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.
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 [...]
Are you a strange kid? (Who isn’t?) Do you like to play dress up? (Who doesn’t?) Well, you can combine those two traits and earn some swag. Strange Kids Club is hosting its very first Halloween Costume Contest. Dress up as your favorite monster, ghoul, or superhero and you could be featured in the next [...]
At long last, the DC Big Flea returned to the Virginia ‘burbs. It’s been a while since the last show and I couldn’t wait to visit it again this weekend. The Big Flea is a massive antique show held at the Dulles Expo Center. Most of the items for sale are furniture, jewelry, and decorative [...]
Sorry American Pickers, but I have found someone else. I will still catch you in reruns but I will no longer clear my Monday night schedule for you. My new love is someone from your own network: Storage Wars. My wife and I have been watching this show like addicts, viewing their 3-hour blocks over the [...]
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 [...]
Jamie Moakes is a man on a mission. He has set himself upon a Quixotic quest to obtain as many Ram-Man action figures as his bank roll will allow, thus cornering the market on the figure and driving up their value to insane numbers. His tongue in cheek crusade titled “You Will Be Rare” follows [...]
There are so many incredible items up for bid over at Hake’s this week, but if I could buy just one thing, I think it would be the complete set of Mars Attacks trading cards. Hake’s has a bunch of trading card sets in their current Auction #203, and they all make my Garbage Pail [...]
Clear some space on the book shelf, because there is a whole lot of awesome coming out soon from the folks at Gallery 1988. I was lucky to get a review copy from the publisher, and let me tell you, THIS BOOK ROCKS! Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art is an art book that compiles [...]
