“It’s the invention of clothes, not nature, that made ‘private parts’ private.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana Let The Good Times Splash 1985 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt
Powerflex skateboards pulled out the old ‘tougher than an elephant’ gag in one of their earliest ads to show just how flexible and strong their decks were. It was probably not the greatest idea to name your company after a performance trait in a fickle industry, as flexible skateboards would remain viable for a couple […]
Ingrid Superstar is perhaps the most mysterious of the Warhol superstars. There is little known about her, including her real name, which is believed to be Ingrid von Scheven or Ingrid von Schefflin. Ingrid appeared in a handful of Warhol’s films throughout the second half of the Sixties. Andy Warhol allegedly discovered Ingrid at a […]
The family of beverages generally referred to as “beer” has been brewed for centuries. Beers are obtained by the yeast fermentation of malted cereal grains, to which hops and water have been added. Brewing has evolved from a cottage craft into a modern industry, where large breweries export their beers worldwide. On a per capita […]
When I first saw the commercial for Mattel’s Pulsar, I admit I wanted one, but even then, I wondered what exactly was the advantage to having a see through chest. Was it a good for fighting crime, did bank robbers drop their guns in order to vomit? Pulsar’s enemy was named Hypnos and is pictured […]
I seemed to be obsessed with the 1980 JC Penney catalog. I swear I have more catalogs than this one, it’s just on my desk. Mego CHiPs photo stolen from the Mego Museum, but it’s my scan, so I can get away with it… H/T> CHiPs 1977 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt
Fooling around through the 1980 JC Penney Catalog, I came upon the Tri-fecta of evil, the three toys I wanted more than anything but never received. They are, in order, Mattel’s Godzilla from the Shogun Warriors line, Rodan also from said line and the third and possibly worst of them all Gre-Gory. There is probably […]
Swiped from the Megomuseum Department of Christmas Catalogs, this is one I vividly remember, it’s the 1980 Sears Canada Catalog. I remember just drooling over Old Bob and Humanoid from the Mego Black Hole line. I ended up getting the Humanoid and S.T.A.R figures, but didn’t see an Old Bob until I was twenty or […]
It’s always weird to go through a catalog and find something you owned. I received this stereo from my Grandfather in 1978, it didn’t make a lot of sense to give an eight-year-old a then expensive stereo but he got one for my older sister and didn’t want to make me feel left out i […]
Simply put, a beer style is a label given to a beer that describes its overall character and, oftentimes, its place of origin. It’s a name that has been broadly accepted by brewers and consumers after years or even centuries of trial and error, scientific research, and marketing. The styles listed here reflect our own […]