Recurrent Events Update: Netflix Announces 'Voltron' Season 3, Transformers Monopoly, BTTF Hoverboards Up For Auction

Welcome to the Recurrent Events weekly news update for retro pop culture headlines, links, videos, and more! First, I wanted to officially welcome Will Kay as a RD80s staff writer! Will has already written a handful of articles with his latest being a Recap Of CNN’s 'The Eighties' Miniseries on Netflix. Looking forward to sharing more of his articles with RD80s followers and also wanted to invite more writers/bloggers to reach out if you'd like to contribute to the website!

RD80s participated again with The 80s League this week on a fun #80sCrushes topic. I posted Five '80s Video Game Girls I Had Crushes On while others listed celebrities on their blogs and podcasts. Some really great contributions so click the aforementioned link to find all the great content. Wyatt and I might even do a Memory Jogger podcast soon on the topic as a late entry.

Also wanted to give a quick mention that Wyatt and I are planning to attend Retro Con 2017 in the fall and will be actively sharing news and announcements throughout the year leading up to the show. It's early but we invite everyone to join us in Oaks, PA for a great time. We're hoping to have some promotional items on hand to give out to RD80s followers and would love to meet some of you who we've interacted with over the years.

Here's are some RD80s articles posted this week in case you missed them:

• Dynamite Entertainment Producing New Atari 'Swordquest' Comics
• Unreleased 'Ghostbusters' Scene At Fort Detmerring May Have Been Found
• Optimus Prime Joins My '80s Pinewood Derby Collection

Ever wonder what R2-D2 was actually saying in Star Wars: A New Hope? Me too! Thanks to the Laughing Squid this week, I stumbled onto this fun video which inserts dialogue instead of beeps into the all R2's scenes from the film...

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for Feb 25, 2017!

MOVIES

The hoverboards from Back To The Future are going up for auction - A.V. Club
Why 'Commando' Is One of the best Action Movies of the 80s - Monkeys Fighting Robots
A Fascinating In-Depth Look at the Amazing Sixty Year Career of Actor James Hong - Laughing Squid
The Original Cuts Of ‘Star Wars’ Are Rumored To Be Coming Back In Some Form - UPROXX
15 80s Movie Villains We Absolutely Hated - Like Totally 80s
The L.A. of John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful, 30 Years Later - LA Weekly
Joonas Suotamo, The New Chewbacca, Writes A Heartfelt Letter For Fans And Peter Mayhew - UPROXX
Is Freddy Krueger In The French Friday The 13th V Poster? You Decide!! - Sexy Armpit
12 Reasons Why Turner And Hooch Is So Funny - Like Totally 80s

TV

Netflix Forms Third Season of Voltron: Legendary Defender - CBR

Public Service Announcement: Those classic G.I. Joe internet videos are now in HD - A.V. Club

Robot roll-call: The new MST3K gets a release date and a full cast photo - A.V. Club

Story Behind Nike's Controversial 1987 'Revolution' Commercial - Rolling Stone

M. Night Shyamalan calls new Crypt Keeper ‘a dark Walt Disney’ in show’s first teaser - Polygon

MUSIC

Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley Gives Emotional Tribute to George Michael at 2017 Brit Awards - Billboard
Lionel Richie Postpones Tour With Mariah Carey Over Knee Injury - Rolling Stone
Erasure to release ‘World Be Gone’, first new album in 3 years, in May - Slicing Up Eyeballs
David Bowie's Birthplace May Soon Be Home to a Giant Lightning Bolt Sculpture - mental_floss
Eddie Van Halen Donates Guitars to Low-Income Schools' Music Programs - Rolling Stone
Yet Another 10 Underrated '80s Bands You Need to Hear Now - LA Weekly
Echo & The Bunnymen to release 1985 live set on LP, if enough fans vote for it - Slicing Up Eyeballs
Eighties pop icons Tears for Fears ready to 'Shout' in Tel Aviv, Israel - Jerusalem Post

VIDEO GAMES

Maximum Power Up Podcast - Episode 43: Nintendo Famicom/NES - RetroCollect
Narita Boy is a Stunning Nostalgia Trip Through the 1980s - Den of Geek
Breath Of The Wild is the most alive Zelda has felt in 30 years - A.V. Club
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works reprint on Kickstarter - Den of Geek
The Evolution of Nintendo Consoles, from NES to Switch - Retromash
Pinball collides with 'Metroid' in this nifty upcoming game - Mashable
15 Reasons Why Castlevania Was The Best - CBR

POP CULTURE

Free General Mills Retro Cereal tee! - Yello80s
The Dragons of D&D by Jason Thompson - Killer Kitsch
These '80s-Era Classic Cars Are Worth Investing In Now - SwissInfo.ch
Goodbye, Old Video Store. - Dinosaur Dracula
The 15 Most Useless Transformers - CBR
37 Childhood Things You'll Only Know If You're Over 30 - BuzzFeed Rewind


COLLECTING
Transformers Monopoly Is a Work of Art You Can Actually Hang on a Wall - Gozmodo
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA’s Jack Burton Swaggers in as a Sideshow Toy - Nerdist
He-Man / ThunderCats comic original artwork for sale - He-Man.Org
NYTF17 - Playmobile Ghostbusters Product Display - Toy News International
Masters of the Universe Super7 detailed walk-through at Toy Fair 2017 by Pixel Dan - He-Man.Org
The Power of the Dark Crystal #1 - CBR
Hasbro's 40th Anniversary Star Wars Figures Are an Amazing Throwback - io9

Got a link or know any active retro pop culture blogs/websites that are worth including with the Recurrent Events? Leave a comment so I can add it to the mix! If you missed last week's news update, visit the Recurrent Events archive.