OK collectors, it’s time to geek out. If you are a collector of pop culture items such as myself you know how thrilling it is to see some of the stuff in your particular collectible category in price guides or in person.
Schiffer Publishing has always provided the collector the resources they need to recognize, categorize, monetize and fantasize about owning collectors of all types.
James Bond, the super spy who has the license to kill.
What if I told you that James Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, purposely choose the most bland and common name he could come up with to name his literary super agent?
It’s true, James Bond gets his name from all people: an expert on birds.
Writer Jim Wright explores how the pilfering of his name changed the life of The Real James Bond. It’s a true story of identity theft, avian intrigue & Ian Fleming.
“A bird expert!” you say. “How droll!”
Not so fast buster. James Bond was much more than a bird expert.
We‘re talking about a guy who is disinherited, goes off on adventures, packs a sidearm in case of trouble and establishes himself as a world class explorer.
Does that sound dull?
Add that to the fact that he and his wife kept in contact with Ian Fleming. Not only was James name used but many of the locations and influences for the Bond series of books can also be attributed to him.
This is a fascinating book, jammed full of photos, recollections and plenty of goodies about James and his fictional name sake along with author Ian Fleming.
I am proud to say I owned a number of original G.I. Joe 12-inch action figures back in the 1960s. Never mind the fact that they were really dolls for boys.
G.I. Joe led the way for action figures and in the 1970s Joe was as popular as ever.
Of course imitations abound and soon new lines of action figures: superhero, Western, spy, etc. were filling toy shelves.
In John Marshall’s G.I. Joe and Other Backyard Heroes: An Unauthorized Guide 1970-1979, action figure enthusiasts are in for a real treat.
Not only is the book filled with Joe photos, descriptions and prices there are also other action figures from that period represented.
Look for MEGO figures, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, superheroes, war heroes, monsters, Micronauts, the Wild West, Archie, Saturday morning cartoon figures and other playtime goodies.
It a virtual visual journey down toy Memory Lane and readers are invited to come along.
I was a big Aurora Universal Studios Famous Model Monster model kit collector when I was a kid.
I loved them and had each and every one. Too bad I ‘grew up’ and got rid of them. If only I could have them again.
Collecting Monster Toys by John Marshall understands my plight and has provided me a wonderful collection of monster toy photos, information and prices all wrapped up n one big book.
Besides the Universal Monsters that I so loved there are space aliens, Godzilla and cast and every conceivable type of monster imaginable on each page.
From classics to modern, they’re all here bound up in one book.
Star Wars Toys A Super Collector’s Wish Book by Geoffrey T. Carlton is like a wish come true.
Never in my wildest dreams did I realize just how much Star Wars memorabilia is out there.
It would take a lifetime (make that several lifetimes) to collect everything pictured in this marvelous oversize hardbound book.
Toys, games, puzzles--it’s a veritable cornucopia of Star Wars goodness!
Pages are jam-packed with color photos of every conceivable type of item. There are pictures of product variations and rare hard to find collectibles, descriptions galore to help collectors know what they are purchasing and lots of fun facts for the trivia buff.
Readers can spend hours looking through this massive book and discover something new on almost every page.
No comments:
Post a Comment