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Monthly displays of Obsessive Collecting Disorder- This Month’s victim- “John”

January 18th, 2008 | joe | Uncategorized, Store News

Jedi Lego armyNightcrawler Thrillas

Lefty’s caseX-men

Each month Captain Blue Hen is turning over space in our newest display case by the new releases to one of our customers to show off his or her collection of memorabilia. Our lead-off hitter, Myles, haunted the case back in October to get us in the mood for Halloween with just a small portion of his extensive Universal Monsters collection. Now after a brief holiday hiatus our next volunteer, John “Lefty” Barletta, has strewn his colorful bits of plastic about the case.

Featuring a Star Wars Lego army, a Bamf* of Nightcrawlers rehearsing for the Thriller video, a shellfull of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more X-Men than any mansion in Westchester could hold, John’s collection is attracting more than its fair share of astonished looks, outbursts of “Hey I have that!” and “Oh cool! I always wanted that!” and a bevy of heads slowly shaking in disbelief dismayed to find out that others share their respective spouse’s affliction and unfathomable need to buy toys at age 40. Usually these head shakes are accompanied by whispered mutterings of “Oh Great! This will only encourage him!”

As with all of our “Alpha Collectors of the Month”, John has provided us with a brief bio.


“John’s origins are shrouded in mystery. Some say he was the last son of a dying planet, shot to earth, destined to collect toys in a world that, while it didn’t fear and hate him, was sort of mildly disgusted with him.

Others have speculated that his collecting craze was spawned by ingesting a random canister of radioactive ooze, which he mistook for a microwaveable burrito, thus creating in him an inhuman drive for plastic collectables and delicious snacks. Whatever the true nature of this creature one thing is certain- his wife is very glad to have open shelf space in their house for a month.

Enjoy.”

John’s menagerie will be on display throughout January to be followed by CBH’s own mistress of manga, Kita, and her heart-stopping array of anime-inspired figures and statues, otherwise known as the “Love Hurts in Short Skirts” collection. If you have a themed collection that you’d like to display let us know. We’re working out a schedule now.

*Bamf is the correct collective noun for an assemblage of Kurt Wagners. Look it up.



2 Responses to “Monthly displays of Obsessive Collecting Disorder- This Month’s victim- “John””

  1. Megan Says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Yeah, my brother is a freak. :)

  2. John Says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    I must concur, this is indeed a splendid collection, worthy of the finest galleries in all of Newark. :)

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