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'90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Memories and a Playmates Toys Technodrome Bonus!
In the early '90s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise was riding the sewage wave of popularity: Live-action films; a syndicated...
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Video: This Retro Home Arcade Used to be My Grandmother's Porch.
Welcome to Ghosts of the '80s, my home arcade. It's a tribute to the Time-Out where I grew up and later worked , so its name really...
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What's the Deal with Namco's PAC-LAND?
I first heard of PAC-LAND circa 2004 when I acquired this pin from The Toy Cave, a now-defunct toy store in Carlisle, PA. I paid them...
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The Trapper Keeper Game Lets You Relive School. Is This a Good Thing?
"There's no excuse for bad grades now." These words were uttered by my dad in 1991, when my mom bought me a Trapper Keeper for my fourth...
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Here's Why CGI Doesn't Work.
By Luke Worle, contributing writer to Retro Injection . "The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is...
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Revisit the Jittery Glory of Jolt Cola.
In the early '90s, Jolt Cola was the drink of choice at my grandmother's house, where I spent much of my after-school time watching...
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Decision Fatigue? Check Out these Editor's Picks!
It's hard for me to fathom, but Retro Injection has been kicking for five years. It's been an incredible ride thus far: We've gotten to...
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My 1990 Dick Tracy 2-Way Wristwatch... From Playmates!
If you read "from Playmates" in the voice of the guy who narrated the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy commercials, you're one of my...
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Here's a Bunch of Junk I Did as a Kid in the '80s.
"When Not in Use for Noseplug, Use for Batman." Nope. It makes no sense whatsoever, but I couldn't resist opening this photo essay with ...
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Welcome to Retro Injection!
Retro Injection didn't exist yesterday. Well, that's not entirely true. The content was here, but it was housed under a different name:...
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