• T-Shirt Thursday

    Today’s shirt is bought to you from the team at Super7. I saw this shirt at C2E2 and like the lady in Napoleon Dynamite who saw the model ship, I looked at my wife and said “I want that!” This shirt stood out to me from all the shirts they had on display. I mean…

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  • Horsing around with Spirit: Riding Free #giveaway

    (Disclaimer: The Fandads have teamed up with Netflix to promote Spirit: Riding Free in exchange for a giveaway opportunity for our readers. All thoughts, opinions are our own or that of our children.)  On May 5th a new show premiered on Netflix about a group of girls and the horses they befriend called Spirit: Riding…

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  • What to do!

    Yeah, yeah we know. We are still working on a better title. Ok, now that we got that out of the way let’s begin with things we can do in the city this weekend. Free Comic Book Day Free Comic Book Day is the big thing to do this weekend. Tell me of another great…

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  • The Super Hero we need right now. #WonderWoman

    I think I talked about how when I was younger my babysitter would always have a stack of comic books for me to read while she took care of me. While many of the books were Marvel, there would be a few DC books hidden among the pile and these were my first introduction to…

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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Review #GotGVol2

    Opening today in theaters across the country is the continuation of the adventures of The Guardians of the Galaxy. The Fandads were lucky to see an advance screening of this movie on Monday and it was a delight to see our old friends on the big screen again along with some new ones. There will…

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  • T-Shirt Thursday – Star Wars Day Edition

    Happy Star Wars Day friends! Today’s T-Shirt come from the good folks at Thirteenth Floor. I first saw their designs a few years ago at Wizard World, but back then they only had prints and posters for sale. This year at C2E2, they had a pretty sizable booth on the show floor which not only…

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  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review

    Disclaimer: The Fandads were provided with a downloadable copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for this review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. The second must buy title for the Nintendo Switch has finally arrived! Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is out and it’s time to start your engines! Most of you are probably quite…

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  • Get a “Power Up” in your next Happy Meal.

    Starting today and running through May 22, anyone who purchases a Happy Meal at participating McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S. will receive one of eight fun toys based on Super Mario characters. These classic and instantly recognizable characters are also featured in the upcoming Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game for Nintendo’s newest system, Nintendo Switch.…

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  • Getting the sleep I need thanks to the Beautyrest #SleepTracker monitor.

    Disclaimer: The Fandads have teamed up with Life of Dad and Beautyrest for this campaign. All thoughts, opinions and good night sleep are our own.  Parents, remember the good old days when you really did not care about sleep? Those days where you used to go out all night with your friends and sleep in…

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  • Things to do!

    The Fandads have been thinking about doing these type of post for a while and here is the debut of a new section where we will highlight things to do in Chicago over the weekend. Depending on what activities are going on we will highlight a few things that we think you and your family…

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