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August 19, 2016 By Brian 14 Comments

Lights! Camera! Batman Shelfie!

The League is back in action after taking a couple of years off, and the first assignment is “Shelfie.” If you’ve lingered around my site for a while, you’ll know that I post a LOT of shelfies, and it was actually difficult for me to come up with something new. You’ve seen a multitude of photos of all my stuff, but you’ve never seen a video of it before. Behold!

True confession: this is my first YouTube video. ever. I’ve puttered around with home movies, but never anything that would be viewable by the masses, so be kind.

A few months ago, I got a new Sony Alpha a6000, with the intent of using it for video as well as photography, but it’s been a challenge to get things to turn out the way I envision them in my head. Since I have yet to get my hands on real video editing software, I used iMovie, which is fairly limiting in what you can do with typography and logo overlays — it sure would have been nice to slap a Cool & Collected logo on there. What software do you guys use for video editing?

So, this is the first (and last?) video from Cool & Collected productions. Let me know what you think.

PopCultureLeague-Logo-smallOther members of the Pop Culture League have been posting shelfies all week, so be sure to check out G.I Jigsaw, Toy Break, Pop Rewind, the Nerd Nook, and more!

Filed Under: Collections, Toys Tagged With: Batman

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  1. George says

    August 19, 2016 at 11:25 am

    Holy cool video Brian. Well done. It was a cool way to look at the collection. When the music started, I thought it was going to be the Batman theme music…Duh Na Na Na Na Na Na…Batman!

    Anyway – great job. I liked the format.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 19, 2016 at 11:30 am

      Yeah, I wanted to use the Batman theme but figured a copyright violation wasn’t the best outcome for my first attempt at a video. 😉

      Reply
  2. Rich says

    August 19, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    Man that is epic! Super Powers Bats representing too! 🙂

    What’s the glass/ porcelain Batman with the cool/weird symbol and black on the cowl? That jumped out at me. Super cool stuff!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 19, 2016 at 1:14 pm

      Those are ceramic banks from 1966 produced by a company called Lego in Japan. Those are one of my favorite things in my collection — I have four so far. They’re fairly common — the Robin bank is harder to find.

      Reply
  3. Shawn Smith-Ford says

    August 19, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Nice Job Brian! I think I spotted something in there I used to have…

    Reply
  4. Tony says

    August 19, 2016 at 4:33 pm

    Insane!That’s the kind of collection one could stare at for hours just trying to figure out what and where some of those items came from.I must say ,the profile masks or whatever those were kind of creeped me out, lol. Good stuff ,man!BTW- Great video.How do you keep things so steady?

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 21, 2016 at 9:55 pm

      iPhoto has a stability setting that took out some of the shake, and in some places I slowed down the footage to 25% of actual speed which reduced the shakiness a bit more. Trust me, the original footage was not very smooth!

      Reply
  5. yelinna says

    August 21, 2016 at 7:50 pm

    Who doesn’t love Adam West’s Batman?
    His TV series was aired in Perú during the 80s, a total classic!!
    Holy Batman toys!
    Santos Juguetes de Batman!
    😀 😀 😀

    Reply
  6. The Rebel says

    August 23, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    It’s video like this that’ll probably convert non-believers into collectors! Awesome collection Brian!

    Reply
  7. The Toy Box says

    August 24, 2016 at 7:07 am

    Whoa…At first glance at the one minute mark I thought Robin was holding a gun to blow his own brains out.

    Reply
  8. Alex says

    August 26, 2016 at 11:15 am

    Wonderful collection! I actually just picked up a pair of those banks, and was wondering if anyone else knew something about them. Have you come across any other American pop culture characters they’ve done?

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 29, 2016 at 11:37 am

      I don’t recall seeing any other banks from this company. A quick Google search came up empty as well, so I’m not sure if they stopped with just Batman and Robin.

      Reply
  9. Chester Jan Martinez says

    August 29, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    What is that solid colored Batman piece at 00:45? The one holding a bat-a-rang? That looks really nice!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      August 30, 2016 at 10:20 am

      That is a built up Aurora model kit that hasn’t been painted.

      Reply

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