Toys

Fan Expo Canada: Hasbro Presents Transformers, Star Wars & Marvel

Fan Expo Canada is back in full swing and bringing joy to Canada’s pop culture die-hards. Walking into Fan Expo Canada is like Alice passing through the looking glass. You’re walloped by a surreal wave of sights and sounds the moment you step through the Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s doors. Day one didn’t disappoint, offering […]

Lego Dimensions Review

The new mash-up is a ruthlessly commercial yet entertaining cross-fiction fever dream from an anarchic child's imagination.

Canadian 80s Toy Expo

Toy collectors and fans of the 80s are in for a treat this weekend as the 2012 Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel – 600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill, Ontario this Sunday, April 1st. Featuring Canada’s largest dealer room of vendors selling 80s related merchandise, former WWF […]

Confessions of a Toy Collector: Big-Sized Obsession

I love toys. I love ripping open the package (and sometimes slicing my hand open on the sharp plastic edges because I am too eager), undoing the twist-ties that hold the figure in place, and finally breaking it free like a new butterfly emerging from a chrysalis. Anyone who has been to my apartment can […]

Mighty Muggs: These Toys Will be The Death of Me

I have been collecting toys and comics for most of my life.  While I have been able to collect entire series of comics, the same cannot be said for toys.  I would start with a series that I thought was really cool, but before too long I would get bored and move on.  I have […]