Monthly Archives: August 2012

It has been quiet in the toy soldier field. The only thing new that has been aunnounced has been TSSD coming out with some new Civil War mounted figures with plug in arms, so you can do different poses. The … Continue reading →

Last night I watched the second show of Toy Hunters and all I can say what a train wreck. The first part of the show was like previous week on seeking items this time in Austin Texas. Jordan was looking … Continue reading →

I have receive some very reliable information on  American Pickers photo shoot of a site.  The Pickers has a techincal team of 18 people on the site besides Mike and Frank. They get hundreds of pictures before the shoot of … Continue reading →

Wednesday will mark Laurie’s and myself’s twentieth wedding anniversary. It seems like only yesterday I was meeting her for the first time.  We had a blind date but found out that we had friends in common. Her mother knew my … Continue reading →

I talked to my European who has ordered the russian figures and he still has not gotten. He has sent messages with no reponse.   My friend says this is typical of dealing in Russia. Once he gets them he will … Continue reading →

Our very good Friend Peter Evans likes to roam the pound shops looking for interesting figure items. He  sent me last month a interesting playset. The figures were nothing, but the accessories  were interesting. The first one is a destoryed … Continue reading →

There are two more reality shows   related to collecting I want to talk about. The first is Market Warriors on PBS. This one was train wreck even before the Fred Willard Debacle. The concept is four dealers go to various flea … Continue reading →

Today Travel Channel premiered the regular show Toy Hunters. I was much more pleased with this version than the pilot episode.  The two shows had Jordon Hembrough going to various collectors homes and buying toys. The items they showed were … Continue reading →

This weekend was the Toytown at Macungie PA for Das Aws Fescht.  I did not go on  Saturday as Laurie was able to get tickets for Harvey starring Jim  Parsons of  “Big Bang Theory” for that day.  I was not worried on missing … Continue reading →