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January 24, 2017 By Brian 3 Comments

Bill’s House of Toys

Bill Leff has been collecting toys for nearly 30 years and his collection will blow your mind! If you can make it through the obnoxious Banana Splits intro sequence, you will see some amazing toys. This is the kind of collection that may look like a pretty nice collection at first, but when your eyes adjust […]

Filed Under: Collections, Toys

January 22, 2017 By Brian 7 Comments

A visit to Hake’s Americana & Collectibles

Last Friday, I found myself in York, Pennsylvania and thought I would call upon an old friend who works at Hake’s, to see about taking a tour of the greatest place on Earth. Hake’s is headquartered in a nondescript office park of low, single-story buildings, much like those you find in suburbs across the country, but […]

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January 19, 2017 By Brian 8 Comments

Tacky Stretchoid Warriors

I found this plastic tub of strange figures at a toy show not too long ago. I was intrigued only because I had no idea what they were. One of the figures looked like it had a Power Rangers helmet, which led me to do a Google search for “stretchy rubber Ban-Dai figures” that showed me that […]

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January 18, 2017 By Brian 4 Comments

Toy Collector Challenge: Name the figures

Can you name the line of action figures that spawned these handsome fellows? Leave a comment below with your guess, or come back tomorrow for the answer.

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January 13, 2017 By Brian 5 Comments

A visit to the arcade graveyard

Have you ever wondered what ever happened to all those arcade cabinets you used to play in your local pizza parlor and bowling alley? Well, today I found out where they end up. The Coinopwarehouse in Hagerstown Maryland has been salvaging arcade games and pinball machines from businesses and homes across the country. As soon as […]

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