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.
The Rapture’s impending doom was upon us and we only had a few scant hours left on this earth, so how did I spend that precious time? At the yard sales of course! This weekend’s sales were few and far between so I had to work for the goods this time. Plus, we brought the [...]
Round two of the local community yard sales took place this weekend. It was a soggy Saturday morning, but my wife and I headed out early and visited a neighborhood about five miles from our house. My wife found nice end tables for the guest room, while I found this… Some highlights: A Robosapien V2 [...]
I might still need some convincing that this new Conan movie isn’t going to be a big steaming pile of dung, but I have to admit that the newest poster makes me feel a little better. At least the artists didn’t just show us a back view of Conan lit from the side, brooding over [...]
The official start of yard sale season finally began this weekend. My neighborhood hosted their community-wide sale, so i didn’t have to go far to find some fun things for the collection. Look at all the great stuff I found within a 2-mile radius of my house… Halo encyclopedia, Batman Roleplaying guide, and two of [...]
I love it when the mail man leaves a giant cardboard tube on my doorstep with Mondo’s “M” on the end cap. Here are some close-up shots of the Hellboy poster by Florian Bertmer. As I suspected, the red on this poster jumps out and punches you in the nose — I love it! The [...]
Studio 88 has an incredible thing going — they exhibit artwork that focuses on pop-culture. Places like this will turn even the likes of me into a patron of the arts. Their latest offering is an exhibit titled, The Road to Shermer, which honors the late great John Hughes. (Remember, Shermer is the fictitious town in [...]
Mike and Frank find some really great items in this episode, including one particular Batman toy that I have been seeking for quite a while. The pickers are freestyling in Ohio and come up with the idea to trade one of their previously picked items and try to end up with a more valuable item [...]
Mondo is releasing another awesome poster today. The latest offering is for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, illustrated by Jeff Proctor. The regular poster is $40 with only 155 being produced, and the variant black and white version is $65, with a print run of just 55. As usual, Mondo will be announcing the [...]
In case yu missed it on store shelves, here is this year’s Cap’n Crunch Christmas Crunch cereal box. As usual, the designers and illustrators nailed it. If you want to know what I think Christmas should feel like, this box pretty much sums it up — ribbons and bows, red, green and gold, glittery magic, [...]
This weekend, Profiles in History is going to auction off some unbelievable Hollywood movie props. The crown jewels for prop collectors are “hero props,” which are items used by the main actors, in key scenes. Here are a few of the incredible hero prop weapons that are up for bid… Lot #628: Clint Eastwood “Josey Wales” hero [...]
