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.
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, [...]
Look what Santa delivered a little early this year… Superman vs. Power Armor Lex Catwoman Catcycle City Chase These sets will be under our Christmas tree, but it took some serious willpower to not tear them open and grab those minifigs. I predict my kids are going to wonder why their Batman and Superman figures [...]
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 [...]
The yard sales are finally starting to pick back up around here. This weekend there were a few advertised “community yard sales” but those communities were a bit anemic. We probably visited a half dozen sales, and here’s how I spent $9… I found a small stack of Lego instruction booklets (sadly, no Legos included) [...]
We took the kids to Jumpin’ Jimmy’s house of bounce yesterday and I was thrilled to find this 25-foot tall Superman: And this sweet Batmobile slide: (And you just know that I went down both of those slides.)
In my last post I talked abit about this weekend’s Big Flea, and now I’ll show you the items that found their way home with me… I was happy to find a Batman pinback from 1966 that I didn’t already have and that paper handgun is an old advertising popper. You flip it forward rapidly [...]
If Superman is your thing, Hake’s has some excellent vintage items you might want to add to your collection. The Hake’s Auction #202 will run from Jan 12-February 3, 2011, and you can bid online. Here are some of the coolest Superman items that will be offered up for sale… This Marx “Turnover Tank” toy [...]
This 1954 Superman vs. The Robot lunch box sold for an astounding $11,865 this weekend at Philip Weiss Auctions. The colorful graphics show Superman flying at The Robot on one side, while the other side has him smashing through a brick wall while carrying an airplane. The lunch box was in mint condition and is [...]
A Collection a Day #60 – More Superman stuff, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Look, up on the shelf, it’s Superman! I don’t actively pursue Superman items for my collection, but it’s hard not to find them, and some are just too hard to leave behind. The man of steel has been leading the [...]
