I used to be a die hard used book store “picker.” I would go to five or six book stores a few of times a week, and usually come home with something interesting–and sometimes even valuable–to add to my collection. Sadly, those days are gone, since the barcode scanners moved in. Nowadays, all the unique […]
Ain’t It Cool News debuts on the Nerdist Channel
The newly launched Nerdist Channel might really be on to something. I’ve watched a few of their shows this week, but the one that I wil definitely check out regularly is Harry Knowles’ Ain’t it Cool… Okay, so Harry starts off talking about a rare King Kong movie prop, so he obviously had me at […]
Collecting Nostalgia — A new video series that highlights collectors and their collections
Friend of the site, Ashley Raburn of Life with Fandom, and his pal, Luke, have a new video series in the works called “Collecting Nostalgia,” where they highlight collectors like you and me. Check out the first video… I’m really excited about this endeavor and think that Ashley and Luke have done a great job. The […]
Action figure photography: G.I. Joe Firefly
Firefly–everyone’s favorite saboteur… For this photo, I used a clear plastic ceiling tiles for the backdrop, and had some blue Christmas lights behind it, which cast a purplish tone on the figure. I held an LED flashlight directly above the figure to make it look like he’s standing beneath a spotlight. Here I go using […]
More G.I. Joe action figure photos!
I’m about ready to just call this G.I. Joe week on Cool & Collected, and it’s only Tuesday. I have just been having too much fun… Just by moving the light sources around slightly, I got some dramatically different results. I thought it might be fun to throw a vehicle into the scene, and this […]
G.I. Joe toy haul from the Big Toy Auction
Last week, I won a bunch of auctions at the online Big Toy Auction and a huge box arrived on my doorstep today — that was fast! There were some serious bidders participating in the auction, and I didn’t get most of the items that I went for, like the Dino-Hunters set, but I did […]