As the new millennium happened, most of my contemporaries became parents. Over the last ten years, I’ve made the acquaintance of several collectors who are the first of a kind: Their love of action figures is being passed to a new generation. What makes this such a melancholy experience is that the toy industry is […]

Before The Twilight Saga, there was Dark Shadows. It would be an understatement to say that television did not fully bloom into a bevy of genres during the turbulent 1960’s. Indeed, the medium came of age due in no small part to the diversity of programming made available during this decade. Sitcoms, westerns, variety shows […]

The early 1990’s saw many collectors transitioning from high school to college, and in the process, leaving behind “childhood things.” (Yeah, right!) New fashions were in, and tastes were changing. While I was discovering the various aspects of jazz, both grunge and rap were killing rock and metal much like cassette tapes were being made […]