It’s Not A Toy

The saga concludes. Are we seriously traumatised? Can We nail nostalgia? Does my new collection complete? Does it belong in a museum? Has balance been brought to the collecting community?

Insanity becomes normality! The shift in marketing impacts the nerds, and a we look at those who have taken it upon themselves to continue vintage toylines. Oh, and there's another scandal...

We hear about the issues for girls trying to enter a boy's club, and give a stern talking to those who think anything Star Wars is always worth a fortune.

An opportunistic purchase of unused packaging, second hand figures and an iron, combine to create a scandal that decimates the trust of the vintage toy collecting community.

Today we hear about the importance of support from home before it all gets a bit fighty over the topics of opening vintage toys, or sealing them in clear cases.

The rise of reproduction weaponry threatens to damage the investment of many a collector, provoking an existential crisis as to our responsibilities beyond the grave.

Urgent regathering, flawed investments, relinquishing the collection and walking back into a war zone...

The original toyline comes to an unceremonious end, and forty years later, the hunters become the hunted...

A chance museum encounter reawakens a dormant obsession, and we go way back to the Seventies to see how some toys captured collectors for life.

Limited Podcast Series of 9 episodes. Three episodes a week for three weeks. Released 25 Nov, 27 Nov, 29 Nov, 2 Dec, 4 Dec, 6 Dec, 9 Dec, 11 Dec and 13 Dec 2024.