Check it out here and leave some comments! Also be sure to take a look at her super cute cat and ferret toys while you are there!
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Monday, May 31, 2010
nickandnessies Interview
We did an interview with the Scrivener's Retreat blog that was posted today. We talked about one of our very favorite subjects - vintage 80s stuff!
Check it out here and leave some comments! Also be sure to take a look at her super cute cat and ferret toys while you are there!
Check it out here and leave some comments! Also be sure to take a look at her super cute cat and ferret toys while you are there!
Friday, May 28, 2010
RIP Gary Coleman
Gary Coleman died today at age 42 after being hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage. It is especially sad news for people like us who grew up in the 80s watching him as Arnold on Diff'rent Strokes.
While we kept up with his misfortunes (his freakout on the Surreal Life, attacking fans, his job as a security guard, his run for governor in CA), it was always more sad than funny. We were always rooting for him to find success again.
Sad news.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Cabbage Patch Kids Baby Land
Apparently, Xavier Roberts, he of Cabbage Patch Kids butt-signing fame, is from this sleepy mountain town and converted an old medical clinic into the birthplace of his famous dolls in the 1980s. Fast forward to 2010 when Roberts and his friends built a brand new Baby Land General Hospital that includes a birthing center, medical staff ("nurses" who seriously walk around in scrubs), extensive gift shop, and nursery.
Video of piped-in baby noises in the nursery
To make matters weirder (and I guess better), there are hundreds of Cabbage Patch Kids everywhere. In one plastic cabbage patch, little doll heads poke up out of the ground and move around like moles.
Cabbage Patch birth (not our video) - be warned, it is fairly graphic
If you ever find yourself in Northern Georgia looking for something truly strange and wonderful (or if you have kids/collect cloth ones), Baby Land General Hospital is absolutely worth a visit. It is like stepping back through a time warp to a special place where the good and ridiculous stuff of the 80s never ceased to exist.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Pac Man Fever
If you have used Google in the last day or so, you may have had a blast from the digital past in the form of a playable Pac Man screen where the site logo usually is. This is to commemorate the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest video games of all time (and also serves to make me feel old lol). Here is the front page of Google if you haven't seen it:
To celebrate this momentous occasion and pay tribute to the many quarters we spent in vintage video arcade machines, we present a collection of some fun video game finds from Etsy:
Before we say "game over," take a look at the trailer for "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters." If you haven't seen it yet, it is a fantastic documentary that chronicles the rivalry between two gamers battling each other for the top score in Donkey Kong. It is truly gripping, even if you aren't crazy about games like we are:
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Vintage Bedding Preview
We are in the process of preparing some vintage bedding listings and wanted to offer a preview of what's in store for our store. (update - now listed!) We have had remarkable luck in finding 80s cartoon related sheets lately and often curse the fact that we don't have a twin bed. Here are a few of our favorites:
These items and several more awesome 80s sheets will be listed in the next few days. Until then, sweet dreams!
Monday, April 26, 2010
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