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11 Mar

80s Board Game - Go For It!

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This forgotten board game sums up 80s Western culture in single image. You’ve got airbrushed silk workout shorts, leg warmers, sweatbands, suburban mansions, wind surfing, solid gold singing, Ferrari driving, tennis playing, executives behind the desk, lush green lawns, and a little bit of Europe just to make things feel a little international. For me this evokes Wimbledon, John McEnroe, Olivia Newton-John getting physical, the Surfing fashion craze, Princess Dianna, hardly working at the office, Magnum P.I., and Life Styles of the Rich and Famous all rolled up into one awesome piece of cover art.
10 Mar

ColecoVision T-Shirt (black)

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20 Sep

Skater Fashion of the 80s

Skateboarding enjoyed an explosion of popularity in the 80’s but for the most part was still an underground culture with only a small industry built up around it compared to today. Aside from the occasional surf or skate logo tee, skaters of the 1980’s wore oversized thrift store jeans with a belt to keep them up with vintage striped t-shirts, flannel shirts and hoodies.

For shoes skaters in the eighties wore vans slip ons, like the checkerboard one’s Spicoli bangs against his head in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Another popular shoe option were canvas converse high tops that had a nice flat sole but not much support, they also wore out fast calling for many a duct-tape and shoe goo repair job.

Lingo of the day include surf related terms like stoked, tubular, grody and rad!

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25 Jul

KRS1 , Young MC & Kool Moe Dee – 80s Sports Rap

This new track from the “Best Damn Sports Show 80s Special” features old school rappers KRS1 (From Boogie Down Productions), Young MC (Bust A Move!) and Kool Moe Dee (Wild Wild West) rhyming about great moments in eighties sports. From Andre the Giant to Wayne Gretzky to Michael Jordan.

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24 Jul

Eighties Jokes

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Today is “National Tell an Old Joke but Keep It Clean Day” so here are a few groaners from the 1980s.

Back in the eighties there was scattered resistance to the new Japanese cars gaining popularity over the American autos that had enjoyed market domination. US manufacturers responded with cheaply built, over-priced, butt ugly gas guzzlers and wondered what happened!

They told jokes like this to compensate:
Q: What do you call 10,000 Honda Civics at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?
A: A good start.

Yugoslavia was also making a play for the lucrative US car market with less then stellar results but fared well in the foreign auto joke market.
Q: Why is a Yugo like a Bic lighter?
A: You use it until it runs out of gas, then throw it away.

And what could be more 80s then a Michael Jackson and Nintendo joke.
Q: How are the NES and Michael Jackson the same?
A: Little boys turn them both on.

Q: How many letters are in the alphabet?
A: 22, cuz E.T. went home and somebody shot J.R.

Q: How are Madonna’s knees like the Beatles?
A: They’ll never get back together.

Q: What is Ronald Reagan’s favorite pick-up line at a bar?
A: Do I come here often?

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20 Jul

Pandas are Bears Too

Don’t under-estimate Panda Bears! This funny cartoon shirt by Timewarp T-Shirts has a happy panda chewing on a tasty arm and leg.

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15 Jul

Galaga Spaceship Dark T-Shirt

Retro video gamers who remember the days of 8-bit arcade graphics will recognize this Galaga spaceship. Blast those bugs and act fast and you’ll be able to go for the DOUBLE SHIP and double firepower!

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10 Jul

Gaming Evolution Controller T-Shirts

This clever design follows the evolution of game controllers and their evolving humanoid counterparts from Nintendo to Playstation to Wii.

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10 Jul

The Original Swinger - Pitfall

Atari 2600 8-bit gamers will remember the original swinger Pitfall Harry from the Activision game Pitfall released in 1982. This best selling game spawned a number of sequels, a cartoon in 1983 and was ported to a number of popular game consoles.
Trivia: A young Jack Black can be seen in the original Pitfall television commercial.

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02 Jul

Eat Me Pac Man Shirt

Old school video gamers will recognize the graphics on this Pac Man inspired Eat Me apparel.

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