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A Winner is You: The 10 Best 80s & 90s Fictional Video Game Wrestlers

by Newton Gimmick

Back in the 80’s and early 90’s, before the McMahon empire completely strangled out the territories, wrestling video games were not unlike wrestling at the time, unpredictable and diverse.

15 Pieces of Silverhawks Fan Art That Will Make You Want a Reboot

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

If you polled Nerd America and asked what property they’d most like to see rebooted, some people would say Firefly, many could choose The Legend of Zelda, some would even go with The Fall Guy– me? I’d go Silverhawks or the Greatest American Hero. Love for The Silverhawks is bountiful on this site, if you […]

Win a Custom Action Figure Version of YOU from @underscoopfire and @tributefigures

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

UnderScoopFire has teamed up with Tribute Action Figures to bring you another great RetroCon giveaway!

“Things Cut in Half” Rules Because We Like To See Things Cut in Half

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck
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While Twitter seems like no place for a 9 year old boy, some of the most entertaining accounts to follow seem to have been created by one.

If You Loved M.A.S.K., This P.U.N.K.S. Indiegogo Campaign is All You

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

P.U.N.K.S. is a retro M.A.S.K. style series of 3 inches articulated action figures with accessories, the first series in the 1:24 scale Laser Punk toyline!

How the iPod Ruined Music

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Remember how excited we used to get when our favorite songs would play on the radio? Remember waiting by the radio, tape recorder in hand, with your finger on the RECORD button, just hoping your song would come on?

Skeletor Changes Clothes, Whips the Entire Justice League’s Ass

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Who knew that all Skeletor needed was a costume change, and then he’d be able to dominate the Masters of the Universe and those of the DC Universe as well?

7 of the Best Garage Sale Finds You’ll Ever See

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

I don’t stop at garage sales as often as I should. Most of the time I’m 95% sure I won’t find anything worthwhile. It’s that 5% that makes the fruitless stops worth it though, as we see here- some of the best things found at garage sales.

What Matty Collector (specifically MOTUC) Can Learn From AMC (specifically Breaking Bad)

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

If Mattel wants the Masters of the Universe Classics line to survive for two more years, they should take a cue from AMC’s Breaking Bad.

The Breaking Bad / Saved By The Bell Mashup You Weren’t Waiting For is Here

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Courtesy of Live For Films and via Nerdist, here is Breaking Belding: a Breaking Bad / Saved by the Bell mashup video series featuring Mr. Belding and Zack Morris producing caffeine pills (remember: “I’m so excited, I’m so..” you get it).

MANTHINK: The 5 Greatest Girl Toy Lines Ever

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

For the debut of MANTHINK, we are honored to welcome the perspective of blogger, creator and certified female Mandy Curtis (@mandyannecurtis).

Future Classics: 9 Toys Your Kids Will Wish They Had Kept in 20 Years

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Here’s your chance- not to save your own childhood, but to avoid making the same mistake so many of our parents made: getting rid of those precious toys and the memories attached. Here are the 9 current toys that your kids will wish they’d kept 20 years from now.

Woman Tries to Commit Suicide at Comic-Con, is Stopped by Kick Ass 2 Stuntmen

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Holy shit. Forget Batman vs. Superman and The Age of Ultron. These guys win.

Besides ‘No Vampire Porn’, Why Amazon’s FanFiction Platform Will Fail

by Jannika Coons @JerkasaurusRex

About two months ago, Amazon made the happy announcement that they would be the next company to fail at spinning fanfiction into gold. So why is Kindle Worlds destined to fail?

Where do the Masters of the Universe spend their childhood? Castle Grade School of course! [ART]

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Friend of the site Patrick Ballesteros will be at SDCC this weekend, and he’ll be debuting his latest childen-of-the-80s-friendly piece, Castle Grade School.