If you were a kid in 1986, you probably remember the hype. For months before Worlds of Wonder finally released Lazer Tag, the company built up suspense to unbelievable levels with a series of teasing CONTINUE READING…
It’s a nice feeling to finish an Etch-A-Sketch picture you’re semi-proud of. “It actually looks like a tree this time!” you tell yourself. But then that brainy cousin of yours shows you the portrait he’s Etch-A-Sketched and CONTINUE READING…
Hello Listeners, and come check out Episode 13 of the RR Pod. In our Icebreaker segment, since we’re close to St. Patty’s Day, we discuss our favorite “Green” things in Pop Culture, before getting to CONTINUE READING…
There have been plenty of toys that allowed children to put their natural creative energies to work. Legos, Erector sets, and countless other similar items let kids build elaborate kingdoms and complex machines to satisfy the need CONTINUE READING…
Episode 12 of the RR Pod coming at you now! Ken starts the show by remembering the “Miracle on Ice” back in the 1980 Winter Olympics which was played 45 years ago in Lake Placid, CONTINUE READING…
Masters of the Universe is doing some great things for me lately and I don’t mean the Masterverse figures. I’ve already mentioned in a previous review how much I love the TMNT/MOTU crossover line and CONTINUE READING…
It’s February…which means we’re in the month of LOVE! Ken and Chad have you covered with their icebreaker topic, which features a random selection of songs with the word LOVE in the title. For this CONTINUE READING…
Oh, the anticipation! Any minute, that door was going to open, and your destiny would take its form. Would it be the hunky bowler, that adorable ski boy, the beachgoing dreamboat, that dapper young dancer CONTINUE READING…
Ever since enterprising toymakers hit on the gimmick of combining electricity and sports, many a fan has whiled his rainy-day hours away over miniaturized electric versions of his favorite outdoor games. Few U.S. sports are CONTINUE READING…
With the new Star Wars Darth Vader Tamagotchi, you can raise Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader through fun mini-games. Have your Jedi do lightsaber training, go on the Death Star trench run, and battle Obi-Wan CONTINUE READING…
Most of us grew up in the glory days of catalogs. While we mainly remember the Sears Wish Books at Christmas, there were numerous other catalogs as well. The thing they all had in common CONTINUE READING…
Episode 10 of the Retro Resurgence features two special guests, friends of the TRN Community Karen Flieger (@retrodolls77) and Chris Bailey (@beatles_toybox). The gang discuss all the major movies celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2025, including CONTINUE READING…
For a lot of people, their first experience with any kind of video game football was the classic Mattel Electronics Football. CONTINUE READING…
Happy 2025 folks! We hope you had the best Holiday season. The first episode of the new year rolls right along. The guys share a bit of how their Holiday season treated them, and Chad’s CONTINUE READING…
LEGO and Nintendo have unexpectedly announced a special new set on social media! Although there is not a lot of information, or any images, they revealed in a short teaser video that a model of the 1989 CONTINUE READING…
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