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vintage Batman 1966 commonwealth doll

October 4, 2019 By Brian Leave a Comment

WANTED: 1966 Commonwealth Batman & Robin Dolls

I’ve been running this leaky ship of a website for over ten years, and in that time, I never got around to posting a “want” list — until now! These plush Batman dolls have been my obsession for the last few years, and I’ve managed to gather a few, but I feel like it’s my […]

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The Accidental Collection

September 23, 2019 By Brian 6 Comments

The unintentional collection

Accumulating objects is built into the DNA of any collector, it’s what we do. Usually, this is something that we do consciously and with purpose, but on occasion, we end up building a collection completely by accident. When I go to an antique store or flea market, I rarely find something that fits my collecting […]

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April 18, 2016 By Brian 1 Comment

N is for Naphtha

If you’ve been following along with me this month, today’s choice of topics might have you scratching your head, but bear with me, it’s relevant, I promise! The longer one collects things, the more tools he adds to his bag of tricks to repair and preserve items that may not arrive in minty condition. One of […]

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September 24, 2015 By Brian 4 Comments

This is what happens when I go to the thrift store

I don’t go to Goodwill often, but when I do, I come home with some weird shit. Case in point, yesterday afternoon, I came up empty at the local Goodwill, but as I was walking to my car, I see this lady pulling a giant steer horn out of her trunk (that sounds bad, I know, but I’m […]

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March 9, 2015 By Brian 14 Comments

Weekend recap — DC Big Flea and a new collection!

It was a busy weekend on the collecting front! On Saturday morning, I headed out to the Big Flea to meet up with fellow bloggers from the Toy Box and G.I. Jigsaw to see what pop culture goodies could be found. I called dibs on the Batman items, which worked out great, because now I had […]

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May 15, 2014 By Brian 6 Comments

It’s the little things that matter

My pal, Derek over at Goodwill Hunting 4 Geeks, sent me a fun package the other day filled with awesome little bits of plastic. The great thing about small items, is that you can put a lot of them on the shelf! On a recent yard sale hunt, I found this cool orange creature and Derek happened to […]

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