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		<title>Your first assignment from &#8220;The League&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The League of Extraordinary Bloggers, the Pop Culture Pundits, The Knights of the Pop Culture Roundtable&#8230;  whatever we choose to call this great experiment, we&#8217;re going to have a good time! Your first mission, should you choose to accept it: &#8212;&#8212; What movie is, or was, your &#8220;go to&#8221; Saturday matinee &#8212; the comfort movie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the League of Extraordinary Bloggers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I connect with a ton of great people on Twitter, Facebook, and here on Cool &#38; Collected, and many of these fine folks run blogs and web sites of their own. I thought it would be great if we all got together and helped each other out&#8230; I present you with &#8220;League of Extraordinary Bloggers&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle for Eternia has begun (on eBay)!</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/the-battle-for-eternia-has-begun-on-ebay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games and Toys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really didn&#8217;t want to do it, but I just couldn&#8217;t find a local buyer for the Eternia playset. There were plenty of window shoppers but no one followed through. So, I reluctantly ended up listing this on eBay. Here&#8217;s why I say &#8220;reluctantly&#8221; &#8212; if this sells for my reserve of $750.00, I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Calvin and Hobbes original artwork up for auction</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/rare-calvin-and-hobbes-original-artwork-up-for-auction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Watterson held on to almost every piece of art he created for Calvin and Hobbes, but Heritage Auctions has this awesome painting up for bid in their February 23 Comics auction. The painting appeared on the cover of the 1989-90 Calvin and Hobbes calendar, and this will be the first time Bill Watterson has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planet of the Apes movie posters from Mondo &#8212; Finally!</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/planet-of-the-apes-movie-posters-from-mondo-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artwork]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of my favorite things finally came together, and no, I&#8217;m not talking about chocolate and peanut butter! I have been waiting for Mondo to tackle the Planet of the Apes films for a long time, and today those dreams were finally realized. The talented artists Florian Bertmer, Martin Ansin, Rich Kelly, Ken Taylor, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Toy Hunters on the Travel Channel this Sunday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games and Toys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed it the first time, you&#8217;re in luck! The pilot episode of Toy Hunters will be rebroadcast this Sunday at 6:00pm on the Travel Channel. Rob Meyer, who appears on the episode, has informed me that if the show gets good ratings, there&#8217;s a shot at it getting made into a full blown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photography tips and techniques for taking better photos of your toys</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/photography-tips-and-techniques-for-taking-better-photos-of-your-toys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Figures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transformers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a picture of Grimlock, one of my favorite Transformers toys. This is what I would call a product shot &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why did I buy that? Pop Culture Cereal boxes!</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/why-did-i-buy-that-pop-culture-cereal-boxes/</link>
		<comments>http://coolandcollected.com/why-did-i-buy-that-pop-culture-cereal-boxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cereal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jurassic Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I made another quick Craigslist run this morning, and I&#8217;m still asking myself &#8220;why.&#8221; Have you ever bought an item for your collection and then immediately questioned why you did so? It happens to me a lot. As a collector, I tend to buy a lot of worthless {ahem} crap, with the goal of &#8220;gotta [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Action Figure Photography &#8211; G.I. Joe Hazard-Viper</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/action-figure-photography-g-i-joe-hazard-viper/</link>
		<comments>http://coolandcollected.com/action-figure-photography-g-i-joe-hazard-viper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Figures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[G.I. Joe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Now THIS is a King Kong-sized movie poster!</title>
		<link>http://coolandcollected.com/now-this-is-a-king-kong-sized-movie-poster/</link>
		<comments>http://coolandcollected.com/now-this-is-a-king-kong-sized-movie-poster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Kong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seriously need more walls. Look what the mailman dropped off on my doorstep today&#8230; This is truly a thing of beauty. if you know me, you know my love for monkeys in movies, especially King Kong. This is an Italian poster from the 60&#8242;s for the original King Kong movie. The poster is a [...]]]></description>
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