For the first posting on a freshly-minted blog, I can think of nothing better than a challenge from Cool and Collected’s also freshly-minted Pop Culture League. I have been a collector of pop culture for most of my life. A few years ago, after purchasing a veritable landing party of Archer spacemen, I came across a posting on Cool and Collected entitled “Invasion of the vintage Spacemen!” Someone else who shared my weakness for plastic spacemen! I became a devoted reader, and soon, a short-lived member of the now-defunct League of Extraordinary Bloggers. Then grad school happened, and my blog faded into oblivion.
A few days ago, I noticed Cool and Collected had started a new call-to-keyboards for pop culture bloggers, and I felt myself compelled to craft a new site and start my efforts anew. With a much larger collection than before and an abundance of cluttered shelves to photograph, the chance to share a Shelfie was too good to pass up. So here is my addition to the Pop Culture League:
Two shelves of assorted 80s and 90s toys. Some of my favorites are the Bucky O’Hare line and my Rocky and Clubber Lang figures.
To show the extent of my Gremlins obsession, here is what happened to an antique cobbler’s bench I found.
Here are some other wonderful Shelfies:
Ooh, you and I can definitely be pals. I want to see those Archer spacemen now! 😉
Glad to have you in the League and best of luck with the new site!
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Thanks, Brian! I just put up a post about the Archers. It looks like I still have a ways to go before I can rival your collection!
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Great display! Love the variety!
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GIZMO!!! Never seen so many before. Wow.
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Thanks! I thought it was pretty expansive too, but there’s actually a whole online magazine of Gremlins collectors. See it here. I have yet to break into the 1:1 scale replica and original prop collecting. Maybe someday!
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What an awesome set of shelves!Love that Battlestar Galactica Muffit 🙂
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Thanks, Tony! Somewhere out there is a talking Muffit plush that Mattel put out in the late-70s that I’ve been trying to track down.
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Love all those gremlins!
I am joining you in this #shelfie at http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2016/08/pop-culture-league-challenge-shelfie.html
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