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 […]
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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 […]
WANTED: 1966 Commonwealth Batman & Robin Dolls
I’ve been running this leaky ship of a website for over ten years, and in that time, I never got around to posting a “want” list — until now! These plush Batman dolls have been my obsession for the last few years, and I’ve managed to gather a few, but I feel like it’s my […]
This mission to Mars is being scrubbed
There’s nothing better than setting up a display for your collection and then tearing it down to do all over again, right? Well, these tiny spacemen and aliens have inhabited the prime real estate of my vintage TV cabinet for too long, so it’s time to shove them out the airlock and make way for […]