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January 30, 2012 10:07 AM

You may not know who the Costacos Brothers are. But if you were a sports fan in the US during the 1980's, chances are that you had one of their posters up in your room.
posted by reenum (19 comments total)

My brother had that one of Andre Dawson for sure. Thanks for posting this!
posted by jquinby at 10:10 AM on January 30, 2012

Oh, the reminiscence/lols, they are too much. Will be passing this one along.
posted by resurrexit at 10:12 AM on January 30, 2012

I was wondering what source was scraped for the post from last week. (This is a better post anyway.)
posted by Burhanistan at 10:19 AM on January 30, 2012

Double?
posted by Navelgazer at 10:21 AM on January 30, 2012

Nah, the other one linked to a non-attributed dump. This one is fine.
posted by Burhanistan at 10:21 AM on January 30, 2012

Bearing in mind I had never heard of most of these (being UK raised) that was pretty entertaining, I am left wondering exactly what sport General Blade and his commando regiment were representing.
posted by biffa at 10:23 AM on January 30, 2012

Completely worth it for the sheer bulldada of Eric Davis' giant baseball-revolver.
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:24 AM on January 30, 2012 [2 favorites]

I thought for a second they were the heirs to the grocery club fortune, but I guess not.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 10:27 AM on January 30, 2012

So we're not talking about the identical twin brother that feel what the other is feeling?
posted by Joey Michaels at 10:36 AM on January 30, 2012

Ahhh, Brian Bosworth before he made fortune bubblegum.
posted by I love you more when I eat paint chips at 10:41 AM on January 30, 2012

Ya can't have two guys called 'the rifleman'! Esp. if one of 'em is Chuck Person.
posted by Mister_A at 10:53 AM on January 30, 2012

Be sure to play this in the background as you page through.
posted by hydrophonic at 11:44 AM on January 30, 2012

Ahhh, Brian Bosworth before he made fortune bubblegum.

Are you saying this because he looks just like Duke Nukem?
posted by JauntyFedora at 12:56 PM on January 30, 2012

Bearing in mind I had never heard of most of these (being UK raised) that was pretty entertaining, I am left wondering exactly what sport General Blade and his commando regiment were representing.

The details aren't all that scintillating
posted by SharkParty at 1:23 PM on January 30, 2012

No, that's not even slightly homo-erotic. Uh-uh.
posted by imperium at 2:43 PM on January 30, 2012

Bob Golic sure has changed. Must be the Nutrisystem.
posted by Nabubrush at 2:44 PM on January 30, 2012

I totally had that Canseco / McGwire posted with the oversized bats. Nostalgia!
posted by xedrik at 2:47 PM on January 30, 2012

Bearing in mind I had never heard of most of these (being UK raised) that was pretty entertaining, I am left wondering exactly what sport General Blade and his commando regiment were representing.

It's Jim Everett, of course! Just don't call him Chris.
posted by Nabubrush at 2:48 PM on January 30, 2012

The hairstyles sported really tend to be utiliful, and as such, timeless and wouldn't look out of place today. A couple of outliers, especially Gretzky's hockey mullet, though.

A lot more mustaches, though. But the suits tended to be fairly conservative and most wouldn't be too far out of style today.

I wonder how much the above (conservatism) were conscious choices to sell to as wide a demographic as possible?

But the futuristic costumes? Boy are they more modern than today's clothes!

Next year's Halloween costume: "80's futuristic person." I already have the wig for it.
posted by porpoise at 8:46 PM on January 30, 2012