28
May
Picking vintage in New York City
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K@VMS
When a trip to New York came up I was actually wondering if it would be possible to pick up some vintage items in the USA. Now the question became can I find vintage in New York City? It seems thrifti...
16
Jan
Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy soldiers different molds
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K@VMS
Different types of molds / casting moulds
Around the 1970’s there were only a handful of mold makers, producing starter kits and series of molds. We will look into them more closely below:
Zinnbriga...
26
Dec
Vintage Stuff Manmade: Toy Soldiers
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K@VMS
Winter 1970. Only a few channels on TV. Fireplace lit. You are 14 years old and finaly your dad is home for a longer period of time since business is slow due to bad weather. Out of nowhere your dad a...
22
Dec
The 100 series – Vintage bar games in the future
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K@VMS
The 100 series short introduction
In 2014 the first season of this Science Fiction series started followed by a new season of ca 13 episodes every year and in 2018 we can expect Season 5. Star of the...
13
Dec
Vintage Timeless design: B&O bottle opener
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K@VMS
About the Bang and Olufsen Company
Svend Olufsen (born 1897) and his friend Peter Bang (born 1900), Both from Denmark started working together from the attic on the Olufsen family house late 1924. In...
30
Nov
American Gods – checkers for your life
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K@VMS
About every year I find a new serie to watch! Series seem to get better and better and the best series are not only made by Networks like HBO who we have to thank for Game of Thrones and FOX that prod...
15
Nov
Vintage Movie Stuff: Matt Damon – Suburbicon
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K@VMS
Suburbs in the late 1950's and early 1960's were the promise of a happy life for all people in America. Specially when you were not rich (yet) this was a part of town you could build your life from. T...
23
Oct
Vintage Movie Stuff: Shia LaBeouf – Borg McEnroe
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K@VMS
Man Stuff on the tennis court
GREAT 1980's stuff. The ongoing battle between John McEnroe (played by Shia LaBeouf and Björn Borg (played by Stellan Skarsgård). These two well know players battled eac...
10
Oct
Bar games that we used to play: Checkers or Draughts
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K@VMS
Checkers or Draughts is a game with a long history. The reason why it became an evergreen is because it is a very straightforward game with little rules. Most obvious reason for this is the fact that ...
01
Sep
Vintage Movie Stuff: Tom Cruise – Amercian Made
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K@VMS
Vintage is everywhere in 2017. Even Tom Cruise goes back to 1980, in his new move American Made. It is all about a manly man and his stuff. In this case planes, dope and guns. Not only does Tom work f...