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.
This week’s League topic is sure to bring about a lot of gasps and shaking of heads, but I think it’s healthy to clear the air every now and then. This week’s league topic: —- What is something you absolutely hate or love or just don’t get, or maybe it’s something you have never even [...]
“Hey, you got your peanut butter in my chocolate!” That’s a wrap on another fantastic week for the League, which asked what would be the ultimate pop culture crossover event. Every week, I am amazed and entertained by the creativity on display in the responses, and this week had some true gems. Behold! Fiji Mermaid [...]
I alluded to this back in the “Expendables” post I wrote for the League a while back, but I just can’t help it, I love a good Western. So, the crossover I’d love to see would have to begin with the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, and of course Doc Holliday–one of the greatest [...]
The Avengers stormed into theaters and gave fans the crossover we always wanted, with heroes from several film franchises coming together in one action-packed movie. A while back, Shawn Robare of Branded in the 80′s suggested we do a League assignment along those same lines. This week’s league topic: —- What pop culture heroes or [...]
When I conceived of last week’s topic, I was thinking in my head about what car you would want to go cruising in at the beach. Apparently, my definition of “Sweet Ride” is different than others’ but that’s all part of the fun! Check out what the League members consider to be the sweetest ride [...]
This week, the League asked what is the sweetest ride cruising the streets of pop culture. For me, this was a no-brainer. The sweetest ride in any movie is Marion Cobretti’s custom 1950 Mercury Monterey from the 1986 movie, Cobra. “You’re the disease, and I’m the cure.” When I stayed home from school with the [...]
The last few weeks have really made the League members work for their wages, so this week’s challenge is a bit of a softball. Some League members may have already answered this week’s post in the previous assignment where we chose a piece of Hollywood movie memorabilia, but this time around, I am handicapping everyone [...]
“What would you do if I sang out of tune…” What a great week for the League! We took a nostalgic, often painful, look back at the last official year of our childhood. We covered the 80′s pretty well, and even touched on the early 90′s… 1982: Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why, and Lefty [...]
Pardon the interruption, but this post will stray a bit from being entirely pop-culture oriented. You have been warned. When I was 12, my family was stationed in Seoul, South Korea. We lived in a small apartment in government housing, 10 miles or so from the main military base. We were pretty much living with [...]
If you ask me, the best year of the 80′s hit when I was 12 years old. The year: 1984. Just look at some of the movies that were released that year: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Gremlins Karate Kid Footloose Ghostbusters Red Dawn Terminator (“I’ll be back.”) Nightmare on Elm Street Beverly [...]
