Do you have an amazing collection focused on pop culture — toys, comics, posters, video games, movies, etc.? A huge part of the Cool & Collected magazine will focus on these collectors and their collections, so I want to hear from you! There’s nothing better than seeing other people’s collections and how they organize and display their […]
Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest
Well, this is a fun surprise! This Fall, Mark Hamill is going to produce and star in “Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest,” a new show on Comic-Con HQ that will feature collectors and their collections. Count me in! “I’ve been a collector all my life,” said Hamill. “This show is a natural outgrowth of that passion. […]
“Stuff is Great”
Safestore is a storage facility company based in the UK, and their new “Stuff is Great” series of videos highlights collectors and their “stuff.” These videos celebrate the collector and his passion in the best possible way. I want someone to film me and my collection like this one day, but you’re going to need to […]
Y is for Yard Sales
Hunting season officially started this weekend — the yard sales are back! Our annual neighborhood sale has always been a worthwhile picking field, but the threat of rain and off and on drizzle scared away many people from participating on Saturday. I still managed to score a few good finds to stock the shelves, and even found one […]
X is for Xenomorph
Alien Day was earlier this week, and I feel a little dated by posting this article a couple of days later, but what else was i going to post for “X?” The Xenomorph is the cuddly “big bad” from the Alien movie series, who has a penchant for killing space marines and pretty much any other […]
W is for the Wild West
I may be in the minority these days, but I love anything to do with the Wild West — except the Will Smith movie, the Wild Wild West, that was garbage — I just can’t get enough of the old Sonoran scenery, saloons, and shootouts. There have been so many great “recent” Western movies, but they just don’t seem to […]