The King Kong World Tour continues as Kong hitched a ride in the back of a watermelon truck and ended up in Atlanta, Georgia with a hankering for some Southern comfort food. Raaaaaa! It’s the Branded in the 80’s headquarters! The latest stop on the World Tour was with Shawn Robare, who kindly offered to […]
Yard Sale Finds — Cowabunga! Legos!
I think EVERY neighborhood in northern Virginia was having a community yard sale this past weekend. I had to rush through our neighborhood, and then hit a local comic book shop for Free Comic Book Day on our way to an overnight camping trip. It was exhausting but fun, and here are the treasures I […]
This week’s assignment from the League: Deserted island
I love listening to the Atomic Geeks podcast, and a topic they return to fairly often is the deserted island concept. So, to blatantly rip them off, here is this week’s assignment for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers: — You are stranded for 10 years on a deserted island. You can take with you the […]
The League has spoken: Comic Books
Last week, the League of Extraordinary Bloggers was asked to write about comic books. Sure, it was a broad topic, but those are the ones that usually generate the most interesting results and the highest number of contributions. The League did not disappoint. Check out this incredible response… Nerd Rage Machine Toyriffic Fortune and Glory (Days) Traveling […]
New additions from the Cosmic Ark!
FedEx delivered this huge box of goodies yesterday, straight from my pal, John (AKA jboypacman), at the Revenge from the Cosmic Ark. We worked out another trade and I’m pretty sure we both got what we wanted, which is always the goal of a good trade! This Pac-Man tabletop arcade game from Coleco was the […]
This vintage toy collection will make you feel less than adequate
I do love a good toy collection video… WARNING! This collection will make you feel very inadequate — to give you an idea of the caliber of this collection, there’s a rocket-firing Boba Fett prototype! These videos show the personal collection of Clive Collier, the man behind Retro Toy Revivals, which sells repro boxes and toys. […]