When designing the original Masters of the Universe line, Mattel made a bold decision to try and incentivize kids to make He-Man the first and only toy on they asked for: the line’s figures, vehicles, and playsets would be at an all-new 5.5” scale, lacking cross-compatibility with every other action figure on the market. It […]
A new report tied to LEGO has revealed that the brand will soon be retiring two of its ongoing crossovers tied to beloved gaming properties. In recent years, LEGO has started to collaborate much more with different video game franchises. Pokemon, Super Mario, and The Legend of Zelda are perhaps the most prominent crossovers in […]
The Amazing Spider-Man is the most important book in Marvel Comics history. It’s beaten out some steep competition – Fantastic Four birthed the Silver Age Marvel Universe, which led to all of this, Avengers gave the world the most popular superhero team of all time, and Uncanny X-Men was the biggest seller of the ’80s. […]
Who is Spider-Man’s greatest rival? Some would say it’s Green Goblin, others would say it’s the unnamed assailant who killed Uncle Ben. It could even be one of the Sinister Six. However, none of these iconic villains harbor the kind of generational hatred and pettiness as one man. He has dedicated his life and career […]
When it comes to film memorabilia auctions, items linked to the Star Wars franchise are often hard to beat. Toys, props, costumes, and everything else linked to George Lucas’ 1977 movie saga is a goldmine in collectors’ circles. Yet the space opera has been bested in one unexpected category: movie posters. At a recent Heritage […]
Mewtwo and Gengar have occupied unusually durable positions near the top of the Pokémon popularity hierarchy since the franchise’s earliest days, and their best cards from the Pokémon TCG continue to attract serious money whenever elite graded copies reach the open market. Mewtwo arrived as the genetically engineered postgame legend of the original games, a […]
Doomsday may be upon us, but very few movies will have the same effect on fans as The Avengers did. The first big crossover in the Marvel Cinematic Universe defied all expectations, giving us a grand ensemble of Earth’s mightiest heroes, with each of them getting a surprisingly balanced amount of screen time. Much like […]
For most comic collectors, their holy grail is owning one of the classic Marvel first appearances of the silver age, the books that created and helped define the Marvel Universe as we know it today. With prices ever-climbing on these iconic mega-keys, many of these same collectors have accepted that owning one – especially in […]
The Pokemon collectibles market features a wide array of products, from Pokemon cards to plushies and McDonald’s toys and beyond. But increasingly, some of the most high-ticket sales are going to graded, sealed physical copies of early Pokemon games. In fact, someone just bought a trio of the original Pokemon games for a whopping $2 […]
Long before it would serve as the basis to a company-wide crossover film, Marvel Comics’ original Secret Wars storyline would be the basis for a company-wide crossover comic more ambitious than anything the publisher had ever attempted. While Marvel’s heroes had been crossing paths since the dawn of the silver age, Secret Wars represented the […]