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Remember the days before iPads and Playstations where you had to use your imagination a little or play the game with an actual person in the same room?? No nor me, but apparently they are now retro games and toys!! Whether it was the family favourite board game or your favourite sylvanian family it now seems far more friendly and sociable than shouting at a french 15 year old whose just crushed your kill ratio on Call of Duty. Get ready to hop back to the 1980s, because we’re revisiting some of the best 80s toy commercials. They may have only lasted an average of 30 seconds (Hard to believe, right?) and been packed with loads of imagery, a jingle and the usual fast-talking small print but they live on for years conjuring great memories of enthusiastically writing Christmas lists mid September! So get ready for a trip down memory lane as I show you my favourite toy commercials of the 1980s! So sit back, relax and get ready to remember what playtime was like before technology took over.

Teddy Ruxpin the storytelling bear was one of the most popular 1980s toys. Today, a toy like this would be able to recognize what kids said to him and respond and be completely programmed on some sort of chip. Back in the day, Teddy Ruxpin worked with a cassette tape but we all still thought he was the coolest thing in the world. Can you imagine a toy running on a cassette tape today?

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Halloween is coming! Panic not, we have the most awesome fancy dress solutions for your retro or ghostly themed parties.....

First up - Ghoulish, creepiness...

Next up - Ladies retro fancy dress, you'll be sorted gor the 80's, 90's and the noughties!

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Calling all you Cookie Monster fans out there! We've got a tasty treat for you all here that's warm, gooey with just the right amount of crunch, all topped off with some chocolate chips, glass of milk....okay okay we'll rain it in! Back to the T-Shirts!

That's right folks....we've been busy doing our research for one of our latest designs that's just been added to our store. Once we'd cleared away all the cookie packets and crumbs from our desks (diet starts tomorrow), we've come up with one of our all-time favourite designs featuring one of our Sesame Street heroes.

Take a peep at our super cool new Cookie Monster T-Shirts.....

Featuring our classic vintage style prints and pack with colour whether it's from our amazing ladies orange tee or men's blue style, there's something for everyone.

But it's not just TShirts! That's right we've also popped this amazing print onto our stunning and oh so flattering ladies vests!

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Hot Fudge Sundae! Is it the Weekend Already?

So like the Burger van of your dreams let us prepare for you a tasty lunch time treat with a half pound of flame grilled movie awesomeness, garnished with freshly chopped crunchy cinematic greatness all held together in a tasty oven baked sesame seed bun of celluloid glory.

Have a happy retro weekend! :-)

SATURDAY 19th October

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)ITV London 3:00pm-5:35pm (2 hours 35 minutes)

Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn are instructed to protect Queen Amidala when her planet is invaded. Escorting her away from danger, they meet gifted youngster Anakin Skywalker, who seems ideally suited to join the pair's order - but is unaware of just how powerful he could become. Sci-fi prequel, starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Ray Park

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They're here folks! Our amazing new Keith Harris and Orville T-Shirts have got us all a flutter here at Truffle Towers and have sent the words to the cute little guys song flying around in our heads.

Inspired by their hit song 'Orville's Song' or 'I Wish I Could Fly' which reached an amazing number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1983 and sold over 400,000 copies, what better way to show some love for one of the most-loved comedy duos than with these amazing new tees!

Recorded in Abbey Road studios no less, this awesome little heart string puller track is a real slice of retro history! A song about a man and his orphan duck...we're not crying honest! Must be something in the air....ahem.

Pick up your very own today exclusively from our little corner of the internet for only £19.99 each and start sharing the love today!

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That's right peeps! One of our all-time favourite retro flicks Pulp Fiction was released today back in 1994! A cool 19 years ago, some of the coolest cats ever to hit the silver screen first wowed us with it's amazing action, dark comedy moments and possibly one of the best all-star cast ever!

Directed and written by one of our heroes Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction connects the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a super mysterious briefcase. A lot of the screen time is devoted to conversations and monologues that reveal the characters' senses of humor and perspectives on life. Known for its slightly different film style which became slightly fragmented story telling style of the different characters, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s you know.

Well, anywho we're sure you guys have certainly seen it once or twice in your time and could tell us even more reasons to love it, so we've decided to search the web and pick out some cool lesser-known facts about this movie masterpiece that might shock, amaze or simply have you wanting to go back and watch it once more. Check out some of our Pulp Fiction Did You Know Facts!

So why was is called Pulp Fiction? Well the film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Pulp Fiction is self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp." The plot, as in many of Tarantino's other works, is presented out of chronological sequence.

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