Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed news, articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

In the News

• Judging by a first look at the next season of Cobra Kai, Karate’s Bad Boy Mike Barnes is back and joining the fight!

• According to The Hollywood Reporter, there is a live-action Pac-Man movie in the works, and some of the team that brought Sonic the Hedgehog to the big screen is working on it.

• Speaking of Sonic the Hedgehog…Sonic the Hedgehog 3 now has its release date.

• I posted this news nugget earlier this week, but it bears repeating here in case you missed it. Frute Brute is returning to the monsters cereal lineup this year.

• In sad news from the world of television, Roger Mosley has passed away due to injuries he suffered in a car accident. You probably best remember him from his role as TC on the original Magnum P.I.

• Fresh off of debuting their rebooted Sectuars line, The Nacelle Co. has released plans for their Power Lords reboot.

• Fans of the 2002 Masters of the Universe series rejoice! The entire series is being released to the Mattel Action Channel on Youtube. The first couple of episodes are already available to watch.

• If you know me at all, you’ll know that I’m over the moon about the Mexican Pizza being back on the permanent menu at Taco Bell once again. And in case you missed it when it dropped months ago on The Retro Network, here are my most missed extinct Taco Bell menu items.

Retro & Nostalgia Articles and Posts

• With Woodstock ’99 being back in the public eye again thanks to two great documentaries from HBO Max and Netflix, The Vintage News has detailed how Woodstock ’99 went from a highly anticipated music festival to a complete disaster in written form.

• Earlier this week I posted a video highlighting the Holiday Inn Holidome. Now you can also check out this fantastic article about the adult amusement park of yesterday.

• Has it been a while since you’ve used your cursive writing skills? Add that to the growing list of vintage skills that are dying out with the new generation.

• Have you seen the new line of official Trapper Keepers at Walmart? They’re just one of at least nine school supplies from the ’80s that you can still buy today.

• Gary Gygax credits a lot of influences behind his creation of Dungeons & Dragons. Here are five unexpected things that caused Dungeons & Dragons to exist.

• Here are 9 weapons and tactics that only The A-Team could get away with.

• Since finishing all the episodes of The Brady Bunch, the guys at A Very Brady Podcast have now picked a new show to go in-depth on…Gilligan’s Island! You can check out their deep dive into the first episode at The Retro Network.

• The fine folks over at Plaid Stallions have dug up more old awesome stuff on eBay.

New on Retro Ramblings This Week

• I covered some old junk food as I detailed a few long-gone favorites from Burger King.

• Watch Jason and Adam open a pack of Batman Forever trading cards on a new episode of Wax Pack Flashback.

• In a new Time Capsule, I take you back to the glory days of Eternia with a full scan of the second issue of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe magazine from 1985.

• I shared my memories of staying in Holiday Inn Holidomes when I was a kid.

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

In the News

• First Look at the New Sectaurs Action Figure Line (The Toy Book)

Retro & Nostalgia

• 10 Nicktoons That Deserve a Reboot (CBR)

• Bingo: The Retro Game For the Ages (Retromash)

• The 15 Best Sega Genesis Games Ever (Den of Geek)

• 10 Nearly Unknown Episodes of the Twilight Zone (Listverse)

• The Shakey’s Pizza I Grew Up On in the ’70s and ’80s (The Retro Dad)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

New on Retro Ramblings This Week

• Ric Flair’s Last Match

• Retro Streaming Guide for August 2022

• Dino Pebbles Cereal

• The 1992 Topps Baseball Card Project

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

In the News

• The Choco Taco is Being Discontinued (Mental Floss)

• Mars Unveils Halloween Editions of M&M’s, Twix, and Snickers (Chew Boom)

Retro & Nostalgia Stories & Posts

• Memorable Sharks in Pop Culture History (The Retro Network)

• What the Death of Superman Still Means to the DC Universe (Den of Geek)

• 11 Fun Facts About Coney Island (Mental Floss)

• Star Wars: Why Jar Jar Binks is the Most Tragic Character (CBR)

• Oh I Had That: Tiger Electronic Games (Middle-Aged Fat Kids)

• 10 Best Fantasy Movies From the ’80s Everyone Should Check Out (Collider)

• 6 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

In the News

• Vince McMahon Has Announced His Retirement from CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (Cageside Seats)

• Marvel Has Announced the Projects Coming in Phases 5 & 6 of the MCU (Deadline)

