Some say that to achieve happiness, you should rid yourself of temptation, so I should probably just throw out the Hake’s catalog whenever it arrives in mailbox. But I could never do that, because it’s filled with such amazing stuff! Every time Hake’s announces a new auction, I find myself looking around for things to […]
The Black Hole Action Figures
I have vague memories of seeing Disney’s The Black Hole as a kid, but remember almost nothing about it except for the robots. VINCENT and the evil red robot, Maximillian, stayed with me for many years, but I still can not tell you one thing about the movie’s plot. There was probably a black hole […]
The Christmas display is up!
It’s not Christmas until the Wally World moose cups come out! This is the Christmas display I put together in the cave this year. While my wife gets to decorate the rest of the house, I’m happy with my little display where I can show off a few of my favorite festive items. Of course, […]
My new ride
The other morning, I was driving through the neighborhood and saw this bike laying at the curb, alongside a pile of trash bags, waiting to be hauled away to the dump. Not on my watch! This dirty old Huffy Thunder Road bike is a survivor, and I’m pretty sure it’s all original, including the tires […]
I “might” have a problem — too many toys
When you see an amazing collection online, you rarely see the shame that invariably accompanies it — the shame of every toy collector — the storage room. After collecting toys for so many years, I have managed to accumulate a massive amount of items that I no longer want, or never wanted in the first […]
Vintage Halloween collectibles on TV all month long!
What’s on tonight? How about a cool collection of vintage Halloween items? I don’t have many Halloween items in my collection, so I have to make the most of what I’ve got. I’ve been a big fan of Dinosaur Dracula’s annual Halloween mood tables and finally got around to making one of my own. Halloween […]