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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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It finally happened! The special moment we've all been waiting for since this iconic show sadly came to and end back in 1993 (eek!) finally came true!

That's right, our childhood heroes got back together once more to appear on last Wednesday's The Tonight Show for a special one off appearance with host Jimmy Fallon.

Taking stage we saw quite a few unchanged faces including A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) and even Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins)!

The guys returned back to the corridors of Bayside High for an 8 minute long sketch which saw them with their new friend Jimmy who later reveals he will be moving away to peruse his dream job of hosting his own show (Saturday Night Live) and Kelly reveals she's expecting Zack's baby! It's all go and all with a signature Zack Time Out!

The cast went on to joke about their careers after the hit series. Zack told Slater he should “be on Dancing With the Dweebs.” (Lopez placed second on the third season of Dancing With the Stars.) Back to their old tricks!

Enough talking...go see for yourself! Check out the action below...

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Valentine's Day shoppers, we feel your pain! Everyone here at some point or another has taken on the daunting task of thinking up and picking out the prefect gifts for that someone special in your lives, and it never gets easier!

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Struggling for inspiration? Stuck of ideas? Can't find that ideal gift? Panic not people of the Internet! We're here to sooth your shopping woes and help make this as fun and easy as possible which is why we've just rounded up allllll our favourite and top selling gifts to show you folks so you can snap up something cool and be ready to just have fun!

So! You've seen our top pick for guys, now check out our top picks for girls below for some last-minute inspiration....

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