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Category Archives: Toys
When Your Holidays Need a Little Less Cheer and a Little More Fear, Bring in the Krampus.
For many years very few Americans seemed to be aware of some of the stranger characters associated with Christmas in other countries around the world. Every country has their own traditions, and ours are rather tame compared to most. All … Continue reading
For the Love of Christmas Pixies!
It is now December, which means it is time to break out the decorations and make it look like Christmas threw up in our house! We at the Collector Gene all love Christmas, and want to take some time this … Continue reading
Rock Lords – The Gnarliest of Narlies, Snarlie Narlie!
I’ve mentioned Rock Lords in passing in my Kojak article, but I’ll elaborate a little further. While Transformers and Go-Bots were the most popular of the transforming toys of the 1980s, there were several other smaller lines that were popular … Continue reading
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Smile! A Cross-Eyed Pumpkin-Headed Guy Just for You
Once you start collecting vintage Halloween items, you notice how frequently fruit and vegetable-headed figures show up. Here’s a good example of a small, incidental bisque figurine that was probably produced in the 1930’s and sold for a nickel or … Continue reading
Smile! Happy Halloween!
With less than one week to go until Halloween, we’ve decided to send good wishes your way by posting a happy Halloween face every day until October 31. First up is this little wooden skeleton/ghoul with his happy, toothy smile. … Continue reading
Meet the Oh Lantern Family!
As much as I’d like to say that I was a pretty decent artist as a kid, I was never able to master the art of pumpkin carving. From drawing the outline on the uneven surface of the pumpkin to … Continue reading
I Know I Am a Child of the 80’s and 90’s… But I Totally Had a Monster-Nik Growing Up.
It feels like forever since I have written an article, and in honor of it being October I wanted to write about something Halloween-related. In this case, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite Halloween toys as a … Continue reading
Last Travel-Log from the Road – 10/4/12: Antique Archeology-Nashville Submitted by Carol
When we set out on our cross-country journey at the beginning of September, we knew we wanted to antique our way across America, but we weren’t exactly sure where we would go. We still have a few more days on … Continue reading
Travel-Log #8: Broad Summary (Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas) – Submitted by Carol on 10/3/12
Despite good intentions, I’ve discovered that keeping up on a blog while traveling the width of the country is no easy task. Whenever possible, we’ve tracked down and run into antique shops and malls in pursuit of a “find.” In … Continue reading
Thunder Wings Lion-O
I’m a huge Thundercats fan now, but as a kid, I was only really familiar with some of the toys and had only a passing knowledge of the cartoon. It wasn’t until Cartoon Network’s Toonami started rerunning old episodes in … Continue reading
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