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Picked up an unexpected, but welcome, bit of #Mandalorian movie 🎥 merch yesterday when I went to #BurgerKing 🍔 🍟 🥤 @scarifpodcast.bsky.social

I rarely turn off a film, but an hour into this nonsense I just had to. There was no way I was wasting another hour of my evening on poorly written characters and a meandering plot. Just an incredibly dull, soulless ‘blockbuster’.

#FisherPrice Adventure People toy line of the #70s and #80s. For me, one of the all-time great toy lines from back then. Easily up there with #StarWars and #MotU when I was a kid for playability and variation. Some of my own collection here including The Daredevil Sport Van and Sea Shark sets.

My newest night time TV watching ritual is the #90s classic ‘Strange But True?’ presented by Michael Aspel. A show I remembered fondly as a teenager. Definitely a contender for an inclusion in a 90s edition of @scarredforlife.bsky.social if we ever have the pleasure of reading one! #UKTelly

It’s the #80s, it’s #GameNight which board game are you playing?

Probably my favourite #PickNMix or 10p mix sweet back in the #80s - Chocolate Skulls or ‘Skull Crushers’. They looked terrifying which is why they were so popular I guess! I was going to say they don’t make them like they used to @scarredforlife.bsky.social but apparently they still do! #UKSweets

And that’s all 6! Collection complete! 😍 #DungeonsAndDragons #Holograms #80s #Vintage ⚔️ 🐉

Currently playing… Rock Star Ate My Hamster. It’s 1988 all over again! Never did get those 4 Gold Discs - did anyone?! #ZXSpectrum #CodeMasters #80s #ComputerGames #Retro

Reading @outonbluesix.bsky.social fab book ‘The Golden Age of Children’s TV’ it got me remembering a book I had as a kid - ‘Wide Awake Club: Ghosts, Monsters & Legends’, so had to track it down. Early morning 80s kids TV scaring me with ghost stories - @scarredforlife.bsky.social territory for sure.

Christmas jigsaw finished (eventually!) 🧩 #Batman #DCcomics #puzzle

Reading @outonbluesix.bsky.social excellent book ‘The Golden Age of Children’s TV’ reminded me of this single in my parents collection growing up. Probably bought for my TISWAS loving older sister at the time. Randomly, we also had Sally James autograph from when she appeared at a local event! 😁

Watching this ⬇️ One of my childhood heroes Derek Griffiths remembering one of my childhood favourites #Bod Milkshakes all round! 🐸🥤 #ChildrensTV #70sTV #80sTV

I’ve heard good things about the #DCcomics Absolute run, so Santa got me the first volumes of the big 3 to get me started. 👍 #Batman #Superman #Wonderwoman #Comicbooks #Superheroes

And that’s the full set. 😍 Merry Christmas to all at @scarredforlife.bsky.social (Dark) Towers! @writerdavelawrence.bsky.social

Must’ve been on the nice list. 😉 Looking forward to this @outonbluesix.bsky.social 🎁

This guy had range!

Remember that trend in the #80s of #MovieSoundtrack videos featuring the movie cast with the artist? #Videos at the height of #MTV popularity. #Ghostbusters, Jewel of the Nile, Stand By Me, St Elmo’s Fire. An oddity that I’m not sure continued beyond the 80s. Can anyone think of any other examples?

My favourite of the modern ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ BBC short films is on #BBCFour now. #ChristmasGhostStory #MRJames

It’s not Christmas until my decorations are on the tree! #GeekyChristmas #TreeDecorations #StarWars #Gremlins

And so it begins! #RadioTimes #ChristmasTV

Anyone else terrified of these as a kid walking through stores like Boots in the early 80s? Why an Imperial Interrogation Droid from #StarWars was concerned about what toothpaste your mother was buying you seemed a bit OTT. @scarredforlife.bsky.social

Started collecting these #DungeonsAndDragons Hologram cards. Available with Nabisco cereals in 1986. Had a couple as a kid, now on the lookout for that elusive 6th card to complete the set. Love the artwork on these. Another of my @scarredforlife.bsky.social creepy card collections from back then.

Saw Scream 7 today. Well I saw the trailer, but I don’t think I need to see the film now. When did film trailers stop being an art form in itself and become essentially a 2min condensed version of the movie? #MovieTrailers #Scream7

One of my childhood movie scar moments @scarredforlife.bsky.social. Cloak & Dagger, 1984. A sweet old couple turn out to be villainous spies & would-be child killers. Sounds bad enough but the old woman also has missing fingers. As a young kid, the whole reveal was creepy as hell.

@susanrostron.bsky.social the kits choosing tonight’s movie it seems. And yes, I still use physical media. Not everything is on streaming! #DVD #BluRay #Movies #Kittens 😼

@scarredforlife.bsky.social after seeing the PG Tips ‘Unexplained Mysteries’ cards in your book - it got me on the lookout for the full set. Had a few back in the 80s but not all (who did?!) and definitely not the book. But I’m now the proud owner of a minty full loose and completed book set! 🤩

Currently watching. #DoctorWho #ClassicEpisodes #TheDaemons #1970sTV #JonPertwee

Looked for some #horror films to watch recently that I hadn’t seen. First I tried #JeepersCreepers Reborn. After an ok intro, it quickly became an unwatchable mess, had to switch it off. Then a well overdue watch of House. I guess it’s a comedy horror, but wasn’t great at either genre! Oh well 😁

Gave this a watch last night. About a week or two after watching the 70s original. Started with promise I thought, had plenty of those King vibes, but sadly lost its bite toward the end. 🧛 #SalemsLot

Haven’t been that impressed with #SkeletonCrew so far. It looks great and cast have been ok, but there’s just something about it that hasn’t connected. Maybe the Goonies & Pirates stuff have been a bit too on the nose? However, Ep 6 was a big step-up. Could it be Howard’s involvement - I think so!

Finally got around to finishing this Christmas’ #JigsawPuzzle 🧩 #BackToTheFuture

@scarredforlife.bsky.social reading your latest book and it unlocked a childhood memory of the Brooke Bond Unexplained Mysteries of the World cards! I had a few, but mostly boring ones like ‘Noah’s Ark Found’. 😁 I hope they’re hiding in an old toy box in the loft somewhere!

As predicted, at my in-laws for Boxing Day and my father in-law falls asleep post lunch, leaving me sitting in the living room with no one to talk to. Good job I brought along this bad boy… Merry Christmas @scarredforlife.bsky.social 📕 🎁

This year’s Christmas #Jigsaw puzzle. #MerryChristmas all! 🎄🎁🎉 #BackToTheFuture

Seen a couple of US films lately saying that Brits say ‘Happy’ not ‘Merry’ Christmas. Not sure about that. It was always #MerryChristmas in my house growing up, and still is. Maybe it’s something they say over in that there London? 🤷🏻

That’s work all done and dusted for this year - so put this on. Zero expectations, so fingers crossed 🤞 #SkeletonCrew #StarWars

Geeky #Christmas decoration No.1 up on the tree 🎄 #Gremlins #Gizmo #Mogwai

Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.

Ok. Now it’s feeling Christmassy! Let the highlighting commence… #Christmas #RadioTimes #TV