Stories & Posts

• 15 Best SNES Boss Fights Ever (Den of Geek)

• How Aerosmith’s and Run-DMC’s Walk This Way Forever Altered the Landscape of American Music (Mental Floss)

• The Untold Truth of Pong (Grunge)

• My Personal History of Non-Sports Cards Collecting (20 Years Before 2000)

• Remember CB Radios? They’re Back (Cheapism)

• 10 Freaky Facts About R. L. Stein’s Goosebumps Series (Mental Floss)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

In the News

• Rob Zombie’s The Munsters Trailer Reveals It’s an Origin Story (Super Hero Hype)

• Fruit Brute Cereal is Returning for Halloween 2022 (Cerealously)

Retro & Nostalgia Stories and Posts

• The 10 Worst Things That Happened to the Crew on Star Trek: The Next Generation (CBR)

• What Was the First Video Game With High Scores (Den of Geek)

• Revisiting the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 1980s (The Vintage News)

• 11 Wild Urban Legends Surrounding Popular Songs (Mental Floss)

• Jim Varney’s Early “Viral” Fame (Boing Boing)

• The Ten Most Successful Infomercials Ever (Listverse)

• Tito Santana and the Title That Eluded Him (Pro Wrestling Stories)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

News

• ‘Godfather’ & ‘Misery’ Star James Caan Dies at 82 (Do You Remember)

• Kelloggs Debuts Nickelodeon Slime Apple Jacks (Brand Eating)

• Nintendo Switch Online Adds Four Classic Sega Genesis Games (Pop Geeks)

• General Mills Has Released a Line of Cereal-Inspired Candles (Mental Floss)

Retro & Nostalgia Articles & Posts

• Keebler E.L. Fudge Cookies (Retroist)

• When G.I. Joe Got Small to Get Huge (Saturday Evening Post)

• 10 Great Sci-Fi Series With Terrible Endings (CBR)

• Vintage Burger King Found Preserved Behind a Shopping Mall Wall (Do You Remember)

• 30 Retro-Futuristic Space-Age Inventions We’re Still Waiting For (Click Americana)

• The Late Great James Caan (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• How the Amusement Park Conquered America (Bloomberg)

• 20 Sega Genesis Games That Were Way Ahead of Their Time (Den of Geek)

• A Short History of Bit-o-Honey Candy (Old Time Candy)

• The Connection Between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Wrestling (Pro Wrestling Stories)

• 10 Fascinating Facts About St. Elsewhere (Mental Floss)

• Top 3 Video Games That Defined the ’80s (Rediscover the ’80s)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Extra

Over at The Retro Network, we recently wrapped up our Summer Camp 2022 event. As part of the event, we hosted a writing contest. There were many great entries, and you should check them all out here. But I wanted to present the three prize-winning entries here for your enjoyment.

• 1st Place: Downhill Daredevils
• 2nd Place: Summer at the Rec Center
• 3rd Place: Our Family Vacation to Disney World

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• 5 Fun Facts About the Movie Independence Day (The Retro Network)

• How the A-Team Sparked the Cult Phenomenon That Was Mr. T (MeTV)

• Flipping Out: Revisiting the 1990s Swing Revival (Mental Floss)

• Silly Putty: The Story of the Stretchy, Bouncy Wonder Toy of the 20th Century (Click Americana)

• All About Saved by the Bell’s Summer at Malibu Sands (The Retro Network)

• Star Wars: How Old Was Palpatine in Each Trilogy? (CBR)

• Stranger Things Season 5: What to Expect (Den of Geek)

• The Now Retired Restaurant That Made Fried Clam Strips Famous (Do You Remember)

• 10 Best Sega Master System Games Ever (USA Today)

• How the Sony Walkman Changed Everything (Quartz)

• The Untold Truth of Jolt Cola (Mashed)

• Must-See Movies From the ’80s (Rediscover the ’80s)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Be sure to check out the Retro Streaming Guide for July if you haven’t done so already. There are plenty of fun retro movies coming to streaming this month.

