Vintage Collectibles Thread

[FLOSI]

Speaking of shelf systems, how amazing is this?

It'll set you back $900 but what a brilliant idea. I love it.

Good God, that's fantastic! 900 is too rich for my blood but damn, that's just perfection.

I'd have the whole thing filled with the exception of the bottom shelf, which would look pretty bad.

 

[Darth Waller]

That's the hardest shelf to fill!

 

[Wor-Gar]

I've got most of the bottom.

I really want this -- I have no other way to conveniently display those vintage figures -- but $900 is robbery. Bet I could make that for $60.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

If you can make it for 60 then I'll give you three hundred.

 

[MadCow]

Kind of want to see this. I've been searching for good risers forever (don't really want to order if I can avoid it). Never thought to look at spice racks of all things...

Sorry for the delay in pics. These are pics of my old display back when I had Detolfs. These shelves came 2 to a pack and cold either connect to be 1 expandable shelf or seperated to be 2 shelves. I seperated them and they fit perfectly:

 

[Darth Waller]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQMpBb1gps[/ame]

 

[MadCow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQMpBb1gps

Hahaha, YES! Thats not even all of it.

 

[DPrime]

Looks good MadCow - love the Chewie collection!

Been a while since I've had a vintage haul. Not sure if the Beast Wars figure counts, but it's KIND of vintage now.

Picked them up at a local monthly swap/sell meet at a toy store I never knew existed in the area until last weekend! D'oh!

 

[Nintenjoe]

Looks good MadCow - love the Chewie collection!

Been a while since I've had a vintage haul. Not sure if the Beast Wars figure counts, but it's KIND of vintage now.

Picked them up at a local monthly swap/sell meet at a toy store I never knew existed in the area until last weekend! D'oh!

That brings up an interesting thought. What do you guys consider vintage? I thought about it and for me it would be anything 25 years or older from the current year. So for me, 1987 and earlier.

 

[MadCow]

Looks good MadCow - love the Chewie collection!

Been a while since I've had a vintage haul. Not sure if the Beast Wars figure counts, but it's KIND of vintage now.

Picked them up at a local monthly swap/sell meet at a toy store I never knew existed in the area until last weekend! D'oh!

Thanks! I have a ton of Chewie stuff, including vintage but it's all boxed up for now.

Nice pickups as well! Is that Beast Wars legit or a knock off?

As for the term "vintage", I'd say 20 years and older.

 

[DPrime]

That brings up an interesting thought. What do you guys consider vintage? I thought about it and for me it would be anything 25 years or older from the current year. So for me, 1987 and earlier.

Well, I don't think it's so clear cut as that. Depends on what we're talking about.

Since the RAH line spanned from 1982-94, I would have to consider it all "vintage". It'd be weird to cut it down right in the middle of the line.

I'm starting to think a lot of stuff from the '90s has a certain aesthetic about it that looks more vintage than modern. Stuff like TMNT, Playmates Star Trek, etc.

Nice pickups as well! Is that Beast Wars legit or a knock off?

As far as I know it's legit, though I'm no expert. That said, I didn't think they made a knock-off version of this figure.

 

[MadCow]

As far as I know it's legit, though I'm no expert. That said, I didn't think they made a knock-off version of this figure.

Ahh ok. The packaging just looked off to me.

 

[Darth Waller]

Anything from the 1980s and earlier is vintage to me. But I'm over 40, so that makes me an antique.

 

[DPrime]

Ahh ok. The packaging just looked off to me.

Yeah, I think that's just the way it was. You know, the nineties, and all that.

I was looking forward to opening this baby up, but we just found out we're moving this summer. I'm in the process now of boxing up everything I've got on display. Might wait until we get the new place...

Can't wait for next month's toy meet. There was some vintage goodness there - mainly small stuff, like GI Joe and SW figures, but I didn't get a chance to go through it all very well, as I was more concerned with unloading some of my own stuff.

 

[DPrime]

Anything from the 1980s and earlier is vintage to me. But I'm over 40, so that makes me an antique.

No, just vintage.

 

[sladesuperagent]

The turn in the industry during the mid-90s with direct market figures and McFarlane's domination is the end of the vintage era, so TMNT and the end of the GI Joe line should be considered "vintage".

Bronze Age: 1950s-1964, First licensing of characters from media in various forms of dolls and figurines; Marx Toys

Silver Age: 1964-1975, Term action figure coined, GI Joe; Capt. Action; MEGO licensing Marvel, DC, TV figures; James Bond merch; 1st Japanese robots, Shogun Warriors; Oil crisis shrinks figures and...

Golden Age: 1975-1994, In 1975 the Fisher-Price Adv People line is where we first see 3 3/4" with cool vehicles, Star Wars & GI Joe follow suit and become huge. FCC loosens laws of 30 min animated "toy commercials, Masters of the Universe 1st to take advantage and others follow suit, Super Powers/Secret Wars; Japanese import domination with Transformers, Robotech, Voltron, etc. Licenses that will remain in the toy aisles for the rest of our days. License-based Cons begin to pop-up

Industry Age: 1994-2001, Direct market figures to comic shops; Internet & Ebay shopping; figures become "collectable"; McFarlane; Sideshow; Toy Biz; figures carried by video game and entertainment stores; short-packing; multiple versions and repaints (see: your local flea market)

Modern Age: 2001-Now, Small brick/mortars close, Internet marketplace explodes; Marvel Legends; DC Direct; Hot Toys; Medicom; 1/6 figures become new pinnacle of quality and detail; High-quality Anniversary throwbacks (TF, GI Joe, He-Man), re-productions of 12 inch GI Joes, Mego-style figures, Captain Action; 80s licenses dominate still (SW, GI Joe, TF)

Artist Age: Now-?, Customizing from 3 3/4" Joes to Justice League to Marvel Legends to 1/6 scale

 

[galactiboy]

Good post Slade; makes quite a bit of sense

 

[galactiboy]

Good post Slade; makes quite a bit of sense

 

[MadCow]

Agreed, i'd say those are completely accurate.

 

[VASith]

Anything from the 1980s and earlier is vintage to me. But I'm over 40, so that makes me an antique.

I'm surprised you can still type grandpa. but then I turned 38 last week...