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'80s

Toy of the Week: Rainbow Brite

Karen Flieger

As I’ve mentioned in a few of my previous articles, many popular toy franchises of the 1980’s originated as greeting card characters. Rainbow Brite is no exception. However, instead of being a member of the CONTINUE READING…

'80s

Toy of the Week: Catra (Princess of Power)

Karen Flieger

So far, I’ve profiled two toys I still have (Rose Petal and Medley) and one I had when I was little, but gave away as a teenager (Hubert the Harris Bank Lion).  This week, I CONTINUE READING…

'80s

Toy of the Week: Medley of My Little Pony

Karen Flieger

For St. Patrick’s Day, I wanted to feature a green toy and this sweet filly fit the bill. The My Little Pony Wikipedia page describes Medley’s coloring as turquoise, but I thought of her more CONTINUE READING…

Features

Retro Mega Construx Wishlist Part 2: More Masters of the Universe

Brian Cave

Even though my last list was all the other retro properties that I wish Mega Construx would pick up, don’t let that fool you for a second because I’m still jonesing for more Masters of CONTINUE READING…

Features

Treasure Hunting from Home

Karen Flieger

When I reopened my Smurf mushroom house recently, I couldn’t shake the feeling I may have been missing some Smurfs. I was pretty sure I had a Papa Smurf figure and at least one other CONTINUE READING…

'80s

My 10th Birthday Gifts in 1987

Karen Flieger

                                             A few years before I experienced the “Magic Summer”,  I turned ten. My CONTINUE READING…

News

Recurrent Events: Hocus Pocus 2, War Pigs x Home Alone, November Streaming Scheme

Jason Gross

Fresh off the recording of this week’s TRN Podcast, I’ve got plenty of Recurrent Events headlines to pass along. Beginning with this week’s article, when you see a headline beginning with ***, those stories made CONTINUE READING…

Podcasts

TRN Podcast 011 – Top Ten ’80s Films

Jason Gross

Jason and Mickey are back with another week’s worth of retro pop culture on The Retro Network Podcast! In the first segment, Mick professes his love of Mountain Dew as Jason tells a story surrounding CONTINUE READING…

'80s

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

Mickey Yarber

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…

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