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Okay okay, NOW we're starting to feel old :( But hey! There's still plenty of reasons to be both happy and proud about growing up at the time we did, we live that fact every single day with our huge collection retro inspired tshirts and gifts that just have us re-living the best childhood years ever....sooooo we're not too worried now.

Alas! As spine-tingling, mind blowing, heart pounding as it is to believe, 80s icon and total movie masterpiece Top Gun is turning a whopping 28 years old today. Eeeep!

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Since hitting the silver screen for the first time back on the 12th of May 1986 at it's premiere in New York, it's had a home in all of our movie collections and has inspired some of or bestselling t-shirts EVER and many a stag weekend too. :)

To celebrate in style, we thought we would put together some of our top reasons that Top Gun is just so cool including some of our favourite scenes, quotes and pictures to have your nostalgia taste buds tinging.

So let's try and answer one simple question...Why is Top Gun just so cool? Well!!

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Calling all you superhero fans out there! We've got some tasty treats of knowledge about to come you way right here :)

With such a buzz surrounding one of the most iconic and oldest Marvel Superhero characters ever, Captain America has been launched to new heights with big blockbusting films hitting the silver screen just a few weeks back.

To celebrate this new fame and perhaps the introduction of Steve Rogers to a whole new audience, we though we would take a few moments to dig into the world of the Winter Soldier and pick out some cool facts we discovered that you just might not know.

Check out our 10 Things You Didn't Know About Captain America! Enjoy....

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1) Hi first appearance came in the first ever Captain America Comic way back in back in March, 1941. Probably a huge reason for his instant success was the cover which showed him giving Hitler what for, bound to be eye catching huh at the time huh!

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Howdy TruffleShufflers! This week we found a cracking little Tumblr page from the very talented Darren Rawlins. He’s done a series of cartoons that takes the cars from some iconic retro shows and imagines what they’d look like as TRANSFORMERS!

Have a look at his work here.... darrenrawlings.tumblr.com whilst we run down our Top 5 Transformers from Retro Shows Inspired by Darren Rawlins!

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1) First up, it’s a TruffleShuffle favourite, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Party Wagon! Built by Donatello, this awesome van came with all kinds of handy accessories, including missiles, breakaway doors, a radio broadcaster and parts of it could even be used as a ramp to get the Turtles out of trouble! We think the Transformer version would be pretty badass, especially if it had a few karate lessons from Splinter!

2) In a close second, we just had to pick the Batmobile. It’s been through dozens of crazy incarnations and hosted a vast array of mental weaponry but Darren has opted for the red-detailed one from the 60s TV show and Tim Burton’s sleek 1989 entry. Now, the TV show Batmobile displayed more gadgets than you can shake a batarang at in its 2 year run on our screens, but Burton’s incarnation famously included grappling hooks to scale walls, a bulletproof finish and one stonking great afterburner at the back. That makes for one pretty terrifying Transformer if you ask us, let’s hope he’s not a Decepticon...

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Happy Easter everyone!

By now we're sure you've all been stuffing your little faces with all the different sized chocolate eggs the Easter Bunny has left you, we sure have!

To help keep things in the spirit of Easter, we though we would give you some of our favourite Easter eggs....of the movie kind! For those not in the know, a movie Easter egg is a little inside joke, a hidden message or perhaps a little gem of knowledge you didn't know about. Just like what the Easter Bunny does, movie maker hide these little nuggets of cool around in their films ready for you to discover.

So! To save you a bit of hunting time, at least in the movies and now around the house, we decided to show you some that have been inspired by our top selling Movie T-Shirts, and our own personal top retro films that you might not have spotted before. Enjoy!

Top Gun

When Maverick and Goose are in the bar singing to Kelly McGillis, the uniformed man singing along on Goose's right is one of the actual pilots who performed maneuvers for the movie.

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As all of us Goonies fans know, Goonies never say die! Well... the latest exciting news to hit TruffleShuffle HQ potentially proves just that.

All weekend, the internet and social sites alike have been abuzz with news of a potential sequel to the the cult 80's classic and one of the most loved films of our generation.

When TMZ asked Donner if he was going to direct a trendy comic book film soon, the filmmaker said, "If you call Goonies a comic book. We're doing a sequel."

Cue plenty of excitement and trepidation all at the same time.

Check out the video for yourself below...

'Goonies' Director Richard Donner -- Sequel is Happening!

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Happy Mother's Day!

Yes folks it's that special time of year where kids everywhere and of all ages come together to help make their superhero mums feel that little big extra special.

Day outs, heartfelt treats, breakfasts in bed and of course chocs and wine (weekend essentials) are all on the agenda today as we all try and make today go with a bang and say thanks to all the wonderful things that our unsung hero mums soo all year round.

To help celebrate today, we thought we would put together a little compilation list of some of out all-time favourite mums from some top films and cartoons we all know and love. Sit back and enjoy....

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Marge Simpson - The Simpsons

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