Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where Back to the Past shares the lessons of decades in the collectibles business! This week, we’re not looking at something we sold. No, we’re looking at something we chose not to buy and why that is. Bonus Lesson: 90s Anime Toys Can Hold A Nice Value Let me tell…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past explain the whys and wherefores of realized prices! Today’s lot comes to us from our February 20th auction session, and is a box of various and sundry modern Star Wars action figure accessories. It included lightsabers, blasters, missiles, backpacks, Jedi robes, anything…
Welcome back to My Hero, where I show my work in identifying the characters in our vast collection of customized action figures! This week’s subject is a foursome of figures (our customizer loved army building) comprising the full membership of the Batman Revenge Squad from World’s Finest #175. The foursome of the Batman Revenge Squad…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we stop to look deeper into the cool stuff we at Back to the Past deal with every day. Today we turn our eyes to our eBay store and this nifty 1997 Kenner Toys Trailer VHS tape and the last days of the King of the Action…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops, wherein we look at what can be learned from auctions blocks and collectibles sold both near and far. Today we’re turning our eyes toward another major headline, the “$225k Boba Fett Action Figure” that popped up on eBay, not too long ago. The specific Boba Fett prototype in question, which…
Welcome to Consigned, Cool, and Collected, where, as we sort through a new collection, we’ll pick out an item that has a particularly notable “Cool Factor” about it. Today we’re looking at a 2011 American Toy out of The Florida Collection whose roots go back to Italy circa 1987 and whose popularity is owed almost…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re looking at a one-shot exclusively available with a toy. The cover designates it Superman: The Man of Steel Co-Starring Batman #1, but it is better known by the name in its indicia – Doom Link! How’s It Different? It’s a Royale with Cheese, where a…
Welcome back to another Fabulous Find brought to you by Greg Turner! This week I’ve dug deep into my collection of cool things and dug out some H-O scale micro super-heroes based on the Marvel Comics characters! And what the heck am I talking about you ask? Well, hang on, and I’ll tell and show you!…