A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
I think EVERY neighborhood in northern Virginia was having a community yard sale this past weekend. I had to rush through our neighborhood, and then hit a local comic book shop for Free Comic Book Day on our way to an overnight camping trip. It was exhausting but fun, and here are the treasures I [...]
The latest issue of LEGO Club magazine and the new catalog have arrived, and as usual, it is filled with wallet-bursting goodness. A new LEGO line of products called Chima is introduced, and looks like a cross between Thundercats and Flash Gordon, so it could be very good. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles appear in [...]
The 10 best things I saw this week… New Hobbit-themed Green Dragon Pub opens in New Zealand (via Geekologie) Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has an impressive collection (New YorkTimes) Complete Palisades Muppet Collection (eBay) Lego Santa Mech by Mark Anderson Dukes of Hazzard “Hazzard County Bank” bag prop (eBay) Impressive Star Wars collection for sale on [...]
Some people have a whole lot of time on their hands–and the world is a better pace as a result!
With all the incredible LEGO blind bag minifigs starting to pile up around here, I felt the need to find a good way to display some of my favorites. The obvious solution is to build something out of LEGO, but I wanted something that would take up the bare minimum of space and not topple [...]
Okay, I promise this is going to be my last post about the LEGO Brickfair! There were just so many incredibly fun things to see at the show, I wanted to share a few more of my favorite scenes and creations…
One thing that continued to amaze me at the Brickfair is the massive size of some of the displays. I’ve built plenty of LEGO kits, but the largest off-the-shelf City set would be just a small element in the displays filling the tabletops at the Brickfair. The city scenes with skyscrapers that tower above you [...]
I just got back from a sneak peek at the LEGO Brickfair, which is open to the public this weekend at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. This is the fifth Brickfair I have attended, and it just gets bigger and better every year. I’ll put up more photos later this weekend, but I [...]
Oh man, I reeeeally want an Omar minifig now…
The latest LEGO Club magazine arrived the other day and it is frightening. Just look at all those creepy ghosts and monster fighters–it’s spectacular! The Monster Fighters line gets the opening fold-out spread in this issue. And more monster love is given in the form of “Dr. Rodney Rathbone’s Guide to Monsters!” I can’t wait [...]
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