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Ahhh how we've missed these! It's been a little while since we did our last 10 Things You Didn't Know About...feature. It's just all gone wild here at TruffleTowers with more and more cool products hitting the store and everyone getting nice and ready for Christmas. Exciting!

So! To kick things back off with a bang, we've been searching the cyber-space-web-net for some of the coolest, most interesting and unknown facts about one of the world's most-lived cartoons, Tom and Jerry!

Taking us right back to our childhood of watching this at home and at school on rainy days when we couldn't go outside. (Remember the big old TV's??....scary). Sit back and take a trip down memory lane with us as we teach you some of our top Tom and Jerry facts. Enjoy!

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1) Tom and Jerry were actually lined up to star in 1988 classic flick 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', sadly legal smegle issues stopped it from ever happening happening. However! The cartoon team had already featured in live action films before including the 1945 'Anchors Aweigh', when Jerry stole the show in a dance sequence with Gene Kelly!

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For the honor of Greyskull! Just when you thought our warehouse shelves couldn't possibly hold any more awesome retro designs, we've only gone and packed in even more leaving the rafters fit to burst with some exciting new designs!

This time we've been inspired by the amazing retro hero...She-Ra!

Lovingly known as He-Man's hot twin sister (maybe by the guys here at TruffleShuffle anyways), She-Ra has become one of the most iconic cartoon heroes of a generation. Not only was she possibly one of the most powerful women ever, she lead the Great Rebellion in the hope of freeing their homeworld of Etheria from the tyrannical rule of Hordak, Evil Horde, and later on Skeletor.

With such an all round amazing and classic character, we're gone all out with our latest designs.

Featuring the Princess herself, this also comes complete with a distressed gold foil embellished print for some extra vintage style and retro points for a great original tee feel like it was plucked straight out of the 80s.

Not wanting to leave anyone out the of action, we've put our design on a ladies rolled sleeve tshirt, a men's style t-shirt and of course a vest for the summer months. Take a peep....

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Are you pondering what I'm pondering? Wouldn't it be awesome to have some amazing new Pinky And The Brain designs?? Well...Narf said!

That's right you cartoon loving people of the world, they're back and more ready than ever to take over the world! ...which isn't as scary as it sounds.

Ever since the days of sitting in on the floor in front of the TV so close you can hear and feel the static watching the classic Animaniacs toons, Pinky And The Brain have been one of our all-time favourite and memorable cartoons.

With their small world but big plans, we loved their ambitious attitude and their love-hate bromance.

Determined to reach their full potential, Pinky and the Brain follows two captured mice who live in Acme's research Labs where they have been genetically...ermm.... 'altered' to be super intelligent and be able to speak to humans. Normal so far yeh?

The stories follow The Brain's nightly plans to take over the world, usually ending with things being ruined by lovable simpleton Pinky his not so trusty and clumsy cage buddy.

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"He's the greatest, he's fantastic, wherever there is danger, he'll be there!"

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Yep this isn't a typo, the huuugely loved and classic animated show DangerMouse which followed the adventures of the world’s greatest secret agent and his ever-nervous sidekick Penfold is set to make a comeback of on CBBC with 52 new episodes next year. Exciting!

Taking the TV by storm from back in 1981 and running all the way to 1992, DangerMouse (voiced by Sir David Jason) became one of the top shows of the 80s with a whole generation of kids turning in for their famous adventures and of course...those catchphrases :)

After over 20 years absence, DM and trusty sidekick will return this time to CBBC and will come complete with a whole heap of 21st century gadgets to help them with protect the world from the dastardly likes of Baron Greenback.

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You wanted more....so here they are!

They sure don't make em' like they used to! Move over Beyonce there's a new (old) legend in town!

With sooo much buzz surrounding Jem lately thanks to the simply huuuge retro lovers dream news of their forthcoming feature film (covered on our blog HERE), there has never been a better time to show your love for this amazing group who rocked our world back in the day.

With the cast now revealed, Aubrey Peeples (from Sharknado! Wooo!), Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, and Aurora Perrineau will be taking the stage an plugging in their amps to remind us once again just how cool Jem is!

The director is Jon M. Chu, who helmed "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and "Justin Bieber's Believe." Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, is one of the producers. An open casting call for the film was put out weeks ago, calling for people to send in videos of themselves. In a YouTube clip, Chu also asked for submissions showcasing people's "creativity," "from writing music to designing costumes."

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Devotees of that galaxy far, far away will of course know that May 4, as in 'May the 4th Be With You,' is the official day to celebrate all things Star Wars and party like a drunken Ewok.

While every day is Star Wars Day for us hardcore fans, with the big day fast approaching, we couldn't resist a little competition to celebrate and remind everyone that the Force is everywhere.

So we've taken a trip to the dark side (i.e. raided our warehouse!) and put together a frankly awesome bundle of Star Wars goodies to giveaway.

Check out all the intergalactic treats which are up for grabs below!

The Prize

Yup you could be in with a chance of winning one of each of the following....

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