Tag: Retro-Specs

Flying Back To 80s Fantasy Flick: Flight Of The Navigator I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome to 2022 and the year’s first  installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! 80s films are known for their action and adventure. But one of the concepts that makes them so great is the idea of kids/teenagers

Futuristic Dinosaurs? Dinosaucers And Dino-Riders Are A Recipe For 80s Awesomeness! I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome back to the November installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! Every kid likes dinosaurs and outer space at some point, right? I mean, who wouldn’t? I feel like almost every kid has some type of dinosaur

The Monster Squad Review: The Goonies Vs Dracula — As Good As It Sounds | Retro-Specs

Take The Goonies and Universal’s Classic Monsters and make a movie with them. Wait, The Monster Squad already exists. Hitting our world in 1987, Shane Black (Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) helped Fred

Move Over Happy Meals. Pizza Hut Merch. Is Where It’s At! I LRM’s Retro-Specs

If you are an 80s/90s kid, you know McDonalds always dominates the food and toy combo. I mean, they have their own Transformers/ Changables! Other big chains such as Burger King have some hits (The

KB Toys: The First Stop At The Mall I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome back to the September installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! Imagine for a moment that it’s the 80s and you are heading to the mall with your family. You’re a kid so there are only a

The Best Bang For Your Buck: 80s Miniature Toys — M.U.S.C.L.E., Battle Beasts, and Army Ants I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome back to the August installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! In the best era of toys, they were made in all shapes and sizes. Most will fondly remember the rise, and popularity, of Micro Machines. This

McDonalds Style Transformers And Pizza? Grab Yourself A McPizza And Hope For A Changables In Your Happy Meal! I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome back to the June installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! A while back I did a piece on Pizza Hut and Book It! If you are a child of the 80s, I am sure that is

The Best Video Game Movie (About Video Games?) To This Day: The Wizard! I LRM’s Retro-Specs

Welcome back to another installment of LRM’s Retro-Specs! Video game movies always get major slack. It’s been a tough go for many of them. Super Mario Bros., Doom, Assassin’s Creed, Double-Dragon, and Street Fighter just

The Mighty Ducks Still Totally Rules! Quack… Quack… Quack… | LRM’s Retro-Specs

Oh, the 90’s… A decade that brought us inspiring and impactful sports movies like The Big Green and Angels in the Outfield but also brought us crap like The Sandlot or Rookie of the Year.

Move Over Toy’s R Us For The REAL Toy Store: Children’s Palace I LRM Retro-Specs

Welcome back for another dose of LRM's Retro-Specs! We are still hanging tough in the early 90s. Many of our nostalgic worlds began to crash when KB Toys closed their doors and then when Geoffrey