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10 Jul 2009

FUJIMARU book-n-record (PART 1)

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 4 - Collectibles | 0

Growing up in the pre-home video era often meant the only way to relive your favorite movie or TV property was the now extinct book-n-record. I positively wore out my GI Joe, Frankenstein and Planet of the Apes comic book / … Continued

14 Jun 2009

Enter the Menko

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 4 - Collectibles | 0

I absolutely adore the Japanese equivalent of our “cigarette cards” – menko. These collectible cards featured all sorts of popular media, celebrity actors and athletes, historical and nature subjects, etc. I scored a pile of these in 2006 and 2007, … Continued