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.
I love packaging. Packaging makes the world go around. History has shown that great graphics can sell even the worst items. You doubt me? Well, just take a look at your local movie theater and all those sweet posters. Chances are good that the poster will be much better than the movie it represents. As [...]
For your viewing enjoyment are these great vintage ads for horror monster 8mm movies. For the low, low price of $5.75 plus shipping, one of these movies could be yours (in 1962).
Do they even make jingles any more? “Transformers… more than meets the eye…Â Transformers… robots in disguise… More than meets the eye.” Now try to keep that out of your head for the rest of the day. Here’s the full song: The Transformers! More than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil [...]
If you ever read a comic book or magazine in the 70′s, you probably saw this smiling guy in his leopard print loin cloth. Charles Atlas was the original He-Man, and he preyed on all our adolescent insecurities to hawk his fitness program. “…make your chest and shoulder muscles swell so big they almost split [...]
“Things Happen When You Wear Eleganza.” Yeah, things happen. Girls laugh at you, and you get beat up repeatedly. These would be freaking sweet as a cosplay costume, but come on, did we really wear these in the 70′s? “Move out in Eleganza suits and watch the action! Heads turn to look at you. Girls [...]
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m a huge fan of the History Channel’s “American Pickers.” One thing that always aggravates me about the show is the lack of pop culture finds. Every now and then, Mike and Frank stumble across an antique toy or a vintage movie poster, but for the most part [...]
Wait until you hear Batman’s voice at the end of this commercial. He sounds like Buffalo Bill from the Silence of the Lambs. Mego really knew how to sell some toys!
Some mega Mego goodness for this fine Friday… Some good stuff here. I especially liked: Spiderman, the weird wall climber…the Falcon, that great BLACK superhero… The Green Goblin, Spiderman’s strange enemy… Those Fantastic Four figures make this commercial even better. The Thing figure is so awful it’s awesome. I’ll be heading to eBay now to [...]
