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.
One of the reasons I love yard sales is how random they can be. You really never know what you will find. The yard sales this weekend gave up some strange stuff, but I love strange stuff, so it’s all good. We hit a neighborhood yard sale that boasted 100 families participating. The threat of [...]
Michelle Ivy, of Ferndale Michigan, and Tina Gregory, of Corona California, really like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And you call yourself a fan — pffft! See larger image Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Four Film Favorites (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III / TMNT) (DVD) [...]
I had a great weekend with the family — we did some geocaching, some moonbouncing, and I even got to go see Conan. Of course, the Saturday morning highlight was some excellent yard sale treasure hunting. We probably hit a half dozen sales, and all of them gave up the goods… Our first stop was at [...]
Editor’s Note: It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan and collector of Mondo’s posters. Josh Berwanger recently interviewed Justin Ishmael of Mondo Tees, who happens to be a big collector himself, and gives us the inside story on how all the magic started. -Brian Mondotees.com puts out the coolest one of a kind posters [...]
Well, I had fun on Saturday morning… I always search Craigslist for nearby yard sales and this week one particular listing caught my eye. It mentioned lots of video game swag. Well, I love swag! So, I targeted that house first, and I’m glad I did. The seller was a really nice guy who used [...]
At the beginning of this episode, we get to meet Joe’s mother, Betty, who brings him a newspaper clipping about the Hollywood Christmas Movieland Museum which is closing in Hinckley, Ohio. Joe and Tracey fly out and find plenty of props from Christmas movies, but they also find an owner who is reluctant to sell. Mark [...]
[Guest post by Jeremy Harvey from Geek Chunks, AKA IAREGeek on Twitter.] Recently Shawn Robare over at Branded In The 80′s had a contest for some of the doubles of the Cereal Killers cards he had left over and guess who won. Me! Let me just start by saying Shawn really knows how to package trading cards. [...]
Not a bad Saturday morning of yard sales this weekend… I saw this large stuffed ALF doll at one of the first sales we stopped at, and knew I was going to buy it before even unbuckling the seatbelt. For $2, this Melmacian went home with me, and his little friend Jessie from Toy Story [...]
It’s probably no surprise that Pawn Stars is one of my favorite shows. Each episode seems to contain items that are even more amazing than the last. Of course, the items that get me excited are the vintage pop culture toys, or posters, so here’s my list of the top 10 pop culture moments on [...]
Let me rephrase that headline… If you collect Disney/Pixar Cars toys, I feel sorry for your wallet. I hit the local Target and Toys R Us stores yesterday and was overwhelmed by the volume of Cars 2 merchandise on the shelves. It was Lightning McQueen as far as the eye could see. My cell phone is [...]
