Author Archives: VicSage

About VicSage

Searching through the alleys for useful knowledge in the city of Nostalgia. Huge cinema fanatic and sometimes carrier of the flame for the weirding ways of 80s gaming, toys, and television. When his wife lets him he is quite happy sitting in the corner eating buckets of beef jerky.

Intellivision’s Ray Kaestner on BurgerTime

Posted on May 19, 2013 by VicSage

BurgerTime for the Intellivision is a darn good port of the classic arcade game…unlike the Atari 2600 port…shudder. Thanks to the Intellivision Prod channel we can watch Ray Kaestner, one of the Blue Sky Rangers talk about some of the … Continue reading →


1970s Raisin Bran Commercial – “Are You A Grape?”

Posted on May 19, 2013 by VicSage

Have you ever wondered how Raisin Bran was made? Well, thanks to this animated 1970s TV commercial we learn that the Sun stays up all night turning grapes into raisins with a single touch just for our gastronomical pleasure! [Via] … Continue reading →


Saturday Frights: Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “The Gloating Place” (1986)

Posted on May 18, 2013 by VicSage

Welcome back to all of you fans of fiendish film and TV! Those howls you hear from the creatures of the night need be no cause for alarm, you are safe down here with us in the Retroist vault! Us? … Continue reading →


This Time-Lapse Video Of Robert Xavier Burden’s Transformer Art Is Awesome!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by VicSage

I stumbled across this remarkable time-lapse video of Robert Xavier Burden’s latest painting entitled ‘The Autobot’ this afternoon and felt I just had to share it. As stated on his official YouTube channel this wonderful painting took over 8 months … Continue reading →


Captain America’s Sentinels Of Liberty Fan Club Kit (1940s)

Posted on May 18, 2013 by VicSage

I’m not sure who J. Kritzer is but I do know thanks to The Marvel Age of Comics Tumblr he was cool enough to be enrolled in the Sentinels of Liberty, for the true fans of Captain America back in … Continue reading →