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Too Late To Dye Young T-Shirts land at TruffleShuffle!
Inspired by a whole host of proper old school treasures, retro revivalists Too Late To Dye Young are on a mission to remind us of just how good our childhood TV heroes were and we've just launched a tonne of their latest designs!
We've run down a few of our favourites below for you but check out the whole range here!
First transmitting in 1952 as part of Watch With Mother and running for 20 years on it's initial run, The Flowerpot Men has a very sentimental place in many hearts! The show featured Bill and Ben, two flowers in pots who could speak their own form of English, Oddle Poddle and move their branches like limbs. We think this amazing tee from Too Late To Dye Young is absolutely Loblob (lovely) and is a fab nostalgic find!
Show your appreciation for an Aardman classic with this Men's Shaun The Sheep tee. After appearing in the short Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave in 1995, he was catapulted to fame and promptly given his own TV series. We love the way this tee give the character an 80's twist with the slogan, Shaun Says Relax!
Remember the crime-fighting bat with superpowers, AKA Batfink! With his super-sonic sonar radar and metallic black wings, he was the ultimate superhero of the 1950's and 60's! This wicked tee from Too Late To Dye Young comes wiht his classic catchphrase, To The Batmobile!
Omelette du fromage, Dial M For Monkey, Major Glory, 90's cartoon classic Dexter's laboratory wasn't half good! Pay tribute to the young boy who concealed a massive laboratory in his bedroom, keeping it secret from his parents and closed to his life-ruining sister, Dee Dee with this wicked tee from Too Late To Dye Young. Featuring a shot of Dexter and the slogan âYou Push my Buttons,' you can hear that little ginger genius's voice in your head right now, can't you?
Retro Cool Secret Santa Gifts!!!
It's that time of year again and as the shops begin snowing up their windows and blasting out Slade's Crimbo classic IT'S CHRISTMAS, we all scurry around in a frenzy trying to find unique, funny and affordable Secret Santa gifts. Well, if like us you are feeling under pressure and needing inspiration for this annual stress, we can point you in the direction of some amazing Secret Santa gifts, guaranteed to raise a few office giggles and envious glances!
GIFTS FOR IF YOUR BUDGET IS A CHEEKY, FESTIVE FIVER!
Top Gifts for Boyfriends
Christmas is creeping ever closer and Iâm sure some of you out there are already panicking about what special gifts you can get for the man in your life but fear not because I'm here to help with my handpicked selection of great gifts for boyfriends.
Weâve come up with our very own Gift Finder which is perfect for tweaking your search to help find the exact sort of gift heâll love. Going out with a Rock God, a Movie Buff or even a wannabe Superhero? We have loads of great gifts perfect for his tastes, give it a try here!
Being a bit of a retro gamer geek myself I know I would personally love to receive some of these old skool treats that would remind me of the great computer games from my youth.
Check out our awesome Tetris Heat Change Mug that changes appearance with the heat of your cuppa! And what about these gaming treats, our Pac-Man Alarm Clock, super popular Pac-Man Belt and my personal favourite this Sesame Street Invaders T-Shirt which puts the Sesame Street gang into the world of Space Invaders - all great gift ideas for gaming geeks!
Maybe your boyfriend is a bit of a Movie Buff, in which case weâre sure he will love some of these great film T-shirts.
See Bowie do his thing with the Dance Magic Dance Labyrinth Poster T-Shirt, pay tribute to Ghostbusters with this Donât Cross The Streams T-Shirt, Star Wars fans will love the Boxing Stormtroopers Photographic T-Shirt and our Gizzy is the Shizzy T-Shirt is just perfect if heâs a Gremlins fan. A great selection of classic movie tees!
Shop the 1985 Argos Catalogue!
Over the last 38 years, millions of children have had the joyful experience of flicking through the Argos catalogue and picking out their Christmas lists.
The excitement of carefully copying the name of the latest toy/game along with it's trusty catalogue number in preparation for Santa to (hopefully!) make all your Christmas dreams come true was the best thing ever.
If that makes you all warm and tingly, then this awesome imagery we stumbled upon of past Argos catalogues will surely evoke ultra nostalgic memories of Christmas Past.
Check out this gem of a page which stars Rainbow Brite, Roland Rat and My Little Pony among other old school faves!
And just look at the prices! A whole Castle Grayskull for just £23.95 - He-Man would definitely have to dip into his savings to afford one of those today!
Weekend Movie Sofa Challenge 2 – The Sequel
O.k. so two weeks ago I set myself a challenge to watch as many movies as possible over the course of a weekend.
Iâm almost ashamed to say I failed that challenge. I put it down to a short attention span and consuming too much alcohol on Satuday night which meant I got out of bed to find I'd missed most of the day. EPIC FAIL!
Luckily though, all is not lost! Whilst browsing the good old TV guide this week, I noticed that Sky movies sci/fi has a Superman marathon on (not easy at all to say.)
Yes all my fellow wannabe Superheroes, all four Superman movies starring the legendary Christopher Reeves along with Superman Returns are being shown on Sunday from 12:40 pm onwards.
Unfortunately for me however, I don't have Sky nor do I know any one that does, bad times! Never fear though, if youâre in the same boat and need a retro movie smack upside the head this weekend, hereâs an alternative list of old school delights available to you this weekend on good old regular television.
Saturday
What a wünderful advert...
So who's seen the new Müller ad? It's RETROTASTIC!
The company responsible for this advert is Studio TRI. These guys are also responsible for other great ads such as John Lewis' 'Never Knowingly Undersold' TV Advert, Yeo Valley's The Churned 'Forever' X Factor Advert and my current favourite ad the Walls Talking Dog - "Garage" Advert. All of them completely random, but all of them create great talking points.
Anyway, back to the new Müller ad.....
An advert that starts out with K.I.T.T from Knight Rider is 100% bound to capture my attention. But I never expected the ad to contain quite so many cult cartoon characters. Yogi bear is the second surprise in the ad (but sadly lacking a Boo-boo bear), but just as you're trying to figure the link between Knight Rider and Yogi Bear a whole host of boring business men are being turned into Mr Men and Little Miss characters??!?!? The screen is literally bursting with retro cartoon characters!! I counted 19 Mr Men and Little Miss characters, see if you can find more. The ad starts to take a slightly darker turn and needs saving... Who could possibly save the day? Muttley from Wacky Races of course!
To say this ad left me a little shocked and surprised would be an understatement and I don't really care about the what's, where's and why's of this advert and its links to yoghurt but all I know is I like it.
So may I thank Müller and Studio TRI for creating adverts I genuinely enjoy.
Here's the ad in question, enjoy....