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Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest Reveals Arrive on hobbyDB Database

With COVID still very much a concern, Hasbro turned towards the online convention route this April by playing host to its Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest. The one-day event featured interactive brand panels,...

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Top-10 Most Valuable Harley Quinn Collectibles on hobbyDB

Harleen Frances Quinzel, best known as Harley Quinn, has terrorized DC Comics since making her debut in 1992’s “Batman: The Animated Series – Joker’s Favor.” Since then, her devilishly evil ways have...

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Adding Graded Collectibles to Your hobbyDB Collection

Nothing quite helps validate a collectible like a rating from a professional grading company. With that in mind, we’re excited to introduce the ability for you to add professionally Graded items to...

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‘Kissing Cousins’ – Dinky Toys Color Schemes

Musings By Joschik Christian obsesses over collectibles, antiques and toys more than the average person, but (he believes) in a productive way. Documenting collectibles has been a passion since working...

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History of Collecting Tin Plate Boxes: From Biscuit Tins to Funko Lunch Boxes

hobbyDB Squad Member Javier Serrano, best known by his username FJaviserr, shares with us some history of, as well as his passion for, collecting tin boxes. Since my childhood I have always liked tin...

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Top-10 Most-Valuable Norev Models on hobbyDB

The Veron brothers founded Norev Diecast just outside of Lyon, France in 1946. In the 75 years since, Norev has grown among the godfathers of the French diecast industry.  hobbyDB is home to more than...

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Top-10 Most-Valuable Winnie the Pooh Funko Pop! Figures on hobbyDB

We’re traveling deep into the Hundred Acre Wood to take a look at the Top-10 Most-Valuable Winnie the Pooh Funko Pop! figures found on hobbyDB. Since Pooh Bear’s creation in 1926 by author A.A. Milne...

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Newly Added to hobbyDB this Week: Funko, Hot Wheels and Masters of the Universe

It was another busy week at hobbyDB with hundreds of new items added to the ever-increasing database. New collectibles ran the gamut of our favorite franchises and brands from Funko, Hot Wheels and...

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Top-10 Most-Valuable Elvira Funko Pop! Figures on hobbyDB and More

Funko is unveiling its annual FunkoWeen celebration this week and marking the halfway point to Halloween with plenty of new releases and fun stuff. Feeling spooky ourselves, our partners in crime at...

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Newly Added to hobbyDB – Transformers, FunkoWeen and Vintage Star Wars

The Force was strong with hobbyDB this week, with hundreds of new items arriving in the database from Funko’s annual FunkoWeen reveals to vintage Kenner Return of the Jedi action figures. Among the new...

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Exclusive Funko Offers from our Friends at Legion M, Monthly Pops and More

The collectibles universe is one big community and we always enjoy sharing cool promotions, exclusives and more whenever we get the opportunity. Our partners have been busy of late with several new...

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The Toy Peddler Offering Exclusive Custom Nuclear Mindz Design OTTO this Weekend

The chase is on! Our great friends at our sister site The Toy Peddler will drop their latest exclusive custom on Saturday with a nod to Lee Allen and Nuclear Mindz Design. The customized “art-car” OTTO...

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Castheads Magazine to Take the Wheel of the Model Car Hall of Fame

From Carroll Shelby to Larry Wood and all pioneers between, the Model Car Hall of Fame has gathered together enthusiasts from across the scale vehicle world to celebrate all the best in the hobby (by...

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New Feature Alert: Search Most Owned Items on hobbyDB

Ever wonder just how common or rare some of your collectibles might be? We’ve added to our search capabilities with the introduction of filtering items by Most and Least owned in the hobbyDB datbase....

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Top-10 Most-Owned Darth Vader Funko Pop! Figures on hobbyDB

Happy Vater Day! We’re celebrating Father’s Day by honoring the galaxy’s best (worst? most notorious?) dad in the one-and-only Darth Vader. Darth Vader might not be loved very much by the Jedi and the...

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Top-10 Most-Valuable Optimus Prime Collectibles on hobbyDB

It’s Amazon Prime Day and if we’re to believe many internet memes, today (and tomorrow) are the days we celebrate the sacrifices that Optimus Prime and the rest of the Transformers made to ensure the...

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Guest Blog: History and Tips on “Warping” in Classic Soft Plastic Promo Models

hobbyDB friend, and member of both the hDB Advisory Council and Volunteer Squad, Steve Engeman takes time to share with us some thoughts, history and tips for dealing with the age-old diecast issue of...

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Not So Heroic Server Migration Update – Thanks for your Patience!

As you may have noticed, hobbyDB and PPG have been having some intermittent issues over the last few hours. As there is never a good time to do site maintenance, we started last night at 2am EST. Our...

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Top-10 Most-Valuable Funko Pop! NHL Hockey Figures on hobbyDB

The puck drops tonight for Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals as the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning slug it out for sports’ most-recognizable trophy. While many of us won’t ever be able to...

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Adding Artistic or just Fun Photos to the Database

Besides the current Main Photo, Show on Search Photo and Detail Photo which all make the database useful (they are all explained here) and are meant to be “clean” (ideally just a white background) we...

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