Have you ever wondered what ever happened to all those arcade cabinets you used to play in your local pizza parlor and bowling alley? Well, today I found out where they end up. The Coinopwarehouse in Hagerstown Maryland has been salvaging arcade games and pinball machines from businesses and homes across the country. As soon as […]
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Cool & Collected’s Mega Sale
EVERYTHING MUST GO!!! LAST CHANCE!!! Alright, enough shouting, check this out… I am appalled to admit that this is my basement storage room. See that weight machine in the middle there? I want to use it again, but in order to do that, I need to move out a LOT of yard sale and auction […]
Garage Sale Finds — Some massive Batman, GI Joe, and Star Wars vehicles
There weren’t many sales again this weekend but we had to get out there and at least try. For me, there’s nothing worse than pulling up to a yard sale and seeing someone walking away with a giant bin filled with Legos and action figures, but that happened at both of the yard sales we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]