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Month: July 2021

Time Capsule

1990 WWF Merchandise Catalog

July 28, 2021 Mickey Lee 1

Enjoy this complete scan of the 1990 WWF merchandise catalog, and when you’re done drooling over it, go check out [Continue Reading]

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M.U.S.C.L.E. Toys

July 26, 2021 Mickey Lee 9

I dabbled in more toy lines than I could count as a kid. Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man…you name it, I [Continue Reading]

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1988 Kenner Action Toy Guide

July 22, 2021 Mickey Lee 2

Enjoy this complete scan of the 1988 Kenner Action Guide featuring their best toys of the year like The Real [Continue Reading]

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KFC’s Chicken Littles Sandwiches of the ’80s

July 19, 2021 Mickey Lee 9

There was a time, long before artisanal buns and aioli sauces took over the fast-food landscape, when a humble little [Continue Reading]

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Coverage of Super Cards ’87

July 16, 2021 Mickey Lee 1

Growing up in the mid-late ’80s, one of my greatest joys would come when I would go to the grocery [Continue Reading]

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The Excitement of Excitebike

July 13, 2021 Mickey Lee 1

There are certain sounds that live forever in the attic of memory. The whine of a two-stroke engine, the digital [Continue Reading]

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The 1990 TV Pilot ‘Tag Team’

July 11, 2021 Mickey Lee 0

In the mid-late ’80s, professional wrestling, and the WWF in particular, was big business. A lot of the WWF superstars [Continue Reading]

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Those Cups that Used to Come in Oatmeal

July 7, 2021 Mickey Lee 5

Do you remember those plastic cups that came in boxes of oatmeal?  For years upon years, I never knew this [Continue Reading]

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