Free Slideshow of Artsy Pics of ’70s and ’80s Toys Makes the Free Entertainment Trifecta
Gallery 1988 has yet another nerd-friendly art show, this one titled “TOYS!” (I like to think of it being screamed aggressively.) It’s a celebration of the action figures, dolls, Hot Wheels and games that kept us occupied before the Nintendo arrived; my favorites (as a slobbering Masters of the Universe fan) are Nic Cowan’s Tor N’ Thor, above, and Shannon Bonatakis’ The Princess Of Power, below. See 24 other pieces at L.A. Weekly proper here.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.