Have you checked out the latest Hake’s auction catalog yet? The highlight of this particular auction is the Franco Toscanini Superman collection, but even if Superman isn’t your thing, there is plenty to rev up your collecting engines! I always set aside a good hour or two to carefully go through the auction, category by […]
Collection Update: May 2015
There’s nothing I love more than looking through other people’s collections. Things have certainly moved around since the last time I took you on a tour of my own cave. After the Great Flood of 2015 (not really), I decided to rearrange the shelves and focus more on the heroes in my collection, which is where pretty much all […]
Remember when Spider-Man was in the Kenner Super Powers line?
I picked up this bootleg figure a couple of weeks ago. It’s just so wrong that it’s right. I have a newfound love of foreign toys produced beyond the reaches of our fine American legal system. Hey Rich, I bet you don’t have one of these in your Super Powers collection! 😉
Don’t screw this up Marvel
Marvel has had a good run with their movies, but I’m not convinced they’re still headed down the right path… Don’t get me wrong, both of these movies look pretty good, but where’s the fun? I’d hate to see these follow the lines of DC movies like The Dark Knight and Man of Steel, where […]
Revving up for Hake’s latest auction
I have long dreamed of starting a collection of toys featuring super heroes riding motorcycles. The sheer ridiculousness of the concept appeals to me on so many levels. Well, the current auction at Hake’s Americana and Collectibles just might tip me over the edge, to get that collection started. Check this out… They say that […]