Too Much Awesome

I’m not just talking about teddy bears. I’m talking about Mogwai, Ewoks and impressing the ladies.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe might be historically significant in the world of toys but it just couldn’t compete against its contemporaries.

Stocks may rise and fall, but one thing you can always count on is licensed Star Wars merchandise. A lot of it is good, but some of it bad, even the old stuff.

I loved playing Monopoly when I was a kid. I liked all the money and little houses, but when I couldn’t convince my family to sit through hours of dice rolling, the game of Life was the next best thing.

When I think back on all the toys I had growing up as a kid and even the toys I still have as an adult, many of them were little more than fads. They were hot and popular and every kid wanted them, but ultimately they didn’t hang around for long. Looking at the world [...]

Today is a special occasion for me here at Toy-Too Much Awesome. Today is my 300th post (according to my backend stats), so I wanted to celebrate by writing something very near to me as both an interest and part of my identity. For my last milestone I talked all about my greatest Pokemon accomplishments [...]

No matter how many new fads and gimmicks come down the pike, many games have stood the test of time. Monopoly, Scrabble, Chutes & Ladders and Risk, just to name a few, but these classic games all have something in common…they’ve all be reinvented over and over again. Having numerous iterations doesn’t mean they’re not [...]

I don’t exactly remember when I quit playing outside…oh wait, that’s right, when I got my Nintendo…but even then I remember long summer days outside with friends running all over the neighborhood having water balloon fights, playing Wiffle ball, roller blading and once the sun went down, it was night tag. All of these games [...]

When it comes to building toys, most people will instantly think of Lego bricks. I know I do and I was as much a Lego maniac as Zack, but Lego wasn’t the only option if you wanted to create castles, spaceships, trains and towers.

Haven’t I talked about LEGO bricks before? Yes actually, I certainly have. But I’m never quite done, no matter what my better judgment may think. The reasoning is because LEGO (yes, it is proper to capitalize every letter every time) is a brand you can expect to continually churn out the biggest and most creative [...]