I had another busy weekend filled with kids’ birthday parties and family gatherings, so I visited the Big Flea early on Saturday morning. I usually roll in on Sunday afternoon, but while the crowds were heavy on Saturday, the good stuff was also easier to find. I would pay the admission price just to visit […]
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The Lone Ranger — an icon worth collecting
When people ask me what I collect, I tell them I collect pop culture icons. A while back, I made the decision to pare down my collecting habits to focus on icons rather than everything that I thought was cool–a guy only has so much space and money! My definition of the term “icon” is […]
This week’s Top 10 — 12/7/2012
The 10 best things I saw this week… 1930’s Superman Krypto-Raygun film projector (eBay) Super Powers collection (Heritage Auctions) John Buscema “Conan the Barbarian” original art page (Hake’s) Vintage Hazelle’s Batman Marionette puppet (eBay) King Kong button (Hake’s) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians movie poster (Heritage Auctions) 1966 Green Hornet Paint-by-Numbers Original box art (eBay) […]
Report from the 31st Annual Greater York Toy Extravaganza 2012
Yesterday, I visited the 31st Annual Greater York Toy Extravaganza. Last year’s show was my first visit, and I wasn’t sure if it was worth the gas money and getting up on a cold, dark Sunday morning again, but I’m glad I decided to return. There really seemed to be a better variety this time […]
Cox Farms Fall Festival — a Halloween Tradition
This week’s assignment from the League was to write about your Halloween traditions. Around here, the Halloween season doesn’t begin until the gates to Cox Farms’ Fall Festival open. Cox Farms is just a couple of miles from us, and is one of the last remaining vestiges of rural life for miles around. Suburban sprawl […]
My bags are packed! I want to see some dinosaurs!
This week, the League told us to pack our bags and visit a place straight out of pop culture. The possibilities are endless, but I kept coming back to the same idea–I wanted to see real-life dinosaurs! (Yes, I am an 8-year old boy in a man’s body.) What could be better than to see […]