Remco produced Hamilton’s Invaders toys and play sets in 1964, trying to cash in on the popularity of the giant insect genre of movies of the time. The large insect toys had pull-string motors that propelled them towards the poor blue plastic soldiers ineffectively armed with bazookas and machine guns. These toys are insanely rare, and finding them in the original […]
Aliens spotted at the DC Big Flea
The Big Flea rolls through town every two or three months, and after my last experience, I didn’t think I would be going again for a while, but I’m glad it was a slow weekend, and I decided to visit the show again on Saturday. There weren’t a lot of vintage pop culture toys to […]
Resolutions were made to be broken
Okay, so maybe I resolved to stop buying new toys for the new year, but come on, you know my weakness for Batman! I have stoically avoided these Lego Batman Movie mini figures until today — that didn’t take long. So after 25 blind bags, this is what I got. Not a bad bunch at all — I love the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.