Welcome back to the top 10 list of Starscream toys. Please check back for the figures that made their way to 10-6 on the list. For a quick recap, these are my picks for the top 10 Starscream toys released by Hasbro and Takara. I am not including any 3rd party interpretations of the character […]
Wheeljack’s Lab – Vintage Toy Blog
Follow this blog for the new, the unusual, the rare and cool Generation 1 G1 Transformers toys. Reviews, news, toy resources, galleries, unboxing, opinions and personal reflections on vintage toys.
Top 10 Starscream Toys #10-6
Egotistical, self-centered, cowardly, spiteful, and traitorous, a vile concoction of personality traits that define one of the most popular Decepticons, Starscream. Despite the personality flaws that define him, this character has remained a mainstay in Transformers toy lines and Media. The toy that would become Starscream was originally known as Jetrobo from the Diaclone toy […]
Reasons for Collecting Vintage Toys: Childhood Memories
Collecting vintage toys has been a popular hobby for people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds for decades. To some, vintage toy collections provide the chance to observe slices of history, being able to witness the changes to design, craftsmanship, and engineering. Others collect toys to enshrine their favorite shows and characters to display to […]
Vintage Toy Buys for 02-18-2020
Vintage Toy Report Buys of the Week A whole lot of vintage plastic toy gold came into the store this past week. Items ranging from sealed in the box, boxed and loose. Virtually every major toy line having at least 1 collection arriving from vintage toy sellers. Let’s take a look at this week’s toy […]
Vintage Toy Buyer Buys of the Week
Vintage Toy Buyer Buys of the Week Another week of amazing vintage toy finds, from people selling vintage toys. This week’s vintage toy buyer buys of the week. Picked a house with 1,000 boxes of vintage toys and collectibles. I had quite the day looking for plastic gold with Les, a house flipper out of […]
Top 10 Most Expensive G1 Transformers Toys
Top 10 Most Expensive G1 Transformers Toys The Transformers brand debuted in 1984 and has been sold virtually ever since. With Marvel Comics providing the backstory, and an animated series for marketing support, it took off. Arguably one of the top 3 action figure toy franchises in history. We’ve been buying and selling G1 Transformers […]
Selling Vintage Toys
Selling Vintage Toys We’ve been getting a lot of great new vintage toy inventory lately. While we have traditionally been a buyer and seller of G1 Transformers toys, we have been buying and selling other vintage toy brands for over 20 years. Generally having some Dungeons & Dragons, Ghostbusters, Godaikin, He-Man, M.A.S.K., Shogun Warriors, Star […]
Sell Vintage Toy Collections on Facebook
Sell Vintage Toy Collections on Facebook Today I will walk you through the pros and cons of selling vintage toy collections on Facebook. Where you choose to sell vintage toy collections is a significant decision. The choice will determine how much time, and effort you need to expend as well as what your return will […]
Prototype Action Figure Collection
Prototype Action Figure Collection Prototype action figure collection coming soon! We recently got in a vintage collection of prototypes and memorabilia from a former Tonka Executive. As a vintage toy buyer, I feel the most exciting collections are the ones from the former company employees. His collection included toys in all phases of pre-production. Represented […]
Our Top 30 Best 1980’s Toys Part 3
10. ThunderCats LJN 1985 The cartoon was easily one of the bigger hits of the 1980’s, with over 130 episodes. “ThunderCats,” who flee their dying planet, are attacked by Mutants of Plun-Darr. With their starships damaged while escaping, they are forced to stop and arrive on Earth. The Mutants then locate the ThunderCats on Earth. […]