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.
Here’s a picture of Grimlock, one of my favorite Transformers toys. This is what I would call a product shot — something that might be used in a catalog. The figure dominates the photo and all the details are crisp and clear. If your job is to sell and market toys, this is probably the [...]
After a bunch of nibbles, someone finally bit and I am happy to say all those Transformers I picked up last weekend are now on their way to a new home (except for Optimus Prime, who will be staying in my collection). Now I have some cash to spend at the York Toy Extravaganza this [...]
I came across a listing for two 1980′s M.A.S.K. toys on Craigslist yesterday afternoon. The seller was asking $10 for a Rhino and Slingshot, which was a pretty good deal, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to get in the car and miss the Redskins/Dallas game, but then I read the next listing, which was [...]
Here are some pictures of the Aurora model kits boxes I added to the collection last weekend. Most of these are in amazing condition, especially when you consider they are around 50 years old. King Kong and Godzilla Dr Jekyll as Mr. Hyde, Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors Guillotine, and the Vampire Dracula, Frankenstein, and [...]
Last week, I was roaming the grocery store aisles looking for this year’s monster cereals, when I stumbled across Snoballimus Prime! Hostess has a new marketing gimmick where they partnered with Hasbro for Transformers branded snack cakes. I’m not really sure what they’re promoting since there isn’t a movie or cartoon out there at the [...]
With the summer heat in full effect, not many people felt like dragging their stuff out on the lawn and sitting in the sun for six hours while strangers picked through it, but for those that did, I salute you. After taking last weekend off, I was itching to hit the yard sales this weekend, [...]
My mail man truly is Santa Claus, but instead of prettily wrapped boxes with bows, he brings me crushed, wet cardboard boxes with an inch of packing tape. I don’t mind though. Like my momma always said… it’s what’s on the inside that counts. See, mom, I was listening! Today this beautiful Jumbo Shogun Warrior [...]
Any Shogun Warrior experts out there? Hake’s is going to sell these two posters in their upcoming auction, and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about these. They feature Gaiking and have a small Japanese sticker on the back with a logo. These are possibly pre-US release posters that were used in Japan to [...]
I got excited when I saw this little fella on eBay because I’ve never seen one of these before. Like most vintage Batman items, this robot was licensed by the National Peridocal Publications in 1966. It looks sort of like a Nomura Batman, but it is done in a strange, squat style. The box has a [...]
I haven’t written about Transformers in a while, and here we have the third article in a row! Like I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Annex over the weekend and was excited to see a Transformers exhibit front and center. The movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had [...]
