Collect Us All! – Page 2

Collector Road Trip: National Film and Sci-Fi Museum, Milton Keynes

Our third stop in a series of intriguing places for everyone to visit, from the curious traveller to the seasoned collector.

Christmas traditions and nostalgia present in our bauble collection

Take a tour of our Christmas tree for some familiar faces from our favourite franchises.

40 years down the line with Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends

Tracking the journey of one of my earliest collections, which may have reached its final stop, back with me after decades of drivers.

Does collecting create fun from the mundane?

I’m making a case for the much maligned motorway service station to be reimagined as a Great British collectable.

This hidden toy museum is home to one man’s extensive collection

Nestled away at Mountfitchet Castle near Stansted is an oasis for toy collectors and pop culture fans that crosses generations.

Do limited edition food products appeal to the collector mindset?

(A look at some of the weird and wonderful product variants that make supermarket shelves a bit more fun.) Why are there suddenly so many flavours of Jammie Dodgers? Be honest, we’ve all been wondering this, even if we’re not all as incensed about it as my friend Alix is. I didn’t have good answers for AlixContinueContinue reading “Do limited edition food products appeal to the collector mindset?”

Can you collect without using Amazon?

My experience over the past five years of treating the gargantuan retailer as a last resort option.

Word for word: When song lyrics became a collectable

Smash Hits’ Songwords Cards were a genius way to access and collect lyrics before Genius.

20 months and a lifetime of mixtapes

At the beginning of last year I started compiling a monthly public playlist on Spotify. My interest in new music and artists has been renewed in the first half of this decade and I felt inspired to share the songs that have been soundtracking my life, much like I did over two decades ago. All that’s reallyContinueContinue reading “20 months and a lifetime of mixtapes”

The mad merchandise of The Phantom Menace

25+ years later I’m still finding and buying items from one of Star Wars biggest merchandising campaigns. Let’s explore why.

Get Cape returns with a novel new NFC release format

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is one of the many monikers of musician and producer, Sam Duckworth. I’ve been a fan since his breakthrough GCWCF album, 2006’s Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager. His latest release, the Monopolies EP is available now in an unusual physical format; oversized monopoly pieces with NFC technology baked in. Two years ago this month I wroteContinueContinue reading “Get Cape returns with a novel new NFC release format”

Calling time on my CD / DVD collection

I have a lot of things I collect. I like to put these things on display. When the pandemic hit and we began spending a lot more time at home, there came a need to reclaim some space in the house and I was faced with the dilemma of deciding which shelving unit would need toContinueContinue reading “Calling time on my CD / DVD collection”