HOLY RAINSTORMS!

I wonder where I can pick up one of these fine items...

Collected: 1974 Batman Electric Toothbrush

Wow. My co-worker and friend, Cameron, has gifted me with this vintage electric toothbrush, including the dilapidated (falling apart) box! I took one look and told him I'd have to add it to the blog tonight, so here we are!

I would have been only four years old when this thing was available on store shelves, and I'm fairly certain that lifting the dual c-cell powered device would have built up at least one of my biceps, but alas, I was not fortunate enough to own one - until now! Here are a couple more shots:



Going forward, I'm only going to post a photo and vitals on each item, unless there's a great story attached to it, so look forward to that (I can be pretty wordy).

Collected: The Batman Vault

Christmas is always a great time for my collection to expand, and this year was no exception. Case in point: The Batman Vault, given to me by my awesome wife.

I have several 'coffee table' books about Batman, including Chip Kidd's excellent 'Batman Collected', but the Vault is a little different from those books. It's more like an already-made scrapbook/library of Batman history and memorabilia. There's plenty to read, make no mistake, from the beginnings of the character and his creator's inspirations, to documentary-style narrative about the comic book's different ages and development.

Plenty of beautiful photos are included as well, but what sets this book apart in my opinion, are the various re-creations of actual Batman nostalgia scattered throughout the pages. Every so often, you'll find the regular stuff interrupted by a clear plastic sleeve, and inside it there are replicas of some truly rare printed items, such as color-by-number activity pages from a 1966 kids' book, a 'How To Draw Batman' booklet from 1978 and a 'Batplane' paper cutout model from 1943.

Needless to say, this is a phenomenal addition to my little museum, and any avid fan owes it to themselves to pick it up!