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I’m lucky enough to be a "child of the 80s." To coin an expression, I liked a lot of things before they were “cool.” Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Marvel and DC superheroes, the Visionaries. T … read more

Terminology can be tricky. To the best of my knowledge, there is no universally recognized lexicon in the toy collecting industry that all of us have agreed to use. It's an interesting thing to exp … read more

I recently published a blog article talking about some of my recollections of the Toys "R" Us store near where I grew up and it made me think of something that I overheard in the toy aisle one day. I … read more

It's hard to believe that the history of Toys "R" Us dates back to the 1940s. As far as I can remember, I was first introduced to Toys "R" Us in the early to mid-80s. The only one near the town I grew … read more

Obviously there are a lot of differences between buying and playing with toys as a kid versus the habits of an adult toy collector, but I've noticed a few things about my mindset in particular that ha … read more