Adventures in Collecting Toy Collecting Podcast
From Funko and WWE to Star Wars, Bandai, Marvel, LEGO, and more, grab the cart and hit the aisles with Dave and Erik as they talk toy news, collecting, culture, and more!
Episodes
As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear!
This week, we're discussing who was toyetic from 2025's Full Gear along with our in-person coverage from the post-show media scrum!
Who do YOU think deserves an action figure from this event? Let us know!
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ATTENTION USERS! The Hasbro HasLab Tron project needs YOUR help! We're joined by Hasbro Programs Steve Evans and Chris Reiff to talk all about the 1982-inspired ENCOM project — Tron: Heroes of the Grid — and everything that went into the Hasbro 375 centerpiece for Tron collectors.
You have until 11:59p ET on November 24th to back the Tron: Heroes of the Grid—what are YOU waiting for? https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/G35465...
Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.
This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of November 10th, 2025!
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Intro and other voices by Joe Azzari
Michael Gulen is a 25-year toy industry veteran who has worked as Design Lead at McFarlane Toys and Super7 — helping bring countless collectibles to shelves all over the world. Now he's launching his own company—Scrambled Eggs Creative—with a Any Means Necessary Kickstarter collab that translates artist Shawn Coss' drawings to toys for the first time. Hear about the project, his history, and more in this episode!
It's our annual Halloween special and we're headed to Hurricane, Utah for a stay at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Jazwares' own—and friend of the pod—Aaron Margolin! Hear all about the growing Five Nights at Freddy's toyline, plush, and maybe even grab a super exclusive reveal from the brand manager himself. Scare yourself up a good time and kick off Halloween week with well over an hour talking about the FNAF fandom!
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Surprise! We have one more #NYCC interview to share with you. Join Erik as he sits down with voice actors Kyle McCarley and Caleb Yen courtesy of our friends Bandai Namco Toys and Collectibles America! Kyle and Caleb have extensive VO careers, but overlap in the world of Gundam and Demon Slayer — hear more about their projects and their collections in this exclusive interview!
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We conclude our coverage of NYCC 2025 with a chat with comic book and toy legend—and more importantly—friend of the pod Todd McFarlane! After back to back panels, we recap the big news from the mega fall convention including his Image Comics founder's series of Elite Edition figures as well as an update on what's left for the DC Multiverse.
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Cobra Commander wants to take over the world—his next attempt comes THIS WEEKEND at #NYCC as #ColdSlither takes over the famous Gramercy Theater! Ahead of their big gig, we're talking to Torch — AKA Ross Sewage — all about the show and how the band got together.
Get your tickets to Cold Slither LIVE in NYC on October 11th!
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Everyone loves a good squishi, right? Well Incredible Group is out there making some of the coolest squishi toys around based on classic brands like Swedish Fish, Oreo, Ring Pop, and Sour Patch Kids. These squishi toys all have unique textures, unboxing experiences, and even super familiar scents. Learn about what goes into making these visceral collectibles from Incredible Group's own Ryan Carr.
Look for the latest Squishi toys fro...
As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear!
This week, we're discussing who was toyetic from 2025's Wrestlepalooza!
Who do YOU think deserves an action figure from this event? Let us know!
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.
This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of September 15th, 2025!
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Intro and other voices by Joe Azzari
As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear! This week, we're discussing who was tre magnifique from 2025's Clash in Paris!
Who do YOU think deserves an action figure from this event? Let us know!
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He's our friend. He's your friend. He's friend to all—this week we are once again joined by the incomparable Senior Director of Fan Product Design at Hasbro, Steve Evans to talk all about the Star Wars the Vintage Collection Republic Gunship HasLab campaign—AND—to answer some of YOUR burning questions about it.
You have until 11:59p ET on September 8th to back the Gunship—what are YOU waiting for?
BACK THE GUNSHIP
The rules are simple (kind of). 4 nerds enter, they select 5 action figures/vehicles produced in the 1980s with the goal of building the "best" team—and then YOU decide the winner. Join Dave and Erik, with special guests Ryan Ting and Jason Langston for this year's fantasy draft season special and then head over to our instagram to help determine which team reigns supreme!
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.
This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of August 18th, 2025!
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Intro and other voices by Joe Azzari
Live from our home state of New Jersey, we attended the first ever two-night Summerslam extravaganza and we're here to talk about our experience, and of course, who was the most "toyetic" from both evenings of the show.
As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wres...
We're back with another addition of Toys on Film, this time talking about something pretty Fantastic... that's right! Grab a handful of popcorn from Galactus' head and feed that insatiable hunger for a conversation about the 2025 film the Fantastic Four: First Steps along with all the toys and collectibles out to support the box office smash.
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters, and this special extended report recapping the highlights you need to hear about from San Diego Comic Con 2025!
Hear about all of the wrestling, Marvel Legends, Star Wars, Transformers, McFarlane Toys, Jada, NECA, Bandai, and so much more!
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We're back with another addition of Toys on Film, this time talking about the movie that EVERYONE is talking about... Superman! Look up with us as we discuss what we thought about the film and cover off on the toys that are already out there to support the release of this film. We believed a man (and a dog) could fly, but can you?
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Friend of the pod Kyle Wlodyga (formerly of Super7) joins us to tell us all about his new metal-infused venture -- CARVE THE FIVE -- and to help us craft our own person action figure Mount Rushmores. Join us, will you?
Find Kyle online at https://www.wlodyga.com/
Follow J-Shot @jshot_820 and Matchu @matchutoy on Instagram to stay up-to-date with B2S!
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