Real Estate Veteran and HW Collector Bruce Pascal joins hobbyDB as lead...
As our second crowdfunding initiative kicks off, we’re excited to welcome Bruce Pascal as the round’s lead investor. With more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience, Pascal is best known...
View ArticleAnother Amazing Find – the 2000 Barbie Silkline Retailer Display Case!
Did you ever wonder what happens to those amazing retailer display cases? In the past retailers disposed of them, today they send them back to the manufacturer but if you have a special relationship...
View ArticleOne of my heroes is backing us & that made my day
I’ve known of the other Christian since the mid-Nineties as nobody, really nobody has taken documenting collectibles (in his case Matchbox) more seriously. We then met at one of the Nuremberg Toy...
View ArticleProject SWORD Blasts Off as hobbyDB’s Latest Partner
We have a favorite saying around here that describes hobbyDB as being “built for collectors, by collectors.” But what does that mean, exactly? Creating hobbyDB as both a community and a reliable...
View ArticleNew to hobbyDB: Curators Wanted for Heroclix, Herocross and Metal Earth
It was another big week at hobbyDB with hundreds of new items added to the database…which now boasts more than 506,000 collectibles. That’s a wealth of items from lines such as Hot Wheels, Funko and...
View ArticleChanges coming to the hobbyDB Search Experience
As some of you may have noticed, we recently started to experience some performance issues, making the site harder to access. To help get things back to normal, we’ve accelerated some of our planned...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving, from the hobbyDB Team
All too often, it feels as if Thanksgiving is merely a speed bump between Halloween and the holiday season. In 2020, however, it could be argued that Thanksgiving is needed now more than ever. We here...
View ArticleThe New Manufacturer ID
With newer collectibles we often have had the issue that there was more than one reference number. Besides the reference number that collectors know, like and often make a central part of their...
View ArticleWelcoming Clctin users to hobbyDB!
Clctin was started in 2013 and allowed its users to share and show off their collections with other collectors. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen with many other collector sites, Clctin will now be closing....
View ArticleJoin 760 Collectors in Owning a Piece of hobbyDB
We’re excited to report that we’ve officially zoomed past our second crowdfunding milestone of $50,000 raised! In less than three weeks, more than 90 new collectors have joined hobbyDB as owners. Many...
View ArticlehobbyDB CEO Christian Braun Discusses with Global Toy News the Benefits of...
With shrinking margins and rising manufacturing costs, collectible brands can sometimes be at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing actionable data and valuable consumer insights – particularly...
View ArticlehobbyDB teams with Legion M to Create World’s Largest Fan-Owned Entertainment...
hobbyDB is proud to announce our new collaboration with our good friends at Legion M! We’ll let them explain further… Legion M and hobbyDB partner to create the world’s largest fan-owned entertainment...
View ArticlehobbyDB Extends its Second Round of Crowdfunding
The hobbyDB crowdfunding round two is drawing to a close after a successful few weeks and, well, we just can’t say no to you. Thanks to so much interest, and several big announcements coming next week,...
View ArticleOwn Your Grails with new Mythic Markets and hobbyDB Partnership
hobbyDB is proud to announce another new collaboration, this time with our good friends at Mythic Markets! We’ll let them explain further… We’ve teamed with hobbyDB in the quest to democratize access...
View ArticleTime Running Out to Place Your Christmas Diecast Order via the hobbyDB...
Christmas is coming and Santa’s sleigh is quickly filling up. Time is running short to order that Hot Wheels stocking stuffer or that Treasure Hunt set for under the tree on Christmas morning. We...
View ArticleNew to hobbyDB: Advanced Search Filter Options and Ability to Track Trades &...
Our never-ending quest to turn hobbyDB into the ultimate resource for collectors brings us several new and exciting features, including detailed search filters and item tracking capabilities. Advanced...
View ArticleLast Chance to Join More Than 800 Investors in Owning a Piece of hobbyDB
hobbyDB’s latest round of crowdfunding has been a resounding success, but we’re not quite done, yet. Time remains to join hundreds of new and re-investors who have pledged more than $106,000 towards...
View ArticlehobbyDB Crowdfunding Round 2 Draws to a Close: Thank You, Collecting Community
The latest round of the hobbyDB crowdfunding has come to a close and we cannot thank the collecting community enough. We exceeded our expectations, courtesy of 316 new and re-investors who joined close...
View ArticleAll in the Family: Celebrating the hobbyDB Families that Collect Together
We like to think of ourselves as more than just a collecting community. At hobbyDB we prefer to consider us a collecting family. They say you collect the things you love. And what better way to collect...
View ArticleIt’s Here! New hobbyDB App now Available via Apple Store
You asked and we listened! Introducing our first foray into the world of mobile applications. Thanks to the hard work of Zack Fisher, hobbyDB partner and Founder of the Toy Collector App, we’re now...
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