“ToyCat Approved!”
Who the hell is this idiot, you say? Well, I was born in 1972 and grew up in an age of wonder. An age that I shall always look back on as The Great Action Figure Era. I guess my collecting began when my uncle handed me down a bunch of 12-inch GI JOEs and Mego Star Trek and Planet of the Apes figures. After that, I can remember magical Christmas bounties of Micronauts, Zeroids, Star Wars, and Transformers. It was great to be a child of the 70’s and 80s!
In the forty years that followed, I’ve worn many hats. I’ve studied and taught history, got some academic writings published, did a lot of boring jobs, but I never stopped being a collector. From toys, to swords, to militaria, to comics. Eventually, I became owner-operator of an antique and collectible bookshop and rode that train for nearly a decade. But despite these forays into buying and selling antique blades and bartering for first editions, I always managed to find my way back to collecting toys, action figures, and comics.
Now, I suck at the cozy corporate teat with a pretty great job that bankrolls the horrific depravity of my plastic addiction. I pass most of my leisure time coiffing Jameson, and sniping action figure auctions on Ebay, while forcing people to look at my cat. And of course, writing about and taking pictures of toys.
One by one… the collection is displayed.
And we have such sights to show you!
Some Pointless FFZ-FAQ’s
Is this a great place for kids? NO! This blog is all about toys and action figures, but it is meant for ADULT consumption. I tend to use colorful language, especially when I’m drinking, which is almost always when I’m writing. Yes, folks, I likes me my alcohol. Hooch! Hair of the Dog! Liquid Indulgences! Drinky-poos! If this offends you, this may not be the place for you.
Your name is stupid, where’d you get it? Yes it is, and I remember it’s origin well. I was on a forum a long time ago, two in the morning and drunk off my ass. A bunch of fellow toy nerds were talking shit about something and I wanted to participate. When I tried to post, I remembered I wasn’t registered, so I came up with the first stupid thing my alcohol-addled brain could come up with: FigureFan. Later I used it for a LiveJournal account. Later, when I started this site, I was playing Mega Man Zero and I thought adding the Zero sounded cool. Again, I was drunk.
I am clearly not a photographer. I use a sentimental old Nikon camera that has been halfway around the world with me and banged around a lot. Then that broke and I replaced it with an equally shitty one. I make due with the bare minimum for a studio environment, but I do my best. I’d like to think I’ve shown improvement over the years and on the good days, I can keep most of the cat hair out of the picture.
And lastly, I love to hear from other collectors. I enjoy hearing about their opinions on figures, and most of all I really dig seeing their displays. So feel free to drop me a comment or send me some pics of your collection setup. One of the best things about doing this blog is all the great friends I’ve made, and I’ve always got room for more!
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hey dude, nice blog. Always happy to meet another collector! These days I only buy TFs, but when I was a kid I had lots of Joes and MASK. They need to revive MASK!
Thanks… and I hear ya! If I had to give up everything but one line, Transformers would be the keeper. MASK does need to come back. I keep hoping!
Thanks for liking my daily sketch!
Great Blog you have here!
Thanks! Right back at ya… http://rborg42.wordpress.com/
Just so you know, I’ve nominated you for the Super Sweet Blogging Award! http://nguyeningit.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/super-sweet-blogging-award-nom-nom-nom-aaargh-suuuuugar/
I am honored, sir!
Congrats on the nomination dude! It’s my first time visiting the site but it seems very well deserved.
Whoop! Just to say, I’ve finally gotten around to responding to one of those ‘Awards’ type things… and big props to you, for I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award.
http://mynerfherder.com/2013/09/17/liebster-award/
Thanks!!!!
I saw pictures of your 3rd and 4th doctor sonic screwdrivers. They were placed in transparent stands. Where could I find such stands?
These are the DC Universe Classics flight stands put out by Mattel some years back.
Thanks. Now at least I know what to look for.
Hi, just wanna let you know I nominated you for a Liebster Award. Keep up the great work 🙂
http://goodkindofgeek.com/2014/05/19/the-good-kind-of-geek-got-liebster-award/
Hi, just wanted to let you now that I just opened a box that I haven’t looked in over 15 years and have the RoboCop from your 11/07/2011 entry that is still in the original package dated 1994. Also 58 other action figures in the same box.
Awesome find! I’d love to find a forgotten box of mixed action figures. It must be fun going through it!
Yeah. Found a total of 59 action figures in this one large box. I still have 9 more boxes to look inside of, they are all from 1989 to 1995.
Damn… Christmas came early!
Just posted my still in package of RoboCop ****Robocop – $45 on Orlando, Craigslist
I have nominated you for the Liebster Award. You can check out my post here: https://wordpress.com/post/mlscale.wordpress.com/2165 which includes the answers to the questions I was given, as well as some new questions I am passing on.
Logan
Hi. I run a Mecha Musume page on FaceBook. We cover all sorts of personification stuff related to Strike Witches, KanColle, Sky Girls, Busou Shinki, etc. Would it be okay to post links to some of your figure reviews?
Of course! I’m checking out the page now. Looks great!
Many thanks :). I’ll probably put up a few links tomorrow.
Here’s a link if you want to check it out (hope it works): https://www.facebook.com/groups/367078873443287/?ref=bookmarks
Oh, nice!!!
I stumbled upon this site/blog upon my quest to look up all things Mythic Legions, and it is quite a treat to read all of your reviews and see the amount of pictures you post per figure to really show all the awesome detail that 4 Horsemen really put into their stuff.
Thanks so much!!!
Do you mind if I use your site on my list of “things to do during Covid”? I have some people needing ideas and I thought you had some good ones.
Go for it