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A Collection a Day #33 – Plastic Dinosaurs, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I collect a few different things, as you might have realized by now. Most of my collections are always on display since I like to enjoy them which is hard to do if they are stored away in a box. I […]

A Collection a Day #31 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMNT, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. If you are a child of the 80’s there’s a pretty good chance you had some of these green guys in your toy box. Some of us still have one or two, as you can see in the […]

A Collection a Day #19 – 80’s Action Figure Heroes, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. The new A-Team and Karate Kid movies are being released in the theaters today, so I thought a fitting tribute would be to show you some of my action figures from the 80’s. You remember the 80’s don’t you? […]

A Collection a Day #5 – Galaxy Laser Team, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. These small plastic toys were produced by TimMee Toys in the early 80’s. After a little-known movie called “Star Wars” came out, a lot of companies tried to cash in on the hoopla by producing similar toys. This is one […]

A collection a day – Superman, originally uploaded by Cool and Collected. I seem to have a lot of Superman items laying around. I didn’t set out to collect Superman items, it just seemed to happen. I’d see something in a yard sale box and think it looked pretty cool, and before I knew it, […]

Boy, do these commercials bring back some memories of my youth! Alas, all my Star Wars figures were sold at a yard sale for a quarter each (uncontrollable sobbing noises). I remember how the wings of the Tie Fighters would never stay on, so my brother and I would just sling them at each other […]