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The Brief Reign of the 8 Track

For a brief moment in the seventies, the 8 track felt like freedom itself, a plastic passport that let music spill into every mile of the open road before cassettes quietly pushed it aside.

The Power Glove: Nintendo’s Most Fascinating Misfire

Mickey Yarber

In the late 1980s, Nintendo was riding a wave of cultural dominance. The NES had revived the home video game market, Mario was a household name, and kids everywhere were dreaming about the future of

A Masters of the Universe Digital Card Game Is On It’s Way

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Mattel and Gambit Games have teamed up to create He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Battle for Eternia, an upcoming digital collectible strategy card game. All your favorite Masters of the Universe characters including He-Man, Skeletor and

New Star Wars Darth Vader Tamagotchi Lets You Lead Darth Vader To the Dark Side

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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

Time Capsule: 1981 Mattel Electronics Catalog

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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

The LED Revolution: How Mattel Electronics Football Invented Mobile Gaming

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For a lot of people, their first experience with any kind of video game football was the classic Mattel Electronics Football.

15 Totally Awesome 90s Infomercials

Jeff Sheldon

I think it’s been pretty well established that I think of the 90s as the best decade. I think it’s also been pretty well established that I watched A LOT of television during that time.

The George Foreman Grill

Jeff Sheldon

Do you remember the George Foreman Grill? I had one of these babies in my college dorm room, and even though it was against the rules, this little baby grilled me up a piece of

Retro Commercials: Polaroid Instant Camera for Christmas

OldSchool80s

I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials

6 Tech Toys From the ’80s

Karen Flieger

These days we have our Nintendo Switches, Playstations, X Boxes, smartphones, and tablets. (I’m actually typing this article on my Christmas present from last year.) Back in the ’80s, in addition to gaming consoles, there