Pogs are terrible… but they don’t have to be. From the many, many thousands of pogs that were cranked out in the 1990s, a few rise to the top by…
Ugliest Pogs in the World : The Bottom 40 – Part 1
It’s pretty easy to hate on Pogs. Pogs a pretty much slabs of hot cardboard garbage that were a colossal waste of natural resources. Every pog was either beaten to…
Bootleg Nintendo : Coolbaby RS-20
It’s difficult to ignore the novelty of playing all of the dorky Nintendo games you grew up with on a pocket-sized, full-color device, and it’s something that Nintendo only kind…
The Importance of Pogs : An Introduction
If you were alive and coherent in the mid-90s, there’s no way that you could have escaped the phenomenon that was Pogs : simple, illustrated cardboard discs, about an inch…
Seven of Nine, ToyFare Exclusive
Star Trek by Playmates Seven of Nine from Voyager, ToyFare exclusive version Seven of Nine was released in a few different variants all of them hard to find, except for her…
Rocket Men & Adventure Ladies : Classic Pulp Trading Cards
During the simpler days of 5th grade, Star Trek: The Next Generation was the best thing on TV, and it burrowed deep into my brain. That turned into my very…
Captain Kirk in Casual Attire
Star Trek : Mixed Series 5 by Playmates Captain Kirk in Casual Attire ‘Casual’ Kirk comes with standard black accessories and a captain base. There are many, many Kirk figures,…
Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge in First Contact
Star Trek : First Contact by PlaymatesLt. Commander Geordi LaForge One of only a few Geordis without his visor, ‘First Contact’ LaForge is about 6″ tall. First figure is completely…
Nurse Christine Chapel
Star Trek: Mixed Series 5 by Playmates Nurse Christine Chapel Nurse Chapel, played by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, comes with blue accessories and a Starfleet medical base. This was Majel’s second role on…
Jean-Luc Picard : “Tapestry” Toyfare Exclusive
Star Trek : ToyFare Exclusive Picard Jean-Luc Picard as seen in “Tapestry” This Jean-Luc Picard figure only came with a phaser and was an exclusive to Toyfare Magazine. This depicts…
Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott [Exclusive]
Exclusive to Spencer Gifts, and limited to only 10,000 figures, Lt. Scott appears in his “Where No Man Has Gone Before” gold outfit.
Swarm Alien
As seen in the Voyager episode ‘The Swarm’, this unnamed ‘Swarm Alien’ comes with a blue base and two purple (or gold) pistols.
Chakotay as a Maquis Fighter
Maquis Chakotay, from the pilot episode of Voyager, is accompanied by a ‘Chakotay’ Maquis base, and green accessories, featuring a Native American ‘medicine bundle’.
Transporting Chekov
Star Trek : Transporter Series 1 by Playmates Ensign Pavel Chekov ‘Transporter’ Pavel Chekov is accompanied by a light & sound base, in the style of the Original Series transporters….
DC Flixstars : Leaping Tall Buildings
When something is exclusive to Dollar Tree stores, it’s usually good to approach it with trepidation. Dollar Tree is the place where sad crates of Pineapple-Ham soda go to die,…
Impractical Action Figures : Jokers in Miniature
Impractical Jokers is a reality TV show wherein four born-and-bred New Yorkers, with all of their brashness and neuroses, challenge each other to potentially humiliating tasks. Every episode is a…
Every Batman Explored : Batman #3 (1940)
Batman #3 has a cover date of September 1940, or simply, “Fall Issue”. America was about to enter World War II; Captain America didn’t exist yet, nor did Wonder Woman….
The Importance of Rem Lezar
Back in 2006, I was writing for a website called Collectors Quest, a startup endeavor all about collecting. It had huge dreams, an awesome tenacity, and ultimately, a lack of…
What Price Batman? : Bootlegs from Around the World
Does it pay to go bootleg on high-end Batman toys?
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set : Lt. Sulu
This Sulu figure was included in a 7-pack with the rest of the TOS bridge crew.
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set : Lt. Uhura
Lt. Uhura was included in a 7-pack with the rest of the TOS bridge crew.
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set : Ensign Chekov
This Chekov figure was included in a 7-pack with the rest of the TOS bridge crew.
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set : Lt. Commander Scott
This Scotty figure was included in a 7-pack with the rest of the TOS bridge crew.
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set : Dr. McCoy
Classic Star Trek Boxed Figure Set Dr. Leonard McCoy Included in a 7-pack with the rest of the TOS bridge crew. All 7 include individual specialty logo base, a phaser,…