He teeters… Het totters… He roars… He falls! This large figure is from the King Kong Against the World playset produced by Mego in 1976. The playset came with a large cardboard building and a dart gun. Kids would shoot the buttons on Kong’s chest and try to knock him off the top of the […]
Madball Football League — Week 4
Wow, there’s a whole lot of average going on here. Can someone explain to me how Team Hellions and Top Hat Sasquatch are in the lead? Bueller? Bueller? THS has the lowest points scored in the League but favorable matchups have placed Tommy in the number two slot. The Dork Horde sure did wake up […]
KONGTOBER 2 — Famous Monsters of Filmland #125
Famus Monsters of Filmland issue #125 features one of the most iconic images in Hollywood movie poster history. This painting is the work of John Berkey who also did artwork for Orca, The Towering Inferno, Star Wars, and many other sci-fi films. There’s a great writeup about the story behind this painting on the Kong […]
This week’s assignment for the League: Halloween Costume Ideas
For the past couple of months, the most popular page on Cool & Collected has been a post I wrote last year about how to dress up as Breaking Bad’s Walter White. Who knew! This is the time of year when everyone is scrambling to come up with the perfect costume idea, so I think we […]
Springbok House on Haunted Hill Puzzle
How’s this for a nostalgia bomb to kick off the Countdown to Halloween… Raise your hand if you remember building this puzzle as a kid on rainy October days. Springbok puzzles captured a good bit of my youth, and this House on Haunted Hill puzzle from 1973 was one of the best. Memories of this […]
KONGTOBER 1 — King Kong Halloween Costume
Let the Countdown to Halloween begin! This year on Cool & Collected, I will be showcasing items from my King Kong collection. So, without further delay, I officially declare October 2012 as “KONGTOBER 2012!” What better way to kick of the annual Halloween celebration than with a vintage Collegeville costume. I’m not sure what genius […]