Morphy’s Toy & Pop Culture Auction wraps up tomorrow, but there’s still time to place your bids! I just did another quick survey of the current prices and there are still some great bargains, but things are sure to heat up as the auctions start to close. Here are a few of the items that I’m watching… Like I said, there are […]
Bigfoot and me
As a young boy with a very impressionable mind, one of my earliest obsessions was Bigfoot. I remember being fascinated by the creature — I would repeatedly check out every book in the school library, devouring all the grainy black and white photos, and second-hand stories. A close friend of mine told me that his grandfather was a big […]
Some highlight’s from this weekend’s Lego BrickFair
The Lego BrickFair returns to the Dulles Expo Center this weekend in Chantilly, Virginia. As usual, the creativity on display is mind-blowing. Here are a few of the many highlights… There seemed to be more vendors than ever before at this year’s show, which is a good thing as long as they don’t crowd out the […]
The best things to come out of SDCC 2014
Another San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, and once again, I watched the events unfold from the comfort of my air-conditioned cave several thousand miles away. I am always thankful for (and more than a little jealous of) those of you who do go to the show and share your bounty of photos with […]
I went to a Star Wars auction and all I got was…
Yesterday, I was lucky to attend an auction of the estate of a local collector (hoarder). Everything in the auction was Star Wars related. Fortunately, I am not a Star Wars collector, because if I was, I would have come home with a way too much and a much lighter wallet. I went to the auction […]
Monkeying around at the latest Hake’s Auction
Lately, I’ve been writing way too much about my ape fetish, but there is an item in the new Hake’s auction catalog that would be an incredible addition to my growing Planet of the Apes collection. Take a look at this beauty… From the days before bright orange tips were required on toy guns, comes this […]