It’s brand new series on TRN TV, the Wide World of Toys, hosted by Ken Spaulding! Join Ken as he unboxes his latest action figure purchases from lines like Transformers, WWE Retro and General Mills CONTINUE READING…
Unicron, the Monster Planet. Cruising between two suns, the ringed planet drifted through space before setting his sights on Lithone. As he approached, he opens the many teeth on its surface, shining a beam of CONTINUE READING…
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…
After writing a post about Dan Gilvezan’s leadership roles, I started thinking about other surprises in 80s cartoon voice acting. Who starred in the most cartoons? Who had the most diverse range of characters? That CONTINUE READING…
Toy manufacturers have been able to squeeze in all sorts of features into our GI Joe, Transformers, and He-Man figures throughout the years. Spring-loaded missiles, lights and sounds, chips, battle-damage armor are just a few CONTINUE READING…
If you asked any kid in the 80s who their favorite cartoon leader was, and more than likely, you’d hear Optimus Prime. He was the definitive commander, partly because of the voice work Peter Cullen CONTINUE READING…
Today I’ll be reviewing the Hasbro Pulse exclusive Transformers Holiday Optimus Prime! Figure Descriptions • ROLLING THROUGH A WINTER WONDERLAND: Santa looks a little different this year! Naughty or nice, Optimus Prime is delivering holiday CONTINUE READING…
Due out in mid-January from HasbroPulse.com (currently sold out) and Walmart.com, Hot Rod and Starscream are also due to hit Walmart stores in January. Priced at 33.99, these retro-inspired G1 figures from the 1986 animated CONTINUE READING…
As you should already know, I can’t get enough ’80s nostalgia the whole year, but Christmas is an especially nostalgic time for me. In the past, I shared My Christmas Memories from 1980 and also My CONTINUE READING…
Ask any kid of the 80s what was the most traumatic thing they saw on the big or little screen, and you’re likely to hear about Optimus Prime’s death. There are others, of course, like CONTINUE READING…
With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines. We’ve got some toys that CONTINUE READING…
April 1987 was a slow month for movies, only nine new movies released. One movie went straight to video due to other box office failures. Don’t let the low number of releases get you down, CONTINUE READING…
Even though they’re sometimes disappointing, I’m always excited when I see a cartoon I love adapted to the big screen. Inspired by my fellow Retro Network contributors, the retired SequelQuest POD, I thought I’d try CONTINUE READING…
Comics never left, but now I’m back too! Hey kids, biff, bam, pow! Life can get crazy at times. So crazy I missed an entire month and almost missed a second. Thankfully, comic books aren’t CONTINUE READING…
Hello fellow adult children. It is time once again to take a look at all the fun comic books coming to shops this month with a nostalgia feel in the Retro Pull List: April 2021. CONTINUE READING…
Lets take a look at what is new and retro at the comic stores this month. CONTINUE READING…
For children of the ’80s, there are two voices that bring the most nostalgia to our ears. For over three years, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker greeted us every weekday afternoon with a reverberated struggle CONTINUE READING…
I am shocked…shocked, that this list is not hundreds of retro Halloween themed titles coming to comic book stores. Maybe horror books aren’t selling well right now. Maybe we can blame Corona for this too. CONTINUE READING…
This week’s episode of Jay Plays features Bumblebee Overdrive: Transformers Arcade Racing by Budge Studios. Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots have the task of overcoming treacherous terrain and rival Decepticons in both vehicle and robot CONTINUE READING…
Ask Jason and Mick Anything! That’s right, our listeners control this week’s Time Machine segment by tweeting us topics to discuss in AMA Volume 2. First, we catch up on our 4th of July holidays CONTINUE READING…
In Comics Are Back Part 1, we took at all the comics from April that were delayed thanks to coronavirus. Continuing our look at retro titles, today’s picks were originally solicited for May shipping dates. CONTINUE READING…
When you bring up Cars in the ’80s, some might first think of the band of that name or possibly the song by Gary Numan. We’re not talking about Ric Ocasek and those Cars or any CONTINUE READING…
(From March 2019) For this episode of the podcast, the SequelQuest crew of Adam, Jeff and Jeramy are changing form into the heroic Sequelbots in order to bring you their exciting ideas for rebooting the CONTINUE READING…
As odd as this column was to write this month, it’s going to be even worse next month. Maybe the one after that too. Diamond, the comic book distributor, announced that they will not distribute CONTINUE READING…
The weekly Recurrent Events column features the latest retro pop culture headlines. Listen to Jason and Mickey go in depth on select stories in the upcoming TRN Podcast this Tuesday. Movies, TV, Food, Video Games, CONTINUE READING…
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