Prada red boxing boots, the trainer-shoes I love but have never worn! A article about how when high fashion meets practicality you find that the two sometimes don’t mix! The Spring 2014 Prada runway show takes place and the men and women of the catwalk are all wearing these amazing boxing style boots in a variety of colours and materials, suede, leather, silk, blue, grey, … Continue reading Prada red boxing boots
Nintendo NES(Nintendo Entertainment System) Classic! I ordered this directly from Nintendo the minute it was up for preorder, when they announced this thing I was so excited. Being a retro gaming collector and owning an original NES I have always been disappointed that the games don’t look as good as they should even with a upscaling device on a HD TV. The only way to … Continue reading Nintendo NES Classic
I ws very excited to be attending the London Gaming Market at the Royal National Hotel at Russell Square, the latest event took place at on November 6th 2016. I arrived at 11.15am, it was already really busy! There was a queue outside and when I got inside I was surprised by the number of people already there. It seemed like it opened at 10am and … Continue reading London Gaming Market – Retro gaming and board game event!
Hotel Chocolat – Boo! Halloween caramel chocolate, the perfect treat for Halloween or anytime of year. The packaging aas shown above kind of looks like a haunted house or something similar, I like the design. Looking at the back of the box you will find their are six different designs of 16 solid caramel chocolates weighing 145g. The designs include a cat, gravestone, skull head, bat, … Continue reading Hotel Chocolat – Boo! Halloween caramel chocolate
It’s October and that can only mean one thing! MCM Comic Con London, the second one for 2016. The first thing I noticed when I got my ticket online was how fast they were selling and how the prices seemed a little higher than a few years ago, £15 for a off-peak ticket. So I arrive at 1.30pm and the place is booming with people, thousands … Continue reading MCM Comic Con London 2016
The Hayao Miyazaki collection – Studio Ghibli blu-ray boxset when released two years ago seemed like an exciting boxset. I saw a review and thought, oh wow I should try and get that once the price comes down (RRP £175). Then within a matter of weeks it is sold out everywhere never to be restocked again as it was a limited edition release. By this … Continue reading The Hayao Miyazaki collection – Studio Ghibli blu-ray boxset
My retro game box is a retro gaming subscription service that ran in 2015 for approximately 12 months. The idea of the service was really simple, e.g. you are a games collector but don’t have time to collect or source retro games so this service sends you games direct to your door each month for a fixed cost. For example I signed up in September 2015 … Continue reading My retro game box – Retro gaming subscription service
The Legend of Zelda boxed book set is a set of 6 hardbound Zelda guides, the set consists of approximately 2200 pages of Zelda goodness, published by Prima Games. So lets take a closer look at the details: You are presented with a Zelda style chest made of a solid card type material with a plastic shiny coating Once opened you are presented with a ‘The … Continue reading The Legend of Zelda boxed book set
A quick review of Piccadilly sweet parade – Retro shake, given to me as a gift, I was rather excited by the idea of eating sweets from my childhood. You are presented with a retro milkshake style container of clear plastic and the first thing I notice is the retro yellow and red colours of the label Inside you will find 325g of sweets, so … Continue reading Piccadilly sweet parade – Retro shake
I was given a tin of Fannie May mini pixies as a gift from very close friends in Chicago. I had heard of Fannie May but I hadn’t ever eaten their chocolates. I was presented with this wonderful tin, with a lovely graphic of the great city of Chicago Turning the tin over I read that a mini pixie is caramel, pecans and milk chocolate, sounds like … Continue reading Fannie May – Mini pixies – Chicago lakefront tin
