Monthly Archives: December 2012

In issue 700 of Amazing Spiderman, Peter Parker/Spiderman dies. While it is nothing new for superheroes to died, it is what the author did. In the story Doctor Octopus kills Spiderman then realizes that Spiderman is a force for good and … Continue reading →

I will let George Kearton give  the information first on his reprint of his guide. “Collectors Guide to Plastic Toy Soldiers, 1947-87″: Price £12.95p plus P & P P & P: UK – £2.75p Europe – £4.75p USA/Canada – £7.50p … Continue reading →

Here are two more interesting figures I found in a junk box. The figure on the left is about 2 3/4 inches and looks like a Turk. The figure on the right is 2 1/2 inches and is hard plastic. … Continue reading →

When buying toys for either myself or resell, I follow the tenants of John Patrick a professional gambler.  John Patrick’s  tenants were knowledge, money management and discipline.  With the knowledge is observation. Observation is watching and learning. Recently my observation … Continue reading →

On Treefrog forum the following 1/32nd scale sets were listed for reissue next year 2013. A02710 – WW2 JAPANESE INFANTRY A02719 – WW2 GURKHA INFANTRY A02720 – 1980’S SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (SAS) Do not know if they will be in soft … Continue reading →

There is a new book out on the rack toys we saw in our childhood.  The book is “Rack Toys: Cheap CrazedPlaythings” by Brian Heller.  Collectors Weekly has an interview with him which you can read here: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/toys-that-were-made-to-be-broken/ I have … Continue reading →

Our very good friend Floyd Wilson  wanted to recreated a scene from the Movie “Warlord”. In the movie, Bors played by Richard Boone  jumps into the moat so he can retreive an anchor from a boat to use in defense of … Continue reading →

Atlantic made a number of anicent figures. The figures were sold in the United States in boxes and in a flesh color. These Trojan figures are in yellow and the assumption would be they are reissues. They are not reissues, they … Continue reading →

On Saturday December 8th, I did my last toy show of the year, the toy show at Merchants Square.  Merchants Square is a collectibles mall which it’s big thing is a bid board that is held once a month. They also … Continue reading →

We are getting hints from various makers of what they may be doing this year. TSSD is hinting Alamo. They already have done the Alamo buildings. Hobby Bunker is thinking about doing new figures or accessories to go with their … Continue reading →