The yard sales were brutal this weekend! We started at a large church sale where I found a few action figures but kept seeing other guys walking around with huge bins of LEGO and old board games, which made me realize that we arrived too late. It opened at 8:00 and we were there at […]
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“Cowboys and Aliens” movie poster concept
With all the criticism I have heaped on to new movie posters lately, I thought it was time to put up or shut up. I’m a graphic designer by day, and my dream job would be to art direct Hollywood movie posters. It’s so frustrating to see all the cookie-cutter posters that have been coming […]
Mego Meet 2011 — Event recap by Christopher Noon
Christopher Noon runs the Big Toy Auction, and is a long-time friend of Cool & Collected. He recently attended the Mego Meet in Wheeling, WV and here are his thoughts on the event… Founded in the mid 50’s by Dave Abrams and expanded by his son Martin beginning in 1971, The Mego corporation came to dominate toy […]
This Buck Rogers action figure by Zica makes me a little giddy
Zica Toys released this amazingly detailed Buck Rogers figure a while back and I knew that I would get one someday. Well, last week I got off the fence and broke out the credit card. Gil Gerard, Mr. Rogers himself, launched his personal web site recently and offers signed figures for sale, which sealed the […]
“You Will be Rare” — One man’s quest to corner the market on an action figure
Jamie Moakes is a man on a mission. He has set himself upon a Quixotic quest to obtain as many Ram-Man action figures as his bank roll will allow, thus cornering the market on the figure and driving up their value to insane numbers. His tongue in cheek crusade titled “You Will Be Rare” follows […]