Tag: Memorabilia and other obsessions

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Elvis mirror

This was my aunt Mary’s. She was a huge Elvis fan and also did a lot of thrift-shopping, flea-marketing, and antiques-auction hunting, and apparently had a ton of Elvis memorabilia at her place in Montreal, but this was the one bit I got, brought back to Vancouver when my...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Marilyn Manson band poster

I was gonna title this as “Marilyn Manson band autographs” but that would lead one to think I got Manson’s signature as well as a couple of his backing musicians. Here’s the story: Manson had been on the Phil Donahue show but this was before Antichrist Superstar came out,...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Jolly Toys

And the last of this year’s Lemax posts is this one: “Jolly Toys”: Nice little animated piece here. I picked it up last year. Here’s a video from Lemax showing the animations:...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Lemax The Candy Cane Works

This week’s Christmas Lemax piece is “The Candy Cane Works”: This was the first major animated Christmas Lemax piece I got. A bunch of others I’ve admired online seem to sorta be the same but with different housing, which is fine but it means I’ll be looking for sales...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: North Pole Skating Rink

This week’s bit of Lemax for the Monday memorabilia and collections post is my first ever Lemax skating rink piece, “North Pole Skating Rink”: Not gonna lie, I was hoping for a bigger and more elaborate skating rink piece, but hey… this year is the Year From Supply Chain...

Monday Memorabilia/Collections: Plum St. Perfumeries and Chemist

This week’s Christmas Lemax piece is “Plum St. Perfumeries and Chemist”: Wow, it’s retired? Well, I guess it makes sense since it’s a very specialty sort of piece, but still, kinda neat to have another retired Lemax piece. The only issue I’ve had with mine is the big perfume...