The 1979 Kenner Alien is one of my favorite toys ever made. It’s such a gorgeous work of art, calling it an “Action Figure” seems like an insult. The retail price was about $20 of inflated late ’70s money and it was based on a rated R movie, which made it hard to afford, and [...]
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Fish World Is Lame…And I Like It
April 6th, 2010 
rberry Fish World is one of the many time wasting applications available on Facebook. I’ve tried out Farmville and Cafe World but both of those games where you harvest virtual crops and run a pretend eatery seem like a giant and frustrating commitment. As much as I want to dis Fish World, I’ll admit I really [...]
Interview with Pac-Man Fever Songsters “Buckner and Garcia”
March 30th, 2010 rberry I had originally written this interview back when I wrote for x-entertainment.com in 2000. I was so excited because it was my first celebrity interview. Some of the discussion revolves around Napster, which is [...]
Stay Alive Commercials…Marble Fun Game From Yesteryear
February 27th, 2010 rberry They just don’t make good marble slot hole games like they used to. I clearly remember this commercial being effective enough to make me ask for it for a birthday present. It was pretty fun, but my sister rarely wanted to play it , so like most multi-player games, it just sat in my closet. [...]
Remco’s Baby Laugh A Lot Commercial … Pure Evil!
February 27th, 2010 rberry Wow! I’m a bit late to the Baby Laugh A Lot craze, as there appears to be several weird remixes of this on YouTube, but ho-lee crap this is one scary ass commercial.
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Unintentionally Funny Commercials #2: Mr. Bucket
February 25th, 2010 rberry Love this one a lot! “Put your balls in my top, and out my mouth they will pop!” It doesn’t get any better than that!
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Deadly Toys of Yesteryear
February 16th, 2010 rberry I originally wrote this article about 10 years ago and thought it would be interesting to bring back amidst the countless dangerous toys made in China that have made the news in recent weeks. See, when I was a kid, our toys were dangerous because of misuse. At least kids from my time had a [...]