Adventures in Collecting
The Adventures in Collecting podcast shares insights and conversations about toys and collectibles with ties to enduring franchises.
Discover books, magazines, podcasts, and blogs that celebrate toy history, pop culture, and collecting.
The Adventures in Collecting podcast shares insights and conversations about toys and collectibles with ties to enduring franchises.
Watch Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel restore a vintage Masters of the Universe Grizzlor figure from Mattel.
Ruth Handler writes about her early life, the rise of Mattel, and the creation of Barbie in her autobiography titled Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story.
The Board Gamers Anonymous Podcast weekly audio series examines the world of tabletop gaming.
Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel refurbishes a 1983 Fortress of Fangs play set from LJN.
In About Jenga: The Remarkable Business of Creating a Game that Became a Household Name, Jenga’s creator chronicles how the game became a game-night staple.
Brian Washington — vinyl collector and commercial artist — explores the history and evolution of children’s record label, Peter Pan Records.
Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel brings new life to a broken searchlight toy from the Action Man line.
A World Without Reality: Inside Marvin Glass’s Toy Vault by Bill Paxton takes readers on a journey through the life of Marvin Glass and his legendary toy design company, Marvin Glass and Associates.
Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel rebuilds a Belloq figure from Kenner Products’ Raiders of the Lost Ark collection.
A Century of American Toys & Games: The Story of Pressman Toy by Jim Pressman and Donna Pressman along with Alan Axelrod is a brilliant celebration of a toy company that has not only brought joy to children all over the world but has also made history in several ways.
In this installment from his YouTube series, Where’s the Fun From?, Guest Contributor Tim Walsh discusses how Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt inspired the creation of everyone’s favorite stuffed animal and how it took a talented cartoonist, an entrepreneur, and his wife to make the “Teddy’s Bear” real.
Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel repairs a vintage M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk vehicle from Kenner.
In Kid Number One, author G. Wayne Miller provides an in-depth look into all things Hasbro: its founding, triumphs, challenges, competitors, products, and most extensively, the Hassenfelds.
From fantastical to frightful, Brian Washington offers his suggestions for vintage Halloween recordings to please the young and young at heart.
In this installment from his YouTube series, Where’s the Fun From?, Guest Contributor Tim Walsh discusses how, in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Coach helped launch one of the moved beloved tiny toys of all time.
Dave of the Toy Polloi YouTube channel repairs the clicker found inside the vintage Kenner R2-D2 and R5-D4 toys.
Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry gives an in-depth look into the world of LEGO.
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