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 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 [...]
If you ask me, the heydey for G.I. Joe was the years that spanned from 1982 to 1985. You can’t beat the artwork that was produced back then, and this puzzle is a great example… I collect vintage pop culture puzzles and board games because i just love the artwork on them. They make great [...]
Firefly–everyone’s favorite saboteur… For this photo, I used a clear plastic ceiling tiles for the backdrop, and had some blue Christmas lights behind it, which cast a purplish tone on the figure. I held an LED flashlight directly above the figure to make it look like he’s standing beneath a spotlight. Here I go using [...]
Last week, I won a bunch of auctions at the online Big Toy Auction and a huge box arrived on my doorstep today — that was fast! There were some serious bidders participating in the auction, and I didn’t get most of the items that I went for, like the Dino-Hunters set, but I did [...]
Some of the new G.I. Joe action figures are just too tempting on the store shelves, and I’ve been picking them up here and there only because I wanted to photograph them. I’ve also been wanting to play around with different lighting techniques with some of my toy photos, so here are a few images [...]
Last week, a tweet came across my screen from @ICollectStuff about some custom action figures on eBay. I clicked through and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Custom action figures are not uncommon, but this seller was offering action figures that were never actually produced. This customizer even goes the extra mile and designs the [...]
Hasbro G.I. Joe Hazard Viper action figure (2011) I finally got around to taking some pictures this weekend using my new photo backdrop. The new GI Joe action figures from Hasbro make for some great subject material. I saw this Hazard Viper figure at Target and immediately bought it just so I could take pictures [...]
Oh Craigslist, how do I love thee? I have been stocking the shelves for the long cold winter ahead, and made a big purchase of 80′s toys today. How big? Well, it almost didn’t fit in my car… Six large boxes full of toys! Let’s see what was inside… There was quite a variety of [...]
Yesterday, I went out and bought another car load of toys. As soon as I clear out a few boxes, it seems like I always find another stash to take their place. Yesterday’s haul came from a friend of a friend who was moving and was looking to unload a bunch of toys from his [...]
