14 Cool Retro Gifts for the Gen Xer in Your Life
Generation Xers seem obsessed with retro items, from Polaroid cameras to CD players, they can't get enough of them.
Generation Xers seem obsessed with retro items, from Polaroid cameras to CD players, they can't get enough of them.
Baby Alive, a popular realistic doll, boasted of what toy company executives referred to as the "eww factor." It made a number two in its diaper.
The Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine hasn't gone off the market since it debuted in 1979. Here's how to get your hands on one.
The foam fashion accessory widened female frames in the go-go '80s, but its critics charged it was much ado about stuffing.
The dormant video rental chain's logo is being used to repurpose old newspaper vending machines, with people allowed to remove and deposit movies and snacks.
Iconic props and costumes from beloved '80s movies like 'Batman,' 'Labyrinth,' and 'The Princess Bride' are hitting the auction block.
Jolt Cola debuted in 1986 and promised a departure from the "wimpy" Coca-Cola and Pepsi offerings by promising almost as much caffeine as soft drinks could legally contain.
No matter what generation you belong to, consider these retro gifts when shopping for the Millennials in your life.
When Radiohead released 'Kid A' on October 2, 2000, few people were prepared for the album—or the lasting effect it would have on the music industry.
There’s a time and a place for a jaunty Hall & Oates pastiche, but—as the creators of 'Cop Rock' discovered the hard way—it’s probably not in the middle of a self-described “baby merchant” getting caught in a child abduction sting.
Iron filings don’t seem like obvious playthings. They’re extremely unpleasant if swallowed, can cause great harm to the eyes, and are best not inhaled. Yet they are at the core of one of the world’s best-loved toys: Wooly Willy.
Recently unearthed footage shows a young Keanu Reeves covering the Canadian International Teddy Bear Convention as a corespondent for the CBC.
The new Morphin' My Little Pony doll from Hasbro reimagines the pink Power Ranger as a member of the My Little Pony gang.
For the cost of a video rental, you can spend the night in the world's last remaining Blockbuster store, located in Bend, Oregon.
The tiny photo processing kiosks could be found everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s. And that was the problem.
It's been 20 years since 'Who Let the Dogs Out' was released, and its impossibly infectious hook is no doubt still lodged inside your brain. But two decades later, we're still no closer to answering the question.
Nearly 90 years after the first drive-in movie theater opened, the al fresco cinema experience is officially in the midst of a comeback.
Brick Astley has all the ’80s swagger of Rick Astley, but with tiny, cylindrical hands and hardly any neck.
If you have a Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, or Sophia in your life, this is the perfect place to live out your golden years.
The popular kid's show 'The Great Space Coaster' ran from 1981 to 1986, won awards, and employed some of the minds behind 'Sesame Street.' So why is it so hard to find?
When the first Costco location opened in Seattle in 1983, a membership only cost $20 for the whole year.
In the late 1970s, ski resort owner Gene Mulvihill transformed a mountain in rural New Jersey into a one-of-a-kind amusement destination that left guests in charge of their own fun. Get the inside story on 'Class Action Park' from Mulvihill's son Andy and
The Steven Spielberg dinosaur blockbuster is still drawing crowds nearly 30 years after it originally opened.
Yacht rock began as a sendup of the late '70s and early '80s smooth jams to which many Millennials and late period Gen-Xers were likely conceived, then morphed into a beloved musical genre that has come to define the summer months.