Time Capsule
1983 Matchbox Catalog
Matchbox cars have been around since 1953, and every year have offered new varieties of their cars. In this time capsule, you can see all of their new offerings for 1983.
Month: December 2021
Essay
A Few of My Favorite Matchbox Toys
Growing up in the ’80s and early ’90s, Hot Wheels, and Matchbox cars were a big part of my playtime. Both lines produced a lot of really fun cars and playsets, and in this edition of Retro Ramblings, I’m sharing …….continure reading
Essay
Weekend Reading 12/26/21
Welcome back once again to The Weekend Edition. It’s where I share with you my curated list of retro and nostalgia-themed stories and articles I’ve run across in my travels around the world wide web in the last week. Here …….continure reading
Essay
TBS Christmas Creatures Features From 1992
TBS was one of my favorite TV channels in the late ’80s and the early ’90s, so I like to go back in time and talk about the things that made me love it so much. I’ve even given this …….continure reading
Essay
How I Remember Christmas
Take a little walk down memory lane with me as I recount all the things from through the years that have made me so nostalgic for Christmas. …….continure reading
Time Capsule
Disney Channel Guide for December 1984
Back when I was young and being jealous of my friends who had cable television, one of the channels I drooled over the most was The Disney Channel. It seemed so cool that Disney had its own channel! But what …….continure reading
Nostalgia Nugget
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
In today’s Retro Ramblings, I’m supplying you with a full-length Christmas movie to watch. It’s a made-for-TV Christmas movie from 1987. And it stars Bo and Luke Duke (well, the actors anyway) driving a big rig full of presents to …….continure reading
Nostalgia Nugget
A Christmas Story Ad from 1992
TBS was one of my favorite TV channels in the late ’80s and the early ’90s, so I like to go back in time and talk about the things that made me love it so much. A Christmas Story hasn’t …….continure reading