I was never a Hot Wheels or Matchbox kid, but after discovering the pop culture themed vehicles released in Hot Wheels’ Retro Entertainment line, I was hooked. Here’s most of my current collection… The 1966 Batmobile will always be my favorite child, but my most recent acquisition, the Family Truckster from National Lampoon’s Vacation, is way up […]
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B is for Buck Rogers
One of the earliest memories I have of watching television as a kid was the Buck Rogers show starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray. I think this may have been one of the first shows my parents allowed me to stay up and watch, which may be why I have retained a fondness for it over the […]
A is for Apes
I was alerted to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge by Cal up north in his Canadian Cave of Cool yesterday. The idea is that every day in April, you write a blog post with each day’s topic based on a letter of the alphabet. You skip Sundays, which leaves you with 26 days. The […]
Collect icons for future ROI
Last weekend, while visiting a local toy show, I was surprised to see some vintage character items with really low price tags. One example was a Popeye game with awesome graphics from the 50’s that was selling for less than an unboxed Masters of the Universe vehicle that was sitting next to it on the same table. This got […]
Hake’s releases the Kraken in their current auction
It’s always Christmas morning when a new Hake’s auction catalog is released. The latest offering, Auction #217 is online now, and after a recent upgrade to their websit, you can now super-size all of the images. Check out some of my favorite items below… “CLASH OF THE TITANS” LOOSE ACTION FIGURE SET Clash of the Titans is one of […]