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.
There were tons of great toys for sale at the York Toy Extravaganza this past Sunday. The sheer volume of toys was overwhelming, and of course I had to buy a few! I wouldn’t say I left with an amazing haul, but I found a few items that I’m happy to have on the shelf. [...]
I was browsing eBay the other night (shocker!) and I came across this neat old toy from Mego. I had no idea what a “Supervator” was, but it looked kind of cool. The auction was ending soon and it was $.99 with no bids, which I found strange since the toy was from the 70′s [...]
Here are some pictures of the Aurora model kits boxes I added to the collection last weekend. Most of these are in amazing condition, especially when you consider they are around 50 years old. King Kong and Godzilla Dr Jekyll as Mr. Hyde, Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors Guillotine, and the Vampire Dracula, Frankenstein, and [...]
In yesterday’s post, I wrote about my latest visit to the DC Big Flea, and this post will show you the items that I brought home to add to my collection. When I go to shows like the Big Flea, I rarely buy big ticket items, and tend to seek out the bargain bins. For [...]
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 [...]
Last month I gave you “Superman” tease of some of the great pop culture items up for bid in the next Hake’s auction. Today, I wanted to show a few more of the items that I would be bidding on in the auction if I didn’t need to buy my kids new snow boots — [...]
Want to win a statue that is sure to keep you cowering under the covers at night? Michael Crawford of Captain Toy (mwctoys.com), is offering this incredible Sideshow Carnage Comiquette to one of his Twitter followers. All you have to do to enter is follow him on Twitter. Check out Michael’s detailed review of the statue.
This one is for all you completists out there. This roll of toilet paper recently sold on eBay for…. $96.00! That’s right, 96 bucks for a roll of Charmin. It’s certainly rare, and would be a great conversation piece, but I can think of a lot of other ways I could spend that much money. [...]
A Collection a Day #37 – Frame tray puzzles, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Frame tray puzzles are another great thing to collect because they are inexpensive and don’t take up much room. These are the size of a comic book or magazine and can be stored flat or vertically. The graphics on these [...]
