This post is part of Show & Tell, a retro blogging event hosted by Retro Ramblings. This week’s topic is toys based on movies or television shows. Well… COVID has finally caught up with me,…
This post is part of Show & Tell, a retro blogging event hosted by Retro Ramblings. This week’s topic is board games. Of all the things that have become popular over my lifetime, board games…
Back in 2021, I went to the Fayetteville Comic Con for the first time where I encountered a booth for Crowemag Toys. I bought a couple of Star Trek: The Next Generation figures and drooled…
I’ve previously talked about how big basketball was in my life in the 80’s and 90’s. It was arguably my main interest and something I obsessed over. I had various balls, collectibles, Starting Lineup figures,…
Man.. oh man, do you remember the Tamagotchi craze? It was like Beanie Babies or fidget spinners, a passing fad that still exists but only a much smaller audience cares. I never had the Tamagotchi,…
On my third birthday, I opened up a gift that was both amazing and terrifying at the same time: Teddy Ruxpin. It was a toy I never knew I wanted, a talking bear who would…
Today was the first day I had a free afternoon so the last thing I wanted to do was work. I hoped on some retro sites and these pictures popped up. To borrow a phrase…
It’s March and I live in North Carolina, which means all the people around me are going nuts for March Madness. It’s like a religion here and well… I don’t really care. My love of…
Welcome to Oh, I Had That, a new features here on Middle-Aged Fat Kids where I discuss various toys and collectibles from my youth. Today, I want to start with the crown jewel… the USS…
Growing up I was lucky enough to still see the “character” era of the WWF. One of the characters that caught my eye was Tugboat. He was a Hoss of a man but his gimmick…