One of the coolest things I remember from my childhood when the Star Wars films were being released was that if you collected enough tokens from the official Star Wars icy pole you could send away and the they would post you your very own Admiral Ackbar figurine.
I mean of all the Star Wars figurines [...]
Posted in Collectibles, Games | Tagged Admiral Ackbar, Club Nintendo, Mario, Nintendo, Star Wars, Wii
I only have a couple of items from my father, he was not a rich man, nor did he accumulate much in the way of stuff in his later life. Which is fine as I really didn’t want much from him.
He and I, as the sad story goes, did not see eye to eye. He [...]
Posted in Collectibles, Stuff about me | Tagged cigarette cards, My Father
I know it is a little early to be doing Christmas related posts and already I have two in a row! But I think this qualifies as OK because it is more Star Trek related than Christmas.
I mentioned yesterday that I’ve got a bunch of Star Trek Christmas ornaments and then proceeded to promise some [...]
Posted in Collectibles, Star Trek | Tagged Christmas, Hallmark, Ornaments, Star Trek
Tracey and I bought a Christmas tree a couple of years into our marriage, we bought a really good one that I would proudly put together each year like I was actually handy or something (generally I’m not a handy man although since buying a house I have become a little handier).
Then in some of our [...]
Posted in Collectibles | Tagged Christmas, Ecto-1, Ghostbusters
Over the years I’ve seen some weird product tie-ins to films and wondered what the thinking behind them, especially figurines and statues. I’m having some trouble thinking of one now and I’m sure someone in the comments can suggest some (the ridiculous Mary Jane washing Spider-Man’s clothes does comes to mind).
Now funny enough from the same company [...]
Posted in Collectibles, Iron Man, Movies | Tagged Collectibles, Hulk buster, Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Nuke the Fridge, Sideshow
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