live without if you didn't buy there and then. This happened when I stumbled across this. I had something similar when I was a kid, it was an alien in an egg that you chucked in a jar of water …
Continue reading Day VI, Halloween Countdown 2016! Grow Zombies! Just add water!
There is hella lotta Ghostbusters themed candy out this year. Probably because of the new movie out but I can't remember a time where a movie has seemed to focus so much on candy in the way of merchandise. I remember Star Wars episode I had everything to promote it. Star Wars chocolate, bubble bath, …
Continue reading Day V, Halloween Countdown 2016! Ghostbusters candy! So much Ghostbusters candy…
