Introducing Infinite Scrolling to hobbyDB
You asked and we listened and are now excited to introduce Infinite Scrolling to hobbyDB. We queried more than 650 hobbyDB and Pop Price Guide faithful back in October, asking if you’d prefer Infinite...
View ArticleValiant Comics Travels Through Time as new hobbyDB Partner
For Greg Holland, the embodiment of collecting is deeply rooted in the past, present, and, of course, the future. A collector since 1988, Greg’s personal time machine arrives from all corners of the...
View ArticleTop-10 Tuesday: The Top-10 Most Valuable KAWS Figures
Brian Donnelly began his career in the 90s creating figurative characters and motifs under the guise of KAWS. These figures often included repeated use of casts that were originally painted in 2D...
View ArticleFunko’s History of Co-Branding with PEZ, ReAction and Other Popular Franchises
Recently, I was talking with a friend who didn’t know that some Funko series were involved in co-branding actions. So, I decided to write this article in order to help understand what is co-branding...
View ArticleThe Longest Hot Wheels Track Ever
Here at the hobbyDB team we like toys and have good memories of having run Hot Wheels tracks as children. And who want to have the longest track? Here is the author at his first attempt 50 years ago...
View ArticleBetter Sorting and Filtering for Database Items
We made two changes today and while they sound technical they are – we believe – exciting! Filter by Date We have a Produced From and a Produced To date but most of the time the Produced To date is...
View ArticleTop-10 Most Valuable St. Patrick’s Day Hard Rock Café Pins
You don’t have to be sham-rocking out in Dublin’s Hard Rock Café this St. Patrick’s Day to enjoy some of the best HRC pins taking center stage. We’re raising our glasses to toast the Top-10 Most...
View ArticleA BBC Report from 1983 about the Gloucester Swap-meet
A blast from the past…. Feel free to share your memories! The post A BBC Report from 1983 about the Gloucester Swap-meet appeared first on The hobbyDB Blog.
View Article10 Golden Rules on How to Collect Signatures Correctly
In the beginning, I started using a Polaroid camera. It worked out great. Sometimes, I would even ask the celebrity to sign the Polaroid photo. Here, for example, is the signature of Van Williams, the...
View Article7 Bucks A Pop Latest Partner to Join the hobbyDB Multiverse
We’re always looking for ways to introduce amazing people and items to the hobbyDB community. So we’re beyond thrilled to welcome and present to you our friends at 7 Bucks A Pop, who join us among the...
View ArticleGetting Hot Wheels Listings Right – Part II
After Part 1 (read it here) and our recent work on Better Sorting and Filtering (more on that here) this is the final part of fixing our Hot Wheels Database Items. We have more Hot Wheels pages than...
View ArticleThe Top-10 Most Valuable Jada Toys Diecast Vehicles
Jada Toys has built an impressive garage of diecast models since its first 1:24 scale vehicle originally rolled off the production line in 1999. Today you’ll find more than 2,700 Jada items on hobbyDB...
View ArticleMom & Pop Shopping: Out The Box in Thornton, Colorado
We’re celebrating National Mom and Pop Business Owner Day with the first in a new series designed to showcase some of our favorite local brick & mortar stores where community is just as important...
View ArticleTop-10 Most Valuable Hummel Figurines Found on hobbyDB
Hummel figurines first got their start in the early 1930s as postcards in Germany and Switzerland featuring the artwork of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel. The art depicting children in pastoral...
View ArticleGet To Know Your Fellow Collectors – Introducing the new hobbyDB Member...
Curious to see what your fellow hobbyDB Members collect or how they set up their Showcases, etc.? Introducing our new Member Director, conveniently located in the search bar dropdown in the upper...
View ArticleSimplifying the Model Car Types
Documenting Collectibles is anything but easy and it takes a while to get it right. We now have more than 180,000 different entries for Model Cars, Model Racing Cars, Model Trucks, Model Buses and...
View ArticleThe New & Improved Estimated Values for Hard Rock Cafe Glasses, Pins, Magnets...
When the Hard Rock Cafe reached out to us if we could take over the management of their Pin Catalog we were excited. The catalog had good data and a great team (the Pin Masters). It also had the...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Hot Wheels and Mattel Designer Ryu Asada
We’re heartbroken to learn of the passing of Ryu Asada. The 42-year-old was an accomplished designer for Hot Wheels and Mattel working on more than 150 different diecast versions since rolling out his...
View ArticleInaugural Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest to Make our Hearts Race
Hasbro is taking the convention experience straight into your home with its inaugural Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest. And the reveals, well, they just might make your heart race. The online event virtually...
View ArticleTop-10 Most-Valuable Kenner Star Wars: The Black Series Figures on hobbyDB
The Force is strong with Star Wars: The Black Series. Since making its debut in 2013, Kenner’s Star Wars: The Black Series has produced close to 400 figures across the galaxy far far away. Something in...
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