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.
It’s true. Everything really is better with Michael Bay. For example… Planes, Trains & Automobiles would be so much better with heavy artillery. I always thought Field of Dreams was lacking something. Say nothing, Lloyd. Nothing. Save Ferris. Kaboom!!! ———- This is the latest post in response to the weekly blog challenge presented by the League [...]
I was packaging this figure up to send it off to a friend of the site, but thought it might be fun to snap a few photos first. This is the Matrix Morpheus figure from N2 Toys. The detail is pretty good but there is almost no articulation, so I wasn’t going to get much [...]
This week’s League topic had some of the best responses yet! The assignment asked who you would want beside you during the zombie apocalypse, and the variety of answers was awesome, even though Kate Beckinsale didn’t show up. Every week, I am so impressed and amused by everyone’s answers, but this time around, there were some absolute [...]
Ashley Raburn lives in Tennessee, and works at a local College as an Instructional Technology Specialist. Ashley has been an avid Doctor Who fan his whole life, and runs the website, Life with Fandom, where he talks about pop culture. He’s also involved in a cool new project called “New Monster,” which is a series of [...]
Which TV or movie hero do you want beside you when the zombie apocalypse arrives? I was going to pick MacGyver for his ingenius ability to make booby traps and diversions, but then my pal Christopher Tupa chimed in first, so I opted for plan B. After thinking about it for a while though, I realized [...]
The fine folks at Dark Hall Mansion have been putting out some pretty amazing prints lately. Remember Tom Whalen’s Great Pumpkin posters and those Snoopy posters by Laurent Durieux? Well, they have raised the bar even higher with this week’s release of officially licensed GIGANTOR prints by Laurent Durieux… “Gigantor: The Lab” Standard Edition of 150, 18 [...]
Once again, the League has come up with some pure gold this week. Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for the Hollywood big shots to come calling. This week’s assignment asked what movie you would make if you ran Hollywood. The recurring theme seemed to be Kate Beckinsale, but I [...]
The other day I showed you some great vintage toys up for bid in Hake’s current auction, but there were also a bunch of action figures that caught my eye. Sometimes, it’s just easier to buy an entire collection than to build one piece by piece. So, if you have some cash burning a hole [...]
There have been a few good Westerns in recent memory, but there is certainly room for a big budget blockbuster. You would need to hire Cormac McCarthy to write it with the help of Larry McMurtry, and let the Coen brothers work their magic on it. The movie would be filled with sweeping vistas and [...]
The latest auction from Hake’s is going on now, and as usual, there is an incredible assortment of vintage toys up for bid. Here are some of my favorite items… “BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER FLIP FLASHLIGHT.” 4×8.5″ card with images of Batman, Robin and Batmobile. Holds 3″ long flashlight with full color label [...]
