There’s nothing I love more than looking through other people’s collections. Things have certainly moved around since the last time I took you on a tour of my own cave. After the Great Flood of 2015 (not really), I decided to rearrange the shelves and focus more on the heroes in my collection, which is where pretty much all […]
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Introducing: Cool & Collected Magazine! (maybe)
It’s not real if you’re the only one who knows about it. At least that’s what brought me to finally writing this post. I’ve been working on a secret project for a while now and it’s come to the point where I need to call in the reinforcements and make it “real,” or risk watching […]
Report from the Village Gate Toy Show by the Under Scoop Fire crew
UnderScoopFire is a website dedicated to children of the 80’s and it also offers up one of my favorite weekly podcasts. Last week, the USF crew was talking about the upcoming Village Gate Toy Show in Rochester, New York and I asked Howie Decker if he’d mind sending along some photos of the show. Well, much to my […]
Todd Sheffer’s incredible collection of vintage toys and comic books (part 1)
About a year ago, Todd Sheffer and I started chatting via email about collecting after he submitted his Collector Profile to the site. Todd works at Hake’s Americana, where he is surrounded by rare pop culture collectibles every day, and he invited me to come see his collection while I was in York for the […]
The Empire Strikes Back is turning 30
Can you believe it’s been 30 years since we first heard, “Luke, I am your father.” Where were you when you met Yoda and Boba Fett for the first time? Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is entering middle age and it makes me feel old. Of course, I am old. Moving on… CNN […]
A bad case of the Mondays
Have you ever had the collecting blues? I’m not sure if it’s going around, but I know some other people who have had it, so keep an eye out for it. Lately, I’ve just been really down in regards to the collecting community, and I’m going to blame the biggest, easiest target: social media. I’ve […]