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.
Yesterday, our neighborhood held its annual community-wide yard sale, so we didn’t have far to roam to find the goods. Unfortunately, there weren’t many goods to be found. I have always made a “mega score” at this neighborhood sale, but yesterday I got stumped. Sure, there were some fun finds, but nothing too spectacular… A [...]
I do love a good “toy” movie, and this one is the best one I’ve seen in a long time. The quasi-stop motion technique really works well and the modeling and photography are superb. This could have easily ended up like a bad Robot Chicken sequence, but the effective use of still photos and minimal [...]
My birthday is coming up… This is the new AC/DC Pro pinball machine from Stern Pinball. This would look incredible in my basement, plus it actually plays 12 full AC/DC tracks, so it can double as the stereo system. Bonus! T.N.T. Dinomite! The ageless Angus Young! All this is now available for the low, low price [...]
Caution: If you call yourself a video game collector, this guy will make you feel very, very inadequate. Honestly, I never saw the allure of holding onto old video game systems but after watching this video, I am sorely nostalgic for all my old consoles. Everything in this collector’s room is gaming-centric, from the furniture [...]
The yard sales were pretty good this weekend. We hit one neighborhood sale and two church sales, which I have started to really appreciate. The church sales are basically small flea markets, where a bunch of people get together in a parking lot to sell their items along with a bunch of stuff that was [...]
Want to know what I really like? “Bubble-headed” spacemen from the 50′s… Check out this vintage Buck Rogers frame tray inlaid puzzle I recently acquired on eBay. The puzzle was produced by Milton Bradley and the John F. Dille Company in 1952. Dille owned the rights to the Buck Rogers franchise (and some say he [...]
I spent last night in a tent and maybe managed 12 solid minutes of sleep, so mustering the energy for the Big Flea this morning was a challenge. I persevered however, because I am a professional (ha!). I saw some really amazing things today and would love to show you pictures of them but I [...]
There were plenty of yard sales this weekend, but I wasn’t able to hit them until after 11:00AM again, so the pickings were already pretty well picked by the time I got there. I found a few fun items, including an E.T. doll and a Prince Adam He-Man action figure. The surprise of the day [...]
When I was a kid, we used to spend our summer vacations in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. We would stop at one of the beach shops and load up on sand toys and flip flops (suntan lotion was for losers), and my brother and I would usually get to pick out a kite. These kites [...]
The latest issue of the LEGO Club Magazine arrived and I was able to snap a few pictures before the kids grabbed it out of my hands and ran away with it. The magazine is a big deal in our household, and is devoured by all us boys, giving us the inside scoop on what [...]
