I was alerted to the Blogging from A to Z Challenge by Cal up north in his Canadian Cave of Cool yesterday. The idea is that every day in April, you write a blog post with each day’s topic based on a letter of the alphabet. You skip Sundays, which leaves you with 26 days. The […]
Collect icons for future ROI
Last weekend, while visiting a local toy show, I was surprised to see some vintage character items with really low price tags. One example was a Popeye game with awesome graphics from the 50’s that was selling for less than an unboxed Masters of the Universe vehicle that was sitting next to it on the same table. This got […]
Hake’s releases the Kraken in their current auction
It’s always Christmas morning when a new Hake’s auction catalog is released. The latest offering, Auction #217 is online now, and after a recent upgrade to their websit, you can now super-size all of the images. Check out some of my favorite items below… “CLASH OF THE TITANS” LOOSE ACTION FIGURE SET Clash of the Titans is one of […]
My eBay streak continues (to be bad)
Buying items on eBay is truly a gamble — is the item going to be as described? Will it even arrive? Lately, my problem has been “how” the item will arrive. Last week, a sad, flimsy box sat crumpled on my doorstep, which was especially bad because I knew what was going to be inside. Here’s what greeted me when I […]
Is there anything better than Japanese robots?
I was browsing the catalog of the upcoming Morphy auction and came across this incredible vintage robot… I know next to nothing about Japanese robot toys, other than the fact they are incredibly cool, and if I had Donald Trump’s bank account they would be the first toys I would collect. While most vintage robots […]
I “may” have overdone it with this year’s Pinewood Derby car
As the father of a second- and fifth-grade cub scout, I’ve helped to build my share of Pinewood Derby cars over the last five years. The process has always been a delicate balance between letting my sons do what they can and grabbing the hammer from them screaming that they’re going to break something. My sons have never come close […]