A general discussion of collecting cool things.
A Collection a Day #17 – Vintage target shooting games, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. These vintage target games are some of my favorite items in my collection. They are big, bright, and colorful (like me). That Space Target game is two feet tall! The pictures on it are so perfect, depicting the space-themed [...]
Do want a really bad case of Bat-envy? Check this out: Holy tin toys, Batman! And that’s not even all of them! Each of those Batmobiles would fetch hundreds of dollars, so my head is spinning just to see all of them in one collection. Hit the jump for more pictures of this incredible collection: http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1275064508
A Collection a Day #4 – Robots!, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Original robot toys from the 50′s and 60′s can go for thousands of dollars. Some of the most collectible robots were built in post WWII Japan by companies such as Horikawa, Yoshiya, Ichida, and Asah. Among the most sought-after toy robots are [...]
A Collection a Day – Tin friction cars, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I would see these little cars in all the flea markets and antique stores I’d visit. The colorful graphics always caught my eye, so I finally bought one and then another and another. I only have these three right now, but [...]
You may have your favorite childhood toy. Like your favorite toy train that you kept near your bed. These items nowadays can bring back the old memories of your childhood and the happy moments when you were still a kid playing your favorite toy. These days, you will find antique toy collectors converting their entire [...]
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