The Weekly Links: Anime Ghostbusters, Netflix For Vinyl Records, 30th Anniversaries in 2015

Welcome to another edition of The Weekly Links, your weekly source for the best '80s content on the web! Some great stuff going on behind the scenes here at RD80s. I've put some steps in motion this week to make 2015 a great year with more still planned!

I've dabbled with graphic design over the years, mainly for images to display on RD80s. I have come up with several designs for t-shirts and stickers, but I've never been happy with the online prices. This week I decided to launch my first crowdfunding design in order to help keep prices down and still offer up some ideas I've got sitting in my nostalgic brain. My first offering is a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Goonies! The 30 Years of Never Say Die! T-shirt has been successfully funded for printing so if you'd like one, the deadline to order is Jan 19th. Thanks to those who purchase one (or more) and I'm looking forward to offering up more in 2015!

I also debuted two new feeds this week for deals/contests/news on '80s collectibles! I see awesome stuff across my feeds everyday so I felt the best way to pass it along was to create an off-shoot of RD80s called "Rad! '80s Stuff". You can like on Facebook and/or follow @Rad80sStuff on Twitter to get the inside track on toys, t-shirts, movies, and more to add to your collection!

And even with all that going on this week, I managed to post the January edition of Netflix '80s Fix which features some great movies and a couple new TV shows. I also made a small contribution to 50 Nerdy Things to Look Forward to in 2015 on UnderScoopFire! including what I deem to be the coolest DeLorean Time Machine toy I've seen and some awesome 3-inch G1 Tranformers figures.

My favorite video this week was courtesy MoviePilot and imagines the Ghostbusters in the style of 1980s anime. Pretty good chance I would've watched even had it been in Japanese...

TWL Video of the Week

"Tokyo Ghostbusters - The 1980s Anime" by Nacho Punch

Enjoy the rest of this week's links!!

MOVIES

First Look at Ed Helms and Chevy Chase on Set of New ‘Vacation’ Movie - UnderScoopFire!

Sign a Petition to Make 10/21/15 National BACK TO THE FUTURE Day! - Nerdist

Nike confirms it's working on 'Back to the Future' shoe for 2015 release - Mashable

Goonies, Gremlins, Police Academy and the 80s movies revival: What do you think? - Yahoo! Movies
Nicolas Cage turns 50: His top 10 movies from the '80s - Stuck In The 80s
5 Things We Hope the New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Script Rewrite Has - UnderScoopFire!
Book Learnin’: Back to the Future Almanac Official BTTF Memorabilia Guide 1985-2015 - Pop Rewind
Sylvester Stallone Announces Latest 'Rambo' Film Title - The Hollywood Reporter
How Accurate Were ‘Back To The Future II’s 2015 Predictions? Here’s Your Reading Guide - UPROXX

TV

All the Superheroes Sing on 1980 Brazilian Bozo the Clown TV Show - Topless Robot
Back to the 80s: Interview with Christine McGlade from You Can't Do That On Television - Kickin' it Old School

Which Muppet Are You? - PlayBuzz

VIDEO GAMES

Custom Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Nintendo NES Console Hits eBay - RetroCollect

Watching this guy beat Tetris on its highest setting is jaw-dropping - The A.V. Club

Life-Size PAC-MAN Maze Appears In Downtown Los Angeles - Nerdist

The Worst Mega Man Box Art Makes for the Best Action Figure - Kotaku

A sealed copy of the rarest licensed NES game in history is up for sale on eBay - Polygon

What arcade games would you actually want to own? - Retromash

Indy Whips Into New Point & Click Adventure 'Indiana Jones & The Fountain Of Youth' - RetroCollect

New 80s-Themed Racer 'Drift Stage' Enters Kickstarter - Retro Collect
Classic Nintendo Themes Played on Traditional Japanese Instruments - Topless Robot
What Arcade Rooms Looked Like in the 80s - Unreality Mag

MUSIC

There's a Netflix For Vinyl Records Now - Gizmodo

The Cybertronic Spree Perform “Hunger” From Transformers: The Movie! - Retroist

Here’s The Macho Man Remix Of ‘Uptown Funk’ You’ve Been Waiting For - UPROXX

'80s Singer Tiffany Reveals What Could Have Been Her Stage Name And Why - Huffington Post

What Whitney Houston Would've Sounded Like As a Disco Queen - Gizmodo
Actors Who Assaulted Our Ears—Or, the Unbearable Crooning of Don Johnson, Eddie Murphy, Scarlett Johansson and So Many Others - Do You Remember

CULTURE

30 Things Turning 30 in 2015 - mental_floss

‘St. Optimus of Prime’, A Stained Glass Design Depicting Autobot Leader Optimus Prime - Laughing Squid

'G.I.Joe' And 'Strawberry Shortcake' Kids Meal Toys At Burger King - Toy News International

10 Fabulously Insane '80s Golden Globe Winner Getups - HitFix

The Best 80s Winter Fashions - It Goes To 11

38 Things That Will Take '80s Kids Back To Their Elementary School Days - BuzzFeed Rewind

11 Ways Skiing Was Totally Different in the '80s - Huffington Post

The Latest Transformers Line Combines Everything '80s Kids Loved - io9

Remembering Back to the Future: The Ride - Pop Rewind
The 80s Most Famous Feline – Garfield - Like Totally 80s
The cellphones of the 1980s - TechCentral
Nothing Is Better Than These 80s Internet Depictions of Technology - Gizmodo
Full-Page Scans of the 1981 Marvel Comics Calendar That Matches the Dates in 2015 - Laughing Squid