This week’s recap is a little late since on Monday night I was at the Virginia Tech vs. Boise State game, watching my beloved Hokies lose a heartbreaker. To be honest, now that Monday Night Football is on, these recaps may be delayed on a regular basis. When I saw the title of this week’s […]
A Collection a Day #68 – King Kong
A Collection a day #68 – King Kong, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. “Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.” In 1933, the movie, King Kong, was released on the world by RKO Pictures. It was widely heralded for its cutting-edge stop motion effects. The American Film Institute recently […]
A Collection a Day #67 – Pulp Fiction
A Collection a Day #67 – Pulp Fiction, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. If I was a boy in the 50’s, this is what the floor of my bedroom would have looked like. The stories in the pulps usually were not great masterpieces, but their covers sure were. The art used on the covers […]
I Smell an Astronaut – Vintage Mego Planet of the Apes Commercials
For you viewing pleasure, this morning, I present you with this excellent montage of vintage Mego Planet of the Apes commercials. I swear that guy’s voice at 1:18 sounds like Batman’s Adam West.
A Collection a Day #66 – Big Little Books
A Collection a Day #66 – Big Little Books, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. Big Little books or BLBs have a pretty solid collecting base. Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with them. I love the size and shape, and the graphics are fantastic, but I really hate how fragile these are. I’m afraid […]
Crap! I got outbid on the toilet paper, now what?
This one is for all you completists out there. This roll of toilet paper recently sold on eBay for…. $96.00! That’s right, 96 bucks for a roll of Charmin. It’s certainly rare, and would be a great conversation piece, but I can think of a lot of other ways I could spend that much money. […]