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Four Figure Hobby

Four Figure Hobby

Everywhere you look now in vintage Transformers collecting every niche and sub-category the bitter end items that are required to polish off a secti

(Not a) Vintage Year

(Not a) Vintage Year

Paint chips? Loose joints? Questionable paint application? Damaged packaging? This is all part of the territory when it comes to collecting vintage Tr

Even More News To Me

Even More News To Me

The passage of time continues to bring us brand new discoveries in the vintage world of Transformers and pre-Transformers collecting. Were nearing th

Collector Interview 09 – David Buenaño Hochman

Collector Interview 09 – David Buenaño Hochman

So far our collector interviews have been extremely toy and collection focused. And rightfully so there are members of the Transformers collecting c

Is It Conceivable? – Part 3

Is It Conceivable? – Part 3

Welcome to the jungle. This is no place for collectors who dwell in the safe confines of AFA cases or between walls of MISB Japanese Transformers. The

The Ones That Got Away

The Ones That Got Away

In a competitive market place vintage toy collectors have to have their eyes and ears open the whole time in order to nail rare items. But we cant a

Intermission ~ 4 years away

Intermission ~ 4 years away

In 2007 I left the Transformers and pre-Transformers collecting game and community again for the second or third time (I lose count). This almost alwa

The World of Minibots

The World of Minibots

Collecting Transformers used to be a simple enough task consisting of tracking down all the toys in the US or UK range between 1984 and 1987 and beyo

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