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 have two young sons, so Legos play a pretty important role in our household. I find myself stepping on the little plastic pieces almost daily, and they hurt — a lot. But, the joy they bring to us is totally worth it. We visited the LEGO Brickfair this afternoon, which is quite the event. [...]
A Collection a Day #25 – LEGO Star Wars Minifigs, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I’m not positive when the LEGO minifig collecting craze began but I’m pretty sure it came about as a result of the Star Wars line of building kits. Each set comes with a figure or several figures and the [...]
I haven’t been actively searching for these LEGO minifigs but I was surprised to find them at my local Borders book store this afternoon. I picked up four packets, despite the whopping $2.99 price tag. Jeez, they are pretty cool and I love the concept of the blind buy, but three bucks seems a bit [...]
You want to know why I love going to yard sales? Check this out: I found a ziploc bag filled with Star Wars Lego minifigs, complete with guns and light sabers. There is a General Grievous, Boba Fett, C3PO, R2D2, and yes, that is Jabba the Hutt in the back row. Forty six minifigs found in [...]
Those Lego minifigs are everywhere! YouTube creators will have a whole new arsenal of figures in the very near future. Lego has announced a new way for collectors to get their hands on minifigs. You can buy a pack of ten randomly packaged figures, but you won’t know what is in the pack until you [...]
When I was a kid, we had paper calendars with stale chocolate behind the flaps. My kids have been getting these Lego Advent calendars for a few years now and they love them. I actually have to buy one for each of my sons or they fight for the chance to open each day’s window. [...]
LEGO and Star Wars, two of the world’s most recognized and successful franchises, have been collaborating since the 1998 release of the first LEGO Star Wars mini figures. DK Publishing joins the party with the exquisitely photographed and minutely annotated Visual Dictionary… complete with an exclusive Luke Skywalker mini figure! It’s a comprehensive visual guide [...]
