I can’t tell you how many times I have stated that collecting is all about the thrill of the hunt, but for one particular collectible that thrill is wearing thin. Hot Wheels cars are the one “collectible” that my kids and I both enjoy — I buy Batmobiles and they choose whatever catches their eye, […]
C is for Cars
I was never a Hot Wheels or Matchbox kid, but after discovering the pop culture themed vehicles released in Hot Wheels’ Retro Entertainment line, I was hooked. Here’s most of my current collection… The 1966 Batmobile will always be my favorite child, but my most recent acquisition, the Family Truckster from National Lampoon’s Vacation, is way up […]
You can drive home with these 007 cars now!
I didn’t set out to buy any James Bond collectibles this weekend, but the world had other ideas for me. When I visited Toys R Us, this incredible 50th anniversary tribute to the original James Bond Aston Martin DB-5 by Corgi was screaming to get into my shopping cart. Hornby has reproduced the original Corgi Aston Martin DB-5 from […]
If you build it, I will buy it — Field of Dreams VW Van
Guys, how come nobody told me about this? I have a new favorite thing. Having been on the pop culture die-cast vehicle bandwagon for a while now, stumbling upon this Greenlight Hollywood Series 1973 Volkswagen Type 2 Vanwas a serious “OMG” moment for me — I’m a 40+ year-old dude, so for me to use OMG in a sentence means […]
I’m putting out a Bounty for this Hunter, and more…
Christmas is fast-approaching, and this is the time of year when we dog-ear and circle items on page after page of the Sears wish list catalog mom brought home from the mall, right? Well, maybe that’s not how it works anymore, but I do fondly remember those days. Now, it’s a bunch of scrolling and […]
Pop Culture Parking Garage
The parking garage gets more and more crowded every day. (There are 19 cars shown in the photo above. How many do you recognize?)