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• ’90s Summer Reloaded (The Retro Network)

• The Dungeons & Dragons Panic of the 1980s Explained (Grunge)

• Stranger Things 4: The Food! (20 Years Before 2000)

• The 10 Most Dangerous Enemies From Star Trek: The Next Generation (CBR)

• Popular Foods From the ’90s That Will Bring You Maximum Nostalgia (MeTV)

• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• The 10 Greatest Cereal Flavors That Got Cancelled (Listverse)

• The Most Confusing Moments of Ghostbusters Explained (Looper)

• Ice Cream in the Summertime: The Story of Carvel Soft-Serve (The Retro Network)

• Old School Wrestling: Ten Things Sorely Missed (Pro Wrestling Stories)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• 9 Times Danny Tanner Was Simply the Best Dad (MeTV)

• Investigating the Origins of Watergate Salad (Mental Floss)

• The 10 Best NES Games Ever (USA Today)

• The 24 Best Horror Movies of the ’80s (EW)

• Emerald Twilight: How Hal Jordan Caused the Green Lantern’s Darkest Days (CBR)

• 10 Iconic Rock Songs That Were Never Released as Singles (Listverse)

• Street Fighter: The Strange Legacy of Sheng Long (Den of Geek)

• Beavis, Butthead, and Me (Middle-Aged Fat Kids)

• How Wham! Got Their Name (Grunge)

• 1982 vs. 2022: Has Technology Really Become More Affordable? (PC Mag)

• The Berenstain Bears Science Fair (Masked Library)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

And I want to take just a moment to remind you that The Retro Network’s “Summer Camp 2022” begins Monday, June 20th! It’s two weeks of pure summer nostalgia via written articles, original videos, and podcasts. There are going to be features on things like the Saved by the Bell beach club episodes, Carvel ice Cream, ’80s songs of summer, the 1989 Summer of Batman, Lawn Darts, and so much more. And you won’t want to miss the special episode of the TRN Drive-In podcast looking back at the cult classic, Ernest Goes to Camp. Be sure to visit The Retro Network over the next couple of weeks to be transported back to the summers of your youth.

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to grab a hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• NASCAR and Hollywood Were Never the Same After Days of Thunder (ESPN)

• 15 Weirdest Dick Tracy Movie Merchandise Items (The Retro Network)

• The Best Hannah-Barbera Cartoons, Ranked (Movie Web)

• The Great Pudding Pop Wars of 1982 (Branded in the ’80s)

• 10 Mistakes That Still Haunt Sega (CBR)

• Oh, I Had That: Magic Johnson Double Jam (Middle-Aged Fat Kids)

• Farewell Howard Johnson’s (News From ME)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

And in case you missed them, here are the latest features that I dropped here on Retro Ramblings this week…

• Cool Kid’s Meal Toys – a look back at some of my favorite kid’s meal toys and premiums from fast food places other than McDonald’s.

• Construx Were One of the Best Toys of the ’80s – fond memories of the Construx toys line from the ’80s and just how cool the toys were and some of the things I used them for to enhance the play of other toys.

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to grab a hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• 162 Thoughts I Had While Watching Die Hard For the First Time (BuzzFeed Rewind)

• All Howard Johnsons Restaurants Are Now Officially Closed (Do You Remember)

• Five Interesting Facts About the Movie Rain Man (Rediscover the ’80s)

• Remembering Ray Liotta’s Best Movie Roles (The Vintage News)

• 7 Pinball Machines Inspired by Classic Television (MeTV)

• The Pop Culture of 1989 (The Retro Network)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to grab a hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you this week.

• What is the History of Memorial Day? (NBC New York)

• 10 Forgotten Marvel Villains Who Deserve a Comeback (CBR)

• 15 Weirdest Food Trends of the ’80s (Cracked)

• From Roger Rabbit to Rescue Rangers: The Legacy of Mega Crossover Movies (Den of Geek)

• Top 10 ’90s Songs You Didn’t Realize Were So Heartbreaking (Listverse)

• The WWE Scandal That Rocked the Tabloids in 1992 (Pro Wrestling Stories)

• 5 Great Retro Sports Games to Revisit in 2022 (The Retro Network)

• Analog Life: Entertainment in the ’80s (Rediscover the ’80s)

• The Magical World of Shrinky Dinks (Retroist)

• 5 Classic Feuds Between Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble (MeTV)

• Rocky III at 40 (Decider)

• 15 Bodacious Facts About the ’80s (Cracked)

• Back to the Future and the Age of Sci-Fi Simplicity (Movie Web)

• 5, No 6 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

If you know of a link you think I would enjoy and should check out, drop it in the comments below.