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Opening on May 22, 1985, 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' was a fantasy fever dream of jingoism, Sylvester Stallone’s titular character a monosyllabic redeemer of an America that had failed itself in Vietnam.

Jake Rossen
You love them.

While children of the '90s might remember topping their pencils with the miniature wild-haired figures, children of the '60s were all over that trend too.

Erika Berlin








Mark Bellomo

If you visited an older, well-established McDonald’s franchise during the latter part of the 1990s—specifically one of the corporation’s two-story restaurants boasting a “McDonald’s PlayLand”—you may have noticed some odd shapes and unfamiliar characters

Mark Bellomo


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If you plan on going on a Toys 'R Us crime spree, you might want to stop using your Rewards card.

Jake Rossen






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Like many of us, Randy Knol enjoyed playing with toy dinosaurs as a kid. He received a Flintstones playset from his grandfather as a Christmas present in the 1960s, and his collection of prehistoric figurines has been growing ever since.

Michele Debczak