Our Toy Addictions

Everyone got some new toys this week that we cover before looking ahead to new things coming out soon, and of in the future.  We also cover some potential changes to the podcast, at least for a little while.

Ron and Aaron hit a few local spots while Matt hit's a toy museum on his holiday road trip.  Also, what will our collections look like in 2025?  Stick around to find out.

This week we talk about the ECTO-1 Haslab and preview some toys coming out soon that we think are pretty cool.  Ron also plays with his tiny Han.

This week we touch on the price of toys in 1984 vs today with inflation, a very cool website that provides stickers and labels for your old school toy rehab projects, and a bunch of other really cool stuff (toyhax.com)   and we realize how big Ron’s bourbon collection really is.

Coming to you from RomeoCon, we sit down with Richie and Chris of Midwest Collectibles, and Parker of Monthly Pops .

Go see Richie, Chris and his team at Midwest Collectibles at 356 Independence Blvd, Romeoville, IL 60446.

Check Out Monthly Pops at https://monthlypops.com/.

Coming to you from RomeoCon, we sit down with Mike Caplan of Mr. Wayne's Pop Culture Collectibles.

Go see Mike and his guys at 10 W Burlington Ave, Westmont, IL 60559.

This week is a two man show since we lost our producer at a flea market while looking at Transformers.  All kidding aside, Aaron and Ron hold down the fort on the eve of RomeoCon.  Be there or be square!

After a brief, 13 month hiatus we're back together to discuss how each of our collections have taken various shapes. From thinning them down to flat out selling them off, it's a come on her back story for the ages.

This week we talk about recent rumors of a potentially big merger and what it might mean within the toy industry as a whole.

This week we have a couple of new shout outs as the guys talk about a trip Ron and Aaron took to Milwaukee.  Of course there are some toy shenanigans along the way.

This week each review our favorite brands from San Diego Comic Con.

Ron and Aaron finish up a game of baseball while discussing some of the latest new toy announcements and Valaverse's price drops.  We take a little deeper look into some of the new items introduced by Valaverse at this year's JoeFest.

During our hiatus, Matt and Ron were each able to stop at some Toy Shops out of state.

We also review the new G.I. Joe Classified figures that were revealed and went on Pre-Order during Yo Joe June.

This episode we talk about Ron and Aaron's visit to the Chi-Con Toy Show hosted by our good friends at Midwest Collectibles.  Another killer show, and we got to meet up with Mike from Mr. Wayne's Collectibles.

Chris from Midwest collectibles drew up a sweet custom Hulk picture for Ron, but you;l have to see that on the YouTube channel!

This week we discuss our semi annual visit to the Chicago Toy Show and Aaron's trip down another toy line rabbit hole.  There's also mention of a 60' USS Flagg.

The boys talk about how they prefer to store any toys that are not currently on display.  They also discuss how much is too much, or too little, to display and how they prefer to display their toys.  We also do a quick look at a 60' custom USS Flagg that has been showing up on our toy feeds in some social media.

This week we do a recap of Aaron's finding's at the Spring Chicago Toy Show in Kane County and how it led to the purchase of a figure from a toy company none of us have bought from yet.  We also talk a little bit about what would make us try a new toy company for our collections.

In this episode we discuss whether, Hasbro or Mattel currently has a better method of revealing and putting their items up for (pre) orders.

This week Aaron talks about he recent vacation to Disney World, and how the trip got him into collecting a new property.  And of course what he thinks of the figures.