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Grossest Cards Ever: Dinosaurs Attack (1988)

In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Jason teams up with Adam to find the Grossest Cards Ever with Topps Dinosaurs Attack trading cards from 1988. This gruesome 55-card set featured packs of 5 trading CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback: Batman Returns (1992)

In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of Batman Returns trading cards from 1992. This 88 card set from Topps featured scenes from the movie and each pack included a special CONTINUE READING…

Grossest Cards Ever: Garbage Pail Kids Series 6 (1986)

In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Jason debuts his new Grossest Cards Ever series of grossout themed trading cards with Garbage Pail Kids Series 6 from 1986. This 88 card set from Topps featured CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback: 30 Years of Magic: Greg Hildebrandt II (1993) + GIVEAWAY

In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of 30 Years of Magic: Greg Hildebrandt II trading cards from 1993. This 90 card set from Comic Images featured classic illustrations from artists CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback: Deathmate (1993)

In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of Deathmate trading cards from 1993. This 110 card set from Upper Deck featured comic book art from both Variant and Image comics. Watch CONTINUE READING…

The 25 Most Inspirational Speeches from ’80s Movies

I really enjoy this video montage of “40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes”… That inspired me to put together a list of the best inspirational/motivational speeches just from ’80s movies. There were several choices that CONTINUE READING…

A Look Through the 1992 G.I. Joe Terror on the Tundra Catalog

The 90s saw the original run of the 3-3/4 in G.I. Joe A Real American Hero line continuing to surge into the era of the sub-team. Battle Corps, Ninja Force, Sonic Fighters, and more were CONTINUE READING…

Universal Monsters: A Retrospective in Toys

Like most toy collectors, I have a few collections within my overall toy collection. One of those collections is monster toys. Though technically Halloween season is their time to shine, I love seeing monsters on CONTINUE READING…

25 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons

If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about CONTINUE READING…

“Challenger, go at throttle up,” 35th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

Tuesday, 28 January 1986 In January 1986 I was in 7th grade, attending a private Christian school. On a normal day we would start out with Math class. Tuesday, 28 January 1986 wasn’t a normal CONTINUE READING…

My Christmas Memories: 1980

1980, the beginning of the most awesome decade in pop culture history. Ronald Reagan just began his first term as President. Disco’s popularity had pretty much come to an end and music was getting ready CONTINUE READING…

When ’90s Sitcoms Went to Disney World

Growing up, I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney World fairly frequently. My Mom’s parents lived near Lakeland, Florida, and we’d work in a visit to see Grandma and Grandpa for a day CONTINUE READING…

Angels With Filthy Souls: Home Alone’s Fake Gangster Movie

For many years, I never really considered Home Alone a Christmas movie. Of course, it takes place on Christmas and has nearly everything to do with the spirit of Christmas, but for whatever reason, my CONTINUE READING…

Looking Back at Mallrats

Mallrats summed up a generation. Now old enough to have the children of that generation see themselves represented on screen. Chocolate covered pretzels are timeless. I remember MTV playing a Mallrats premier party. Kennedy interviewed CONTINUE READING…

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