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.
Don’t listen to the rumors, I am still here! I took a hiatus for the last 10 days and virtually disappeared from the digital side of life. Christmas is the one time of year that I actually kick back and relax. Being self-employed, vacations are a rarity, but no one else is working over the Christmas [...]
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 [...]
This weekend, the LEGO Brickfair returned to the DC suburbs. This is the third Brickfair I have attended, and probably the best one yet. I took my two boys and and my crummy point and shoot camera, so if you want to see some great pics, check out the Brickfair Flickr page. There was a [...]
The good folks over at Bungie are auctioning some incredible items from the Halo franchise, to raise money for “Child’s Play,” a charity that enables the gamer community to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young adults, primarily through donations of toys and games to childrens’ hospitals around the world as [...]
In my last post, I showed you to assemble a simple backdrop that gives some pretty dramatic results to your action figure photos. I wanted to show you some of the different ways the backdrop can be used. The hardware store sells colored party light bulbs for around $2.50. Check out the effect a different [...]
Microsoft announced this week that they will re-release the original Halo: Combat Evolved game with all new shiny graphics made for the XBox 360. They also announced plans for a whole new trilogy of Halo games. The internet fanboys immediately started whining and moaning about why they couldn’t just let a dead horse lay, but [...]
Remember the incredible ad campaign Microsoft ran to promote the release of Halo 3? Profiles in History, the auction house featured on my current favorite TV show, Hollywood Treasure, will be auctioning off pieces of the diorama this weekend. I hate to see this huge diorama broken up and pieced out, but I sure wouldn’t mind [...]
A Collection a Day #20 – Halo’s Master Chief, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. One day I was thinking how much time I spend playing Halo (and still do) and it dawned on me that this Master Chief guy could very well be a serious collectible of tomorrow. What other entertainment franchise has a [...]
The good folks at Weta Workshop are up to their old tricks. Check out this monument to Halo’s Master Chief–a fully-functioning XBox 360 that has been modified ever so slightly. The proceeds from the sales of these consoles is going to a good cause, so crack open those piggy banks! Specially designed and built for [...]
