Cool and Collected - collecting pop culture memories and memorabilia
A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
Frank Onorati is a friend of the site and was lucky enough to attend the opening of the Garbage Pail Kids art show at Gallery 1988 in Melrose, California. The show is currently open and runs through October 1, 2011. Frank sent over lots of pics. Of course, my favorites were the ones that reference pop [...]
Comic and Toy fans put their money where their hearts were last weekend for the first ever Heroes Give Hope charity auction. The Live Online Auction event featured dozens of custom made action figures and works of art specially commissioned for the event, and raised nearly $1000.00 for the Disaster relief agency ConvoyofHope.org Sponsored by internet Auction House TheBigToyAuction.com, the [...]
I love taking the kids to the Greenberg Train and Toy Show when it comes to town. On Saturday, we braved Hurricane Irene (slight drizzle) to see what this year’s show had to offer. If you are toy train enthusiast, this show will break you. There are tons of vendors selling everything from vintage Lionel [...]
Hi folks! For those who don’t know me, my name is Will, and I’m the pop culture guru to the stars. Well, maybe not yet, but a guy can dream. In any case, Brian knew that I’d be heading off to the Baltimore Comic Con, and he was nice enough to invite me to do [...]
Robert Fisher is a huge Star Wars collector and his collection has been deemed the second largest Star Wars collection in the United States. Mr Fisher, known as “BOB A” in the Star Wars community, had been an avid collector for over 30 years. He was an auto body repairman by day, but by [...]
In the wake of numerous natural disasters throughout the early part of this year, the virtual world has heeded the call to help out the real world in it’s time of need. Almost as soon as the news was released about the devastating earthquakes throughout Japan, online communities began to rally around the cause. On Facebook, Twitter, and across thousands [...]
Editor’s note: Brad from “In The Mouth of Dorkness” was kind enough to cross-post this article describing his recent visit to SDCC. If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to visit the geek mecca as a fan, then sit back and enjoy… I grew up in San Diego. The Padres. Balboa Park. The Zoo. [...]
This weekend, the LEGO Brickfair returned to the DC suburbs. This is the third Brickfair I have attended, and probably the best one yet. I took my two boys and and my crummy point and shoot camera, so if you want to see some great pics, check out the Brickfair Flickr page. There was a [...]
The good folks over at Bungie are auctioning some incredible items from the Halo franchise, to raise money for “Child’s Play,” a charity that enables the gamer community to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young adults, primarily through donations of toys and games to childrens’ hospitals around the world as [...]
Christopher Noon runs the Big Toy Auction, and is a long-time friend of Cool & Collected. He recently attended the Mego Meet in Wheeling, WV and here are his thoughts on the event… Founded in the mid 50′s by Dave Abrams and expanded by his son Martin beginning in 1971, The Mego corporation came to dominate toy [...]
