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Film Review – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen With the summer blockbuster motion picture season in full swing, it’s once again time for the shape-shifting Autobots to team up with humans in an Earth-spanning battle with the evil ... READMORE |
Hess trucks – 18-wheelers fueled by nostalgia For toy collectors, it's an event as anticipated as the arrival of Santa Claus. Every November, gas stations across the country sell limited-edition toy trucks for the holiday season, miniature ... READMORE |
Tackle the diode: 1970s handheld electronic games Forget the digital brilliance and complexity of a PlayStation Portable or a Nintendo DS. Think back to a time where portable handheld electronic games, packed with some AA batteries and ... READMORE |
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Celluloid Dreams: Prewar Japanese Toys Japan may have cranked out the pieces by the untold millions in the years prior to World War II, but the unmistakable charm and inherent fragility of Japanese celluloid has ... READMORE |
Standing Armies: Britains Figures Britains' hollow-cast figures gave new meaning to light infantry In the realm of toy armies, the sun never sets on the Britains empire. William Britain founded the toy company that bears his ... READMORE |
Skittles It doesn’t pay to knock these pricey ninepins Give a boy a ball; he’ll throw it. Set up a frame of skittles; he’ll delight in rolling a flopper, which is the ... READMORE |
Go! Speed Racer Go! Forty years on, the voices of Speed and Trixie reveal the back story behind the now-classic TV series His skills were unmatched by any driver on the Grand Prix Circuit. His ... READMORE |
The GI Joe Story Hasbro’s tough-as-nails action figure has never been one to sit on a shelf At an auction in spring 2006, a group of GI Joes made in the 1980s and coming from ... READMORE |
Steiff: Knopf im ohr Steiff bears are climbing in the secondary market A big, new Steiff teddy bear sits on a loveseat in my child’s playroom, a gift from her godmother. This is a replica ... READMORE |
E-e-e-e-k! Classic Horror Movie Posters Classic horror movie posters have moved into six-figure territory Horror films are one of the purest forms of pop culture, for they both reflect and influence the public’s innermost fears – ... READMORE |
Collectible Aircraft of the Korean War There was a broad scope of Korean War aircraft toys produced in tin, plastic and diecast In the early stages of the conflict, the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines relied ... READMORE |
La Isla Toys: Radical characters of the prewar era How La Isla gave Mickey and Felix a Spanish accent and a bad habit The origin of La Isla – the Spanish company behind those fantastic prewar tinplate sparklers and ... READMORE |
Conan: Collecting the Barbarian Contemporary collectibles Like the thundering hoof beats of wild horses growing closer across the plains or your own adrenaline-charged heart echoing in your ears, he comes. Almost a force of nature yet ... READMORE |
King of Diamonds Vintage baseball cards reign as sports’ top collectibles Brian Marren recalls that fall day in 1969 when he bought his first packs of baseball cards. His favorite team, the Chicago Cubs, ... READMORE |
Terrifying Toys? Collecting The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas was released in 1993 and didn’t exactly prove to be a major box-office success. It’s therefore a testament to the all-powerful mystique ... READMORE |
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