A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
Clive lives in West Yorkshire, England and has amassed one of the top vintage toy collections you will ever see. Blue Snaggletooth? Check. Rocket-firing Boba Fett? Check. Corgi Batmobile? Please—he has two! Clive is 39 years old and has four lovely children who share his love for toys (but they can’t touch his!). He runs [...]
I do love a good toy collection video… WARNING! This collection will make you feel very inadequate — to give you an idea of the caliber of this collection, there’s a rocket-firing Boba Fett prototype! These videos show the personal collection of Clive Collier, the man behind Retro Toy Revivals, which sells repro boxes and toys. [...]
This is one of the crown jewels of my collection. This vintage Aston Martin D.B. 5 was produced by Corgi in 1965 and is based on the car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond classic, Goldfinger. The box art in this small little package packs a lot of punch, and looks great on [...]
The James Bond Secret Agent 007 Game is the first board game based on the James Bond character. The game was produced by Milton Bradley in 1964, and still ranks as one of the greatest boxes in board game history. It holds true to the Bond franchise as Sean Connery’s Bond takes out the bad guy [...]
Thunderball is one of my favorite James Bond movies–jetpacks, sharks, scuba fights, beautiful women–what could be better? In 1965, Milton Bradley produced the Thunderball board game which showcases Sean Connery’s Bond in all his glory. This game board deserves to be framed and hung on the wall. The underwater battle is one of the greatest [...]
I found some truly great items at the Big Flea this past weekend. I went late on Saturday afternoon as the crowds were thinning out and despite the fact that one of my “regular” toy vendors was absent, I managed to find some fun things to add to the collection… I found a few vintage [...]
The 10 best things I saw this week… 1956 Forbidden Planet half sheet movie poster up for bid at emovieposter.com James Bond lunchbox up for bid at eBay 1964 Godzilla board game by Ideal up for bid at Hake’s Krang Jack O’Lantern Batman #1 (CGC 7.0) up for bid at Heritage Auctions 1961 Curse of the [...]
I can’t think of a better way to start the week than this trailer for Skyfall… Can. Not. Wait.
The other day I teased you with some pictures of Todd Sheffer’s incredible collection. Now prepare yourself to be truly amazed. Knowing that I was a Bond fan, Todd had set out a few choice James Bond items on his dining room table. Here is the site that greeted me… I was in awe. We [...]
Here are some pictures of the Aurora model kits boxes I added to the collection last weekend. Most of these are in amazing condition, especially when you consider they are around 50 years old. King Kong and Godzilla Dr Jekyll as Mr. Hyde, Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors Guillotine, and the Vampire Dracula, Frankenstein, and [...]
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