Too Much Awesome

As you may have noticed, the schedule has been a bit strange lately. The reason for this is the strange timing of Christmas this year, coupled with Toy-TMA’s Head Writer/Editor coming down with the Black Death. Well, while I’m recovering and dealing with Christmas, I’m taking the time to think about some of the best [...]

It’s one of the hardest things you’ll do every year…trying to find a good Halloween costume.

As a child, there was nothing more exciting to me than when my mom (who used to teach kindergarten) received the Oriental Trading catalog in the mail and passed it onto me. I could sit for hours and just stare at all the ….stuff! What was so fun about Oriental Trading Co. was how oddly [...]

Today we have the fifth episode of the Too Much Awesome podcast with the return of Kyle Martinak. In this episode, Chris and Kyle discuss the general topic of childhood trends, including what Kyle calls “Schoolyard Currency,” Pogs, Super Soakers, Nerf, Mr. Potato Head, Toy Story 3, and video games. Plus, Chris makes a point [...]

Remember a Christmas or birthday when you wanted that one special toy, but no one got it for you? Now you understand…it was ridiculously expensive, or impossible to locate. You were disappointed then, because there was no such thing as ebay or Amazon, and instead you got a sweater.

I want to tell you a story. By all accounts it is a fantasy story. One morning, a young child scurries downstairs after a restful night of sleep. He immediately rushes to the kitchen to fuel his new best day in the world, stopping in the pantry to grab his favorite cereal. As he opens [...]

The fourth episode of the Too Much Awesome Podcast is already up. I’m joined once again by my good friend Michael James Waymire for what we consider The Great Debate: Who would win in a fight between Superman and Goku? We’ve both got our cases to make, so download the new episode, take a listen, [...]

After a bit of a break, we’ve got a new episode of the Too Much Awesome Podcast with special guest Michael James Waymire, a close friend of mine who happens to have a lot to say about the 90′s and why, well, they were just plain better than now. So check it out and let’s [...]

As you may have noticed, there’s been a short break in the usual postings both yesterday and today. Some uninteresting things were going on behind the scenes, but new stuff will be appearing by the end of the week (we hope).

After a slightly longer wait that we meant, we finally have the second episode of the Too Much Awesome Podcast starring Kyle Martinak and Chris Pranger. In this episode, we talk about video games a little more, toys once more, and make sure to go into greater detail about board games. Specifically, we gives some [...]