TTPM.com: Living in the Retro World

I’m a child of the 80’s which gives me a very unique perspective on life, I was around to see all the amazing Saturday/Sunday cartoons, great toys and stuffed animals. I got to grow up in a time that had really cool fads like Pac-Man, He-Man, Moon Walking, Hello Kitty, Rainbow Bright, Nintendo, Chia Pets, WWF Wrestling, Garbage Pail Kids, Cabbage Patch Kids, Care Bears, and Chuck E. Cheese just to name a few.

At a younger point the Muppets and Sesame Street were the best shows that anyone could watch, other than Saturday morning cartoons.

We were born at a time of creative explosions not just of culture and media but also toys. Fast forward 20 plus years, we are the generation now having childrenโ€ฆ weโ€™re the generation that is fully digital but yet weโ€™re also the generation with a huge desire to have a โ€œretroโ€ feel to our life. Our super-sharp digital cameras all come with settings to give it a feel of film and of processing from the 1980 toy cameras; we have clothes that are toss backs to those days as well.

We have kept nearly every cultural aspect of our childhoods still aroundโ€ฆ if you take a look at the cartoons on TV. If you take a look at the toys my child plays with โ€“ itโ€™s all clear. My child is playing with the toys that I grew up with but not the same ones because my mother threw those out. These are toys made today that are of characters that I grew up with or even toys made 1:1 of what the original piece that was produced in the 1980s.

Itโ€™s amazing to think that He-Man is still around today, that the Muppets is one of my childโ€™s favorite shows. It all brings bit of nostalgia to my life and a joy to know the toys that I played with growing up are the same characters he’s growing up with.

We really are living in the retro world and I am loving it.

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