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Written by Nicholas R. Messina, Jr.
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Monday, 17 November 2008 |
It's time to talk about new collector books...
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Written by Jean Chevalier
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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I remember the aftermath of 911 when the nation lived in fear and many fun events in 2002 were canceled. 2008 brought the same sense of uncertainty to the collecting community due to the industry’s struggle with rising production cost in China and the soaring fuel cost. Just like the 2002, A Weekend of Heroes rose to the occasion and brought light to the otherwise dark and narrow tunnel. When asked why AWH relocated from last year’s gigantic space to this year’s cozy Glendale Civic Auditorium, show producer John Lu said that he projected the soaring fuel cost will take his fleet of vintage military vehicles out of play, while China’s new labor law and the high production cost will hurt the purse string of many manufacturers, hence, it made more sense to restructure and still provide vendors a superb venue to showcase their goods. Lu indicated that A Weekend of Heroes is now an Americana; it is a collective effort sprung from action figure industry, airsoft industry, collector groups, historical re-enactment groups, and hobby vendors.
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Written by James Tomlinson
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
Amok Time has been on the scene now for some 16 plus years. Originally, the company focused on buying and selling vintage toys of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, which amounted to about 99 percent of the company's business. In the mid-'90s things started to change, and according to owner Paul James Lazo, Amok Time had to step in time to those changes. "There was so much new product coming out that had that vintage collectible edge to it," said Lazo "like the Hasbro Star Wars Power of the Force figures, everything Sideshow Collectibles was doing, especially with Universal Monsters, Hasbro's Transformers reissues, and all of that. The new vintage product, if you will, really started to eclipse the older stuff. Those developments were what changed our focus. It just got to the point where it was hard to keep a staff together and keep a shop open solely on vintage toy sales. On the other hand, we do keep our fingers in everything, and we still sell vintage toys. It's been a long road, and it's all really been building up to where we're at now."
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Written by James Tomlinson
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
GENTLEMEN! START YOUR COLLECTIONS! Do you collect Mattel Hot Wheels? Do you collect any brand of 1:64 scale die-cast vehicles? If you do, you may already be hip to these happening display cases. Maybe you first encountered this display system in the pages of this magazine through one of the company's display ads. Maybe you're still hip, but somehow missed a whole bunch of Mascar Displays ads because you were so busy ogling all of the new Hot Wheels cars we show every month. In any case, let's revisit/focus on this awesome display system for your Hot Wheels collection. Two styles of display case are offered, one for your loose Hot Wheels collection, and one for your carded Hot Wheels number packs. Family-owned and operated Taylor Manufacturing, sent one of each style display case for us to review. What we found was that we like them, a lot. |
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