A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
The King Kong World Tour continues as Kong hitched a ride in the back of a watermelon truck and ended up in Atlanta, Georgia with a hankering for some Southern comfort food. Raaaaaa! It’s the Branded in the 80′s headquarters! The latest stop on the World Tour was with Shawn Robare, who kindly offered to [...]
The second stop on the King Kong World Tour was with my pal, Todd Sheffer, in York, Pennsylvania. Todd has been hampered with an arm injury, so Kong’s visit was limited to work and home, but when you work and live where Todd does, that’s not a bad deal at all! Kong got the VIP [...]
King Kong’s World Tour begins on the hallowed grounds of the Manassas Battlefield, home to one of the fiercest battles of the American Civil War. The Manassas Battlefield is just a few miles from my house and is a great place to take a hike or have a picnic. “There stands Jackson like a stone [...]
It’s been a slow week and my mind got to wandering to an idea I’ve been wanting to put into action for a while. Gnomes do it, Stanley does it, Gandalf does it, Spock even did it–now it’s the big guy’s turn… King Kong is going on a looooong journey. His bags are packed and he’s [...]
The 10 best things I saw this week… 1930′s Superman Krypto-Raygun film projector (eBay) Super Powers collection (Heritage Auctions) John Buscema “Conan the Barbarian” original art page (Hake’s) Vintage Hazelle’s Batman Marionette puppet (eBay) King Kong button (Hake’s) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians movie poster (Heritage Auctions) 1966 Green Hornet Paint-by-Numbers Original box art (eBay) [...]
Yesterday, I visited the 31st Annual Greater York Toy Extravaganza. Last year’s show was my first visit, and I wasn’t sure if it was worth the gas money and getting up on a cold, dark Sunday morning again, but I’m glad I decided to return. There really seemed to be a better variety this time [...]
The 10 best things I saw this week… Frankenstein poster by Martin Ansin King Kong RKO, 1933 3-sheet poster up for bid at Heritage Auctions Amazing Spider-Man Scooter by Marx (sold for $293.88 on eBay) 1965 Munsters — oil painitng by numbers kit up for bid on eBay The Great Garloo (with box!) by Marx [...]
31 days of King Kong–what could be better? I had a lot of fun with this daily blog challenge, though it was more challenging than I would have thought. If I do another Countdown to Halloween, I will have to plan better, and not just grab something off the shelf and photograph it every morning. [...]
As KONGTOBER comes to a close, I’ll finish off the month with the crown jewel of my King Kong collection–the 1966 King Kong model by Aurora. The model is wonderful, but what’s really great is this… This box is incredible–just look at those abs! This box is truly one of my favorite things. I actually [...]
I have saved the best for last as we near the end of KONGTOBER. Here we have a vintage Mexican lobby card used to promote the re-release of the original 1933 King Kong movie. This lobby card is from the 60′s and is absolutely stunning. The colors are so rich it looks like it was [...]
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