Monster Cereal Collection
When I was a little kid, I would only occasionally get to have sugary cereal for breakfast. I mainly survived on Rice and Corn Chex,...
Crestwood House Monsters Books
Since we’re coming up on Halloween, I thought it was about time I share one of the spookiest parts of my pop culture collection, the...
Superman/Batman Wilton Cake Pan
In the mid-1970s, Wilton, a baking supply company, began releasing licensed cake pan molds. As with most things geared towards children at the time, one...
Star Wars – Imperial Troop Transporter
My very first Star Wars toys were a handful of action figures that I received on Christmas morning when I was about three years old....
Living In These Star Warz Record
We all know about the disco Star Wars album by Meco Menardo, but most people aren’t aware of The Rebel Force Band’s Living In These...
Planet of the Apes Story Record
For the past few months, my friends over at The After Lunch podcast – Michael May, Rob Graham, and Paxton Holley – have been going...
Little Thinker Tapes
As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up on a farm in Illinois. While I did have cousins and a sister living on the same old...
The Story of Asteroids Read-Along Record Book
When you look at video games today, it’s hard to imagine that a game built around shooting space rocks would have taken the world by...
Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
The Fisher-Price Movie Viewer was one of those toys that it seemed like everyone had back in the 70s and 80s. Well, everyone except for...
Alvin & The Chipmunks Hardee’s Glasses
The Chipmunks were created in 1958 by Ross Bagdasarian, a singer, songwriter, and later record producer, who got his start writing the song “Come On-a...