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Whether you're somewhat of a board gaming master, or you just like to wind away the odd rainy weekend, Monopoly is surely one of the top games in your collection. If not, it should be! With over a whopping 80 years of being sent to jail, playing a Community Chest card and building and empire, Monopoly has been a household staple and we're sure it will be around for a long while yet.

To help celebrate this true retro icon and our latest range of Monopoly Merchandise which has just hit our site, we thought we would do some digging and sniff out some cool facts to share with you guys.

So! Without further ado, let us pass GO, collect £200 and let the fact finding begin! Enjoy...

1. As odd as it seems for such an iconic game, it was actually initially rejected by Parker Brothers for having '52 fundamental errors'. These included game length and simply how complex it was. Mad huh.

2. The games mascot or 'The Monopoly guy' is actually called Rich Uncle Pennybags which was also the games original title.

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Sweet potato pie! How can it be? Another retro movie weekend so soon? Well....if we must!

Like the first pioneering pilots ever to reach the skies, we find ourselves once again doing some last-minute checks before our big leap of faith into the weekend. Sofa....check! Snacks....check! Top retro characters....you betcha! Firing up our engines, we'll power our way down the runway before lifting into the unknown. Reaching dizzying heights before we even know it, we'll be fired off to far and distant lands like some of the most iconic characters ever to hit the silver screen where more adventures than we can even imagine await us.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 13th FEBRUARY

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Sweet Jimmy McGill! Season two is sooo nearly here! As mad as it may seem, we're just days away from an all new season of the Breaking Bad spin-off that is Better Call Saul.

Filling that Albuquerque shaped hole that Breaking Bad left us with, Better Call Saul was the fix we all needed and welcomed Slippin’ Jimmy....sorry Saul Goodman back into our lives and gave us and all new insight into the life of this pivotal character before Walter White ever even thought about a life of crime.

Last season saw us follow Saul and his ongoing struggle to go it straight. Fighting for a single case to sink his teeth into, Saul began to make some enemies and allies while watching his brother Chucks back who believes he suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Desperate for any case, Saul shows his determination to win at all costs, even if it means getting his hands dirty.

With another 13 episodes to enter our lives through season 2, there is plenty more to come from Saul which might even reveal more about Breaking Bad.

Hitting our screens here in the UK on February 16th on AMC, now is the perfect time to start spreading the love and preparing for this wild ride! Check out our range of official Better Call Saul TShirts which are available from only £9.99!

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Well....the big day we've ALLLLL been waiting for is finally here folks! Yep the long awaited and super anticipated Marvel superhero film hits our big screens here in the UK today and well.....we're pretty darn excited!

Now, there is no denying Deadpool's perhaps slightly chequered big screen movie past, BUT there's also no denying just what and amazing character he is and what a gem of the Marvel universe he's grown to be. Featuring with the X-Men in their comics from only the early 90s, Deadpool certainly broke the mould along with the fourth wall with his perhaps sliiightly twisted sense of humour and of course super healing ability much like his buddy Wolverine. A human experiment gone wrong, Deadpool would quickly become something of an icon and certainly a character who stood out from the pack.

Getting a new lease of life this year, this new big screen adventure sees Special Forces operative Wade Wilson played by Ryan Reynolds *swoooon* undergo a rogue experiment which leaves him disfigured and the ability to heal super-fast. A shift in look and ability helps him create and alter ego with a warped mind and lack of fear which enables him to better hunt down the man who nearly destroyed his life. Will he do it? Will he find justice?

Take a peep at the official trailer...

Jumping around like a kid at Christmas, we're sure this amazing new installment of this classic character will live up to the expectations and hopefully bring this epic character to a whole new audience and scratch the Deadpool itch of all us old school fans.

So....are YOU ready?? Get into the Marvel mood in style with our huge range of Superhero TShirts and goodies from just £9.99!

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Well....it's back! Here for another sugar filled year, Pancake Day or Shrove (food in your face) Tuesday as we like to call it is possibly one of our perfect days of the year. We flippin' love it!

It's hard not to love a day when it's practically a crime punishable by death not to bust out the scales and get mixing up some super sweet treats which you can really use to set your culinary creativity wild.

Will you go sweet? Will you go savoury? Or perhaps will you just eat so much it hurts.....the choice is yours.

To help get even the most bah pancake humbugy of people into the spirit of things this year and maybe inspire some top designs of your very own, we thought we would search around and pick out some of our top geeky and retro inspired pancakes that look good enough to eat.....because they really are! Take a peep!

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Great balls of fire! Another weekend, another amazing chance to catch some top retro films!

Trekking our way through the jungle like a khaki wearing explorer, we find ourselves totally and completely surrounded with classic movie wilderness. Each turn will lead to previously unseen territory where we could learn more around the worth around us, find new lands and discover something completely new. Like this weekend's top picks for retro goodness, there are no wrong turns, just new adventures.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY

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