80s Toys: ‘Infaceables’
Remember those action figures called Infaceables? Those mystic warriors were some of the most popular action figures to come from the Galoob company and we decided to pay a brief little homage to them, as well as give you that little feeling of nostalgia. “The Infaceables: Mystic Warriors of Change was a 1984 toyline by Galoob in which plain-face characters grew more animalistic through the use of vacuum suction,”...
80s Toy and Film Combo: Fluppy Dogs
In 1986, Fluppy Dogs, the animated film was released and it led the release of a pretty fluffy toy. The Disney film was pretty low on the end of popularity compared to many of the bigger hits, however, the toy was jus enough to grab your attention and be a pretty popular hit. “A band of dimension hopping humanoid dogs need the help of two kids to return home,” according to IMDB’s summary of the film. It’s not...
80s Candies: Pixy Stix
Powdery sugary substances never got any better than Pixy Stix. Who could forget one of the most simple candies known to man? Why did we love Pixy Stix? Was it the fact that it was simply a Sweet-tart in powdered form? Maybe. The packets varied with some of the extra-large ones almost being too much for one person to handle. Of course, Pixy Stix were introduced in the 70s however, they started their upward boom in the 80s and guess...
How much does it cost to buy…Garbage Pail Kids?
Infuriating authority figures was a piece of cake in the 1980s. All you had to do was show up at home or school with a pack of Garbage Pail Kids stickers. Oh, mothers and teachers in particular loathed those things, which of course only made them more attractive to us. Topps ended up producing five sets of Garbage Pail Kids (as well as a handful of 21st century sets) but was not responsible for “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie,” which...
The ’80s lasted until 1991: The hits from spring 25 years ago
History declares the ‘80s ended on Dec. 31, 1989, but the decade was still alive and well on the radio in the early ‘90s (at least until Nirvana showed up). You’ll hear the ‘80s all over the top 30 songs from a recent countdown aired on XMs 90s on 9. We’ll reveal six songs a day each day this week. The hits from spring 25 years ago 24.) “Love Is A Wonderful Thing,” Michael Bolton Nobody symbolized the impermanence of the ‘80s quite...
Candy of the ’80s: Gobstoppers
Is it a globe? A Gobstopper? Or both? Was there a better candy for the naivety of youth than Gobstoppers? As kids, we welcomed the challenge of consuming a piece of candy that was nicknamed “jawbreaker.” We ignored the choking hazards accompanying the enormous contraption and believed cavities were things that happened to other kids. Of course, all these decades later, we know better, and can only imagine what a Gobstopper would do to...
The ’80s lasted until 1991: The hits from spring 25 years ago
History declares the ‘80s ended on Dec. 31, 1989, but the decade was still alive and well on the radio in the early ‘90s (at least until Nirvana showed up). You’ll hear the ‘80s all over the top 30 songs from a recent countdown aired on XMs 90s on 9. We’ll reveal six songs a day each day this week. 80s lasted until 1991: The hits from spring 25 years ago 30.) “It’s A Shame (My Sister),” Monie Love If Monie Love’s lone hit (it peaked...
Lite-Brite: An 80s Toy Lover’s Dream
The Lite-Brite may as well be one of the greatest toy creations ever. Everything about the Lite-Brite exemplified what it meant to be a kid in the 80s. It was so popular it even topped a couple of Christmas lists. Sure the clown was a little creepy but the commercial for Lite-Brite was so infectious due to that classic jingle that you just had to have one. The creation choices were endless when it came to the Lite-Brite. You could...
Fads of the ‘80s: Jelly bracelets
A search of Google can reveal the answer to anything. Except, apparently, how many jelly bracelets were sold in the 1980s. Our recent investigation was fruitless, quite possibly because infinity is a number that cannot be measured. While we’re still trying to narrow down the number of jelly bracelets purchased in the 1980s, we were able to confirm one fact with a minimal amount of Internet sleuthing: Jelly bracelets, like myriad other...
How much does it cost to buy Pac-Man?
Even here in 2016, there’s no shortage of ways to get your Pac-Man fix. The first two pages retrieved by entering Pac-Man in Google are Google’s Pac-Man “doodle” from May 21, 2010, which you can play right on the search page, and a link to Free Pac-Man, which is a site offering many free variations of Pac-Man (and not a page looking to free an imprisoned Pac-Man). But what if playing Pac-Man on your laptop—or your smart phone or your...
Five things you may not have known about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The greatest movie ever made about truancy turns 30 years old this weekend. Most of us have seen “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” at least 30 times, but do you know everything there is to know about the classic film? Test your“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” IQ with these five facts: 1.) John Hughes wrote the movie in less than a week. He had no time for our angst about writer’s block. 2.) The film generated two romances. Matthew Broderick...
What Were the Top 5 Movies This Week In 1987?
If you went to the movies 29 years ago this week, odds are you used your hard-earned paper route or lawn-mowing bucks to see the sequel to one of the ‘80s most iconic movies, or one of the decade’s best gangster movies. You might also have seen a pair of family-friendly films, or one of Michael J. Fox’s first post-Back To The Future vehicles. Without further ado: 1.) Beverly Hills Cop II: The sequel to the movie that cemented Eddie...
Candy of the ’80s: What happened to Chewels?
The first gum for many children of the ‘80s was Chewels, the sugar-free gum with a liquid gel in the middle. What it amounted to was squirting gum—the liquid popped out with the first chew—and if we’re being honest, squirting gum doesn’t sound nearly as good now as it did then. Perhaps that’s why it has been off the shelves for three decades. But for a brief time, Chewels was the gum every kid had to chew. Here’s three things you may...
Why Wasn’t ‘Streets of Fire’ a Bigger Hit?
Thirty-two years ago this weekend, one of summer’s can’t-miss blockbusters opened in theaters. One viewing of the trailer for Streets of Fire suggested it had every ingredient to ensure it a lengthy and successful box office run. It was directed by Walter Hill, who helmed two of the best movies of the previous half-decade in “The Warriors” and “48 Hours.” It had the dark, dangerous cinematography of those two hits. It had an awesome...
Cutting Crew and More On One 80s Rewind Cruise
In October, the 80s Rewind Cruise is giving you the opportunity to get your fix of the 80s with, Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls, Clive Harrington of When In Rome, Astrid Plane and Bill Wadhams of Animotion, Nick Van Eede of Cutting Crew and more. The 80s Rewind Cruise is bringing the best of the 80s in one sweet event for 80s lovers, giving you the chance to hang out with some of the 80s biggest hit makers. “Ever imagined you...
