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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
In generating hype for the launch of Halo 3, Microsoft spared no expense. I remember watching the Believe campaign in awe as the video game I had been playing for years was brought to life in a non-digital form. Microsoft produced this series of live action commercials to promote the game, building on the lore [...]
Here it is halfway through February and I’m finally getting around to writing about the greatest gift Santa left under our Christmas tree–Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. Skylanders employs a new concept in video game technology that has finally succeeded in tying together physical toys with the virtual world. Sure, there are the Webkins and Club Penguins [...]
Halo fans have been waiting a long time for a Halo movie, but the wait is a whole lot more tolerable when we get videos like this one to tide us over. I can’t wait for episode 2!
This might be old news to some, but this press release just arrived in my inbox and made me very happy… WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES AND THE LEGO GROUP ANNOUNCE LEGO® BATMAN™ 2: DC SUPER HEROES The Highly-Anticipated Sequel to the Best-Selling LEGO® Videogame of All Time Returns with Help from Super Heroes including Superman, [...]
Titan Books has a special treat for Halo fans, which hits the shelves just in time for Christmas. Halo: The Art of Building Worlds celebrates the tenth anniversary of the video game franchise with an incredible display of the creative genius that made this game such a success. From the Publisher: Charting the glorious decade that [...]
I’m a huge fan of Halo, and one of the only current toy lines I actively collect is Master Chief items from the franchise. Recently, I bought a Kotobukiya Halo 3: Field of Battle ArtFX collector’s statue on eBay, but was a little disappointed when it arrived… It seems like the Chief was on the losing [...]
