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A Collection a Day #17 – Vintage target shooting games, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. These vintage target games are some of my favorite items in my collection. They are big, bright, and colorful (like me). That Space Target game is two feet tall! The pictures on it are so perfect, depicting the space-themed […]

McDonalds recalled all those “Shrek Forever After 3D” drinking glasses due to the fact that they contain high levels of cadmium, which can cause “adverse health effects” according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Translation: your kids will die a slow and horrible death if they drink from that Donkey glass all day, every day, for […]

A Collection a Day #16 – Vintage Board Games, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. If there is one thing I really miss in this digital age, it’s board games. Sure, they’re out there on store shelves and kids still play Candyland and Mousetrap, but with the allure of video games, gatherings with family and […]

Season 2 of American Pickers picked up where Mike and Frank left off last season. The show’s intro remained the same with maybe a few slight alterations, but I thought the guys earned a new and improved opening sequence. The show was one of the top shows on cable this year, so come on History […]

A Collection a Day #15 – Batman toys, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I have this large shadow box that I have filled with small Batman toys, pinbacks, Pez dispensers, watches, and anything else that I happen to find that is small and related to Batman. I really like how this displays since I […]

Profiles in History is selling all kinds of goodness in an auction beginning this Thursday and running through Saturday. There are more than 1,500 lots up for bid that include items any pop culture collector would dream of owning. Do you want Michael Keaton’s original Batman costume? John Robinson’s laser rifle from Lost in Space? KITT’s […]