80s Toys Roc

If you could give your younger self one piece of advice about LIFE what would it be, and why do you think that insight matters now more than ever?

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Happy 19th birthday to our daughter, Caroline! Since she was just three years old, my wife has celebrated each birthday in a way that’s become a family tradition. Every year, she carefully stands farm-fresh eggs on their ends. One for each year Caroline has been alive on this planet

We once heard this old wive’s tale that around the spring equinox, the Earth is in perfect balance, making it possible to stand an egg upright. Maybe it’s just a fun old myth, maybe eggs stand up all year—but the point is, it’s a tradition of love.

This morning, Caroline woke up to 19 carefully balanced eggs, each one a symbol of how much we love her. It’s not just the eggs—it’s the hours my wife spends getting these little buggers to stand perfectly upright, the joy in continuing something uniquely ours, and the reminder that these little acts are what make memories.

Happy birthday, Caroline. We love you more than words—and more than a whole farm full of eggs!

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Welcome to BURF CHURCH!
This morning I was sitting in my back patio just enjoying the cool breeze and this beautiful 67° weather we are having in Dallas . It feels like a little piece of heaven.

Anyway, I was remising what Sundays were like in my home when I was a kid. My brother and I would get up, get a bowl of cereal and watch Bullwinkle and Rocky and maybe some Loony Tunes.

Afterwards I’d make sure I got my shower first so there was plenty of hot water….my little brother no always so lucky. 🤣 Then we would get dressed for church.

I actually looked forward to Sunday school and seeing my friends and learning about stories in the Bible like David and Goliath and Sampson…true CHAMPIONS
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But the actual sermon, not so much, but I had some M.U.S.C.L.E figures I’d take with me to play with in the back pew.

Prayer was a huge part of my life, but prayer was always just words asking God for things I wanted like that Ewok Treehouse Play Set. 😆

And you know, I think most people think prayer is about saying words.

You know like,
The right sentence.
The right request.
The right way to talk to God.

But the truth is… prayer has never really been about words.

Prayer is about connection.

It’s that quiet moment when the noise of the world finally stops for a second… and you remember that you’re not carrying everything alone.

Look around at the world right now.

People are stressed.
People are angry.
People are overwhelmed.

There’s financial pressure.
Health problems.
Division everywhere you look.
And a constant stream of bad news telling us that everything is falling apart.

It’s easy to feel like you’re standing in the middle of a battlefield… with no armor.

And that’s where prayer comes in.

Not as some perfect speech… but as a feeling.

A moment where you close your eyes, take a breath, and reconnect with something bigger than the chaos around you.

You don’t need perfect words.

Sometimes prayer is just:

“Help me.”
“Give me strength.”
“Guide me.”
“Thank you.”

Sometimes prayer is just silence.

Because faith isn’t restored through speeches.

Faith is restored through presence.

Through stillness.
Through humility.
Through remembering that even when the world feels dark… there is still light.

That’s what this image reminds me of.

Even the strongest warrior needs a moment to kneel.

Not because he’s weak.

But because he understands where his strength truly comes from.

And maybe… in a world that feels louder and more chaotic every day…

we could all use a moment like that.

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On 3.13.2026, I’m bringing something the Toy Community hasn’t seen before. It’s still about the toys, but this time, it’s a whole new way of looking at the collection, the hunt, and the story behind it all. Get ready—this next chapter might just change the game.

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I Haven’t Gone Anywhere… But Something Big Is Coming.

Let me start with this….

I’m okay.

I haven’t died.
I haven’t been in the hospital.
I haven’t been battling some new health crisis.

I’ve gotten messages… dozens of them. Some concerned. Some worried. Some just checking in. Some assuming the worst. And some just simply saying “Yo!! When are you uploading another video? It’s been 4 weeks!”

And honestly… I understand why.

I’ve been through some real bullshit this past year (hospitalized twice in 2025) and to tell you the truth, I would have thought and wondered the same thing.

Especially when someone shows up in your life consistently—week after week, year after year—and then suddenly goes quiet… it leaves a void.

Plus, after uploading 1,200+ videos over the last six years, for the first time since this journey began…

I stepped back.

Not because I had to.

Because I needed to.

Not physically.

Mentally.

Emotionally.

Creatively.

Because something started happening here at Casa Del Burf.

At first, it was magic.

Walking into thrift stores… digging through forgotten shelves… finding pieces of childhood that time tried to erase… and bringing them back to life.

Every figure wasn’t just plastic.

It was a memory.

A moment.

A feeling.

A time when life was simpler.

And sharing that with you… seeing the comments… hearing your stories… knowing that for a few minutes, someone across the world smiled because of something I found…

That meant everything to me.

But over time…

Something else started happening.

The collection grew.

And grew.

And grew.

Shelves filled.

Rooms filled.

Then closets.

Then spaces that weren’t meant to hold anything at all.

Because I was collecting…

But I wasn’t curating.

I was bringing things in…

But I wasn’t letting things go.

And somewhere in that process… I realized something.

This wasn’t about owning everything.

It was about honoring the right things.

