I couldn’t resist this awesome Neca Alien body knocker at the toy store yesterday. My wife was thrilled to find him stuck to the dashboard of our minivan this morning while taking the kids to school. When she returned, it didn’t take too much effort for me to remove all the duct tape residue once I found the bottle of Goo Gone. […]
A bad case of the Mondays
Have you ever had the collecting blues? I’m not sure if it’s going around, but I know some other people who have had it, so keep an eye out for it. Lately, I’ve just been really down in regards to the collecting community, and I’m going to blame the biggest, easiest target: social media. I’ve […]
New book for the Star Wars collector in the works
Battlegrip’s Philip Reed has to be the most caffeinated man on the planet. Every time I turn around, it seems like he has a new book in the works. Universe Expanded: An Unauthorized Guide to Kenner’s 1998 Star Wars Action Figures is well on its way to attaining its funding goal, but every little bit helps so head […]
Weekend recap — DC Big Flea and a new collection!
It was a busy weekend on the collecting front! On Saturday morning, I headed out to the Big Flea to meet up with fellow bloggers from the Toy Box and G.I. Jigsaw to see what pop culture goodies could be found. I called dibs on the Batman items, which worked out great, because now I had […]
A few of my favorite things — Hake’s auction #214
Did you feel that? A disturbance in the force of collecting, as if millions of collectors cried out with joy — Hake’s has released their latest auction catalog. Okay, maybe that’s a little melodramatic but I actually feel that way when a new Hake’s catalog is unveiled online. I feel as if collectors across the globe […]
What’s going on back there? Taking better toy photos
It’s amazing how the background of a picture can take a photo from meh to magnificent! It’s not difficult to achieve some really exciting results using items you can find laying around the house. If you want your subject to really pop out, use a background color from the opposite side of the color wheel. Greedo is green, so an orange sheet […]