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If you ever read a comic book or magazine in the 70’s, you probably saw this smiling guy in his leopard print loin cloth. Charles Atlas was the original He-Man, and he preyed on all our adolescent insecurities to hawk his fitness program. “…make your chest and shoulder muscles swell so big they almost split […]

“Things Happen When You Wear Eleganza.” Yeah, things happen. Girls laugh at you, and you get beat up repeatedly. These would be freaking sweet as a cosplay costume, but come on, did we really wear these in the 70’s? “Move out in Eleganza suits and watch the action! Heads turn to look at you. Girls […]

A Collection a Day #65, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. By being a collector of pop culture, most items I collect are by no means unique. They are mass produced, and readily available as long as you have readily available funds. Today’s collection is a little different, though, as it is one of the […]

Check out this auction up on eBay… Having just took this picture I now have quite some cleaning up to do… For sale is like 100~ pieces of plastic related to like comic books I guess. These are all broken as crap. You got a bunch of mini figures not pictured. These are not mint. […]

A Collection a Day #64 – Space Men, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I can’t get enough of these bubble-headed astronauts. There’s a lesson to be learned here — the next time you are abducted by a UFO, just plop a fishbowl over your cranium and you are ready to take on any alien […]

A Collection a Day #63 – Star Wars stuff, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. So, after 63 collections, I’m getting a little desperate for source material. I raided my son’s toy bin for most of these items. As I mentioned in my last collection’s description, I never really started a Star Wars collection, despite […]