And that realization hit me like lightning.

So I stepped back.

Not to quit.

But to think.

To reflect.

To ask a bigger question:

What does this become next?

Because I don’t want this channel to just continue.

I want it to evolve.

I want it to grow.

I want it to bring more laughter. More happiness. More cheer. More of that deep, emotional, nostalgic feeling that reminds you of who you were when the world still felt wide open.

And in that quiet space…

In that lab of thought…

An idea was born.

An idea that changes everything.

An idea that has never been done before in vintage toy collecting on YouTube.

Something different.

Something bold.

Something that doesn’t just show toys…

But transforms the entire experience of what toy collecting content can be.

I’m still building it.

Still refining it.

Still bringing it to life.

But I promise you this:

What’s coming next… is going to be special.

So no…

I didn’t disappear.

I didn’t quit.

I didn’t go anywhere.

I’ve been right here.

Preparing.

Creating.

Evolving.

Because…

Something is cooking.

And when it’s ready…

You’ll be the first to see it.

Stay tuned.

— Burf

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Sorry gang.

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Sometimes a photo can stop you in your tracks. My mom sent me this picture earlier today… and she’s maybe two years old in it (or close to it) Late 1950s. Snow on the ground. And there she is, being pulled through the snow by her dad (my Grandfather)…

Not in a real sled.

In a cardboard “TRUST COFFEE” box.

She told me, “We were so poor… I didn’t even have a sled.”

And for a second, that hit me hard.

Because when you hear something like that, you automatically think of struggle… of lacking… of hardship.

But then I looked closer at the photo.

And you know what I saw?

I saw happiness.
I saw a little girl smiling like she had everything in the world.
I saw a dad doing the best he could with what he had… turning a coffee box into magic.

And it made me think about how simple life really was back then.

Not easy.
But simple.

No endless noise.
No constant chasing.
Just family… snow… laughter… and a moment that lasted forever.

And then it brought me back to my own childhood… growing up through the 70s, the 80s, the 90s.

Man… life felt simple then too.

Riding bikes until the streetlights came on.
Saturday morning cartoons.
Snow days that felt like the world paused just for you.
Playing outside with nothing but imagination.

And the crazy part is…

We didn’t even know how simple it was.

We didn’t know we were living in the good old days… because you can’t see it while you’re inside of it.

You only realize it later…

When you’re older… maybe pushing 50… looking back through the window of time.

And suddenly you’d give anything just to go back for one afternoon.

One more Christmas morning.
One more snowy day.
One more moment when life felt slow… and full.

And I guess that’s what this photo reminded me of…

That even when people didn’t have much…
they still had joy.

And maybe the lesson is…

The simple moments are still happening right now.

We’re living in days that one day we’ll miss.

So hug your people.
Slow down.
Be present.

Because a coffee box in the snow might not look like much…

But it was everything.

1 month ago | [YT] | 91

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WHO REMEMBERS HYPERCOLOR SHIRTS?! 🤯🎨

Alright… who remembers when the height of 80s technology was…

a t-shirt that changed colors?!

Like… forget smartphones.

Back then, if your shirt changed from blue to pink…

You were basically living in the year 3000.

😂

I mean seriously…

If you owned a Hypercolor shirt, you weren’t just a kid…

You were an event.

You’d walk into school like:

“Oh this old thing?
Yeah… it has mood swings.”

And the whole hallway would stop.

People would crowd around you like you were showing off a brand new Ferrari…

“DUDE… do it again! Make it change!”

And you’d just stand there, arms out, soaking in the fame like:

“Yes… yes… behold my magical temperature shirt.”

🤣

Hypercolor was the ultimate flex.

It was like wearing a science experiment with sleeves.

And for about two glorious weeks…

You were the coolest human being in the building.

So I gotta ask…

👇 Did YOU ever own a Hypercolor shirt?
Or did you just stare in jealousy at the kid who did?

#GenX #80sNostalgia #Hypercolor #WhoRemembers #80sKids #MemoryLane

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5 Thrift Store Friday will not be airing this evening.

I’m gonna be taking some time tonight just for me and my family… kinda soaking in the moment, slowing things down a bit.

And honestly… with this big winter storm rolling in this weekend, it just feels like the perfect time to hit pause.

But don’t worry…

I’m gonna try my best to get another video out Saturday or Sunday…

a full-on “Snow Day Special.”

And man… doesn’t this weather just bring you right back?

Like… remember being a kid in the 80s…

Waking up and looking out the window…

Seeing the world covered in snow…

Hoping you’d hear those magic words…

“School is canceled.”

You’d spend the whole day in your pajamas…

Cartoons on TV…

Hot chocolate…

Maybe a stack of VHS tapes…

And that feeling like the world outside was this giant blizzard wonderland.

That’s exactly the vibe this weekend.

So if you’re in the path of the storm…

Stay warm…

Stay safe…

And most of all…

Have fun with it.

Enjoy the snow day like we did back then.

Alright guys… thanks for understanding.

Snow Day Special coming soon…

And I’ll see you this weekend. ❄️📼🔥

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