Collector Spotlight: Hard Rock Café Superuser Bruce Main
hobbyDB member, shareholder and ardent Hard Rock Café Pin Master Bruce Main shares his history of collecting HRC pins, T-shirts and even a special memento from his hometown Anchorage restaurant. I...
View ArticleFunko Fair 2022 Reveals: Find Them Now on hobbyDB
The dust from Funko Fair 2022 has settled and judging from the hundreds of new items arriving from Funko throughout this year, you might want to buckle up. The company recently announced a full slate...
View ArticleThe Essence Of The Car – And All in 1:43 Scale
The Essence Of The Car started out more or less by accident. In 1994, I began work on creating the powertrain for a special four-wheel-drive supercar for a private collector. As the project progressed,...
View ArticleTop-10 Most-Valuable Hard Rock Café Mardi Gras Pins on hobbyDB
Happy Mardi Gras from hobbyDB! If you can’t spend the day at a Hard Rock Café, you can celebrate with us as we take a look at the most-valuable Hard Rock Café pins dedicated to the holiday. Check them...
View ArticleDid You Own It – Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Castle Grayskull
Back in the 80s, the girls had their Barbie Dreamhouses. The boys? Their imaginations ran wild within the walls of Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Castle Grayskull. Mattel caught lightning in a bottle...
View ArticleMost Scanned Funko Pop! Figures via the hobbyDB App in February
Thanks to the hobbyDB App, the galaxy far, far away became a little bit closer in February. It was a big month for Pop! Star Wars figures, which accounted for eight of the top 15 Most-Scanned...
View ArticleMeet Hot Wheels Icon and hobbyDB Owner Larry Wood
Larry Wood knows a thing or two when it comes to diecast vehicles. How else do you earn the nickname “Mr. Hot Wheels?” Larry began his impressive career as a designer with Hot Wheels in the late 60s....
View ArticleTop-20 Most-Valuable Batman Collectibles Found on hobbyDB
We’re delving deep into the Batcave for our latest Most-Valuable list with a look at some Dark Knight collectibles that would make even Bruce Wayne jealous. From action figures, diecast and lunchboxes...
View ArticleFind Them on hobbyDB – Funko WonderCon 2022 Exclusives
We are heading to Freddy’s Beach Bash Live from Pop Pier! for this year’s WonderCon reveals from Funko! WonderCon will return for the first time since 2019 when Comic-Con International presents the...
View ArticleThe SHOP SAFE Act is ill-thought out and will cost all of us, let’s stop it!
Congress is once again trying to fix a very specific problem with a broad solution (and this one is relevant for you!). We support the SHOP SAFE Act’s underlying goal of protecting consumers from...
View ArticleCollector, Investor, Officer, Evangelist, Youtube Star, Networker Par...
hobbyDB Superstar Karl Schnelle AKA Stroget introduced me a while ago to fellow collector John Kuvakas and since then we spoke a lot and, boy, did I enjoy every one of those calls! So when he did his...
View ArticleA Major 1/43 Model Car Event this week-end in Chicago!
This show has been running for thirty years and for about half of that period it combined the 1/43 Scale Show with the Countryside Collectors Classic. If you have not been yet go! The combined show...
View ArticleICYMI – Pandemic Sales Rise, Bobblehead No Longer Falls in Minnesota and...
The collectibles world is a big place with lots going on. Keeping track of it all can be daunting. We catch you up on some fun news from the industry that you might have missed! Pandemic Billions:...
View ArticleMaximize Your Collection with the Power of Subject Pages on hobbyDB
We here at hobbyDB are always looking for ways to maximize your collecting experience. We do this through a variety of tools and features. Among them is our vast database of Subject pages. Subject...
View ArticleMaximizing the Power of Your hobbyDB Showcase
You spent your entire life building your collection and have taken the time to add it to hobbyDB. Now it’s time to show it off. We’re here to demonstrate how you can maximize the power of your...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Inside Funko’s World of Guillermo del Toro Collectibles
Since his childhood, Guillermo del Toro was a fan of comics and classic horror cinema, and loved to sculpt his own play-dough monster figures. As a result, Del Toro’s work has been characterized by a...
View ArticleTime for Some Fun: Introducing hobbyDB Digital Collectibles – The Life of Poppy
There’s no denying the sudden surge of NFTs and Cryptocurrency within the collectibles universe. But to be honest, we here at hobbyDB and our partner site Pop Price Guide weren’t quite exactly sure how...
View ArticleNext Sunday the Dana Cain Toy Show turns 30!
We love Dana and her toy show and just had to talk a bit about it. Read about it on her own history page here and if you can go do so! She always has great vendors, amazing guests such as Ed “Big...
View ArticlehobbyDB Digital Collectibles: Don’t Miss Out on Poppy & Chase
Have you had a chance to meet Poppy & Chase? The duo is our fun way of introducing our new venture into the world of Digital Collectibles. We have gifted the first installment* of the comic strip...
View ArticlehobbyDB App: Most-Scanned Funko Pop! Figures in March
It was the busiest month yet for the hobbyDB App, including one Funko Pop! averaging more than 50 scans per day! We take a look at the most popular Funko Pop! figures from March per the amount of times...
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