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Pop Culture, Toys and Collectibles

The Beatles Monopoly Collector’s Edition: A Fab Four Twist on a Classic Game

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Photo by Gail

Combine the world’s most famous rock band with one of the world’s most famous board games and you get The Beatles Collector’s Edition of MONOPOLY, a game that turns the familiar pursuit of real estate into a trip through Beatles history.

This particular version is the 2010 Collector’s Edition, recognizable by its terrific collage-style box featuring images of The Beatles at different points in their career. There are the young Beatles in their early suits, later-era photographs, silhouettes recalling some of the band’s iconic imagery such as the walk across Abbey Road and the cover of their 1965 album and eponymous film, HELP! Mr. Monopoly himself even gets in on the action. It’s a pretty great piece of Beatles memorabilia before you even open the box.
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Arts and Culture

Paul and Linda McCartney Meet Magneto By Jack Kirby

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In 1976, comic book artist Jack Kirby and his wife Roz presented Paul and Linda McCartney with a gift of this original drawing while  backstage at the Los Angeles Forum, when the couple were touring with their band Wings. The pencil drawing is inscribed:

To Paul & Linda

Best Wishes

Jack Kirby

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Pop Culture, Toys and Collectibles

The Beatles’ Flip Your Wig Board Game

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The Flip Your Wig board game, released in 1964 by Milton Bradley, was a Beatles-themed game created at the height of Beatlemania. The game catered to the massive popularity of the band, especially among young fans, and featured imagery and themes tied to the Fab Four. Continue reading The Beatles’ Flip Your Wig Board Game →

Design and Innovation

Beatles Bedroom

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Sleeping with The Beatles! (All Photos By Keven Gayton)

Believe it or not, these photos of what looks like a Bedroom Shrine to The Beatles aren’t from the seventies. These were taken by my sister last December on a tour of selected private homes located in Royal Hawaiian Estates, a condominium complex located in Palm Springs, California.
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Design and Innovation

Beatles’ Guitar By Heather Lee Fazzino

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Pop artist and designer Heather Lee Fazzino cites Keith Haring and Takashi Murakami as primary creative influences, though it would be hard to not include her father, renowned 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino in that category as well. You can see that she shares her dad’s meticulous attention to detail in this gorgeous hand-painted, one-of-a-kind guitar that any fan of The Beatles would love to own.

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