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Hello Internet travellers! Yes we're right back at you with another edition of our oh-so insightful TruffleShuffle insider blog posts where we take one unsuspecting TruffleShuffler and put them in the spotlight for just a few moments.

This week we're taking a quick glimpse into the world of our newest team member, customer services heroine Charlie! Take it away....

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What do you do here at Truffle Towers?

I'm Michelle's minion, helping out with the customer service side of things. I start the day by responding to all your lovely emails, answering any enquiries that come in via the site, process customer exchanges and refunds and pretty much whatever else I can to help out. I only work part time as I have my four year old daughter to looked after too.

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It may have taken us the best part of ten years, but we've finally gone and done it! Yep we've just got our hands on an amazing range of Red Dwarf T-Shirts and we couldn't love them more!

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Red Dwarf if widely considered one of BBC2's greatest hits and at its prime was one of the most watched TV shows on the box.

Spanning an amazing 10 years from 1988 to 1998 and with ten series to its name, it's hard not to see just what a hit this show was. With an amazing mix of sci-fi and comedy, what's not to love?!

Red Dwarf followed the story of Dave Lister, the last man on earth who is doomed to spend the rest of his days lost in space with his crew, Rimmer, Cat and Kryteb. For as long as we can remember, we've loved watching this unlikely team explore the depths of space. With their up and downs, love hate relationships, and constant power struggles it really is one of the great British comedies! TruffleShuffle salutes you!

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It's back! Yep we're right back at you with another edition of our 10 Things You Didn't Know About blog posts! Oh how we've missed them :)

This time around we've let our feet lead the way as we're celebrating the 31st anniversary of the release of one of the most famous and loved dancing themed films ever....Footloose!

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Yep as hard as it might be to even begin to think about, Footloose first hit the screens back in 1984 and has been a cheesy dance icon ever since. Earning a number of nominations including Best Music, Original Song (Oscar), Best Original Song - Motion Picture (Golden Globe) and even winning a Best Album of Instrumental Score (Grammy) it's easy to see just how much of a retro legend this 80s flick is.

So! Dust of those dancing shoes and take a trip with us back to 1984 as we dig out and reveal our top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Footloose. Enjoy!

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As mad as it is to think, Britain's fruitiest superhero first hit the comic strips today back in 1980!

First appearing in the very first issue of Nutty (then later the Dandy), Eric Wimp AKA Bananaman is an ordinary schoolboy living at 29 Acacia Road, Nuttytown (originally) who when he feels the need or there is hero work to be done eats a Banana which transforms him into one of the most loved retro superheroes ever!

Eric had a crush on Fiona, the newsreader, and as Bananaman he had to fight against the evil plots of General Blight, the Heavy Mob, Dr Gloom, and some aliens called Nerks lead by King Zorg. Busy boy!

Later hitting the screens in 1983, we were introduced to his classic theme tune and intro and a new look Eric making him looks slightly less punky and more nerdy. Perfect Superhero material :)

"This is 29, Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an exciting double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman. Ever alert for the call to action."

Running for a total of 40 episodes which were just 5 minutes long, Bananaman certainly isn't the longest living superhero there has ever been but his quirky get up and silly nature really won our hearts and also made us think that Bananas were just about as powerful and things got!

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Spanner in the works! Is it really the weekend so soon??

So like a humble, experienced and ever hard-working mechanic, we'll be searching through the tools of the trade before getting to work on fixing all of the weekend's oily woes. Making sure everything is bolted tight and greased up, we'll be sending our trusty retro moviemobile on its way through the weekend to delivery it's boot full of 80s and 90s movie awesomeness across the internet.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 14th February

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Sky Movies Disney HD 11:40am-1:10pm (1 hour 30 minutes)

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For as long as we can possibly remember, Monopoly has been a part of our lives and has been a household staple, always waiting in the wings to save those rainy days and cold nights. Oh the hours we've spent battling it out!

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Since its creation back in the early 20th century, Monopoly has become a real legend of the board game world and surely something everyone has played at some point in their lives. Right? We're pretty sure it's law for each house to have their own set! :) Okay perhaps not but it probably should be right?

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Loving nothing more than bringing our childhood memories to life once again and adding them to our ever-growing range of retro t-shirts, we couldn't resist setting our creative juices to work and creating some exclusive new Monopoly T-Shirts which have just officially arrived onto our store and are up for grabs!

Available from only £19.99, take a peep at our latest designs below....

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