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I recently treated myself to a couple of hours to check-out the latest toy-themed documentary, Making Fun: The Story of Funko Pops on Netflix (as I write this, I'm still making my way through season 2 of The Toys That Made Us). There's a couple of things I'll have to confess before I go any further into this post: 1. I'm not a vinyl toy collector. There are a few toys that I think have a fantastic design and certainly wouldn't mind owning, but I also aspire to a certain level of minimalism in my life (I'm not great at this mind you, hence it's being aspirational). 2. I'd always taken Funko as some sort of corporate juggernaut, but the company's origins were a lot more DIY than I would've guessed. It didn't take long into the toy documentary before I was happy for the success of Mike Becker, Funko's once Chairman of Fun, and the scrappy little art toy start-up he'd built, Funko.

I found myself delighted by the delight and passion of Funko's fans, self-identified as Funatics, and in such trying times as we now exist in, basking in this global community's collective joy was a welcome breadth of fresh air. What I enjoyed about Mike Becker and later Brian Mariotti's running of Funko was that they approached their stewardship of the company largely as fans first, steering the company in directions that has consistently make their collectors thrilled with Funko.

While I'm not likely to rush-out and buy a mountain of Pop Vinyls anytime soon, I'm glad that they can make so many fandoms happy with their little beady-eyed, square headed art toys. The Netflix toy documentary had a couple of emotional moments, but it was a "feel-good" piece through-and-through. If you could two solid hours of joy and camaraderie and you might enjoy a toy documentary, I definitely recommend you give it a watch!

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The first four episodes of The Toys That Made Us premiere next week, and based on the trailer, fans can expect He-Man, Star Wars, Barbie, and GI Joe to have their big-screen moments first. Following the series on Twitter, you can see behind-the-scenes images hinting at LEGO, Star Trek, Cabbage Patch, superheroes, wrestlers, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles still to come next spring.

Even still, things like those Kenner Star Wars figures remain beloved and proved extremely valuable. "The Star Wars films have made roughly $7 billion at the box office," one expert says (presumably in a pre-Last Jedi world). "The toys have made twice that amount."

As with the last bunch, these look very much like McDonalds/Burger King kid's meal toys. Still, i like the look of the the dragon here. It probably has no relevance to the design of the dragon we will see in the movie, but its still interesting to see concept designs of any sort all the same.

Or maybe I'm wrong, and it is just showing Eustace's transformation from dragon to boy, and the boy version of him just happens to be wielding a dagger. I don't know. I mean, most toys are always cooler with weapons and swords and such, right?

we have all of them, and they're so cool cuz they came with folded popups of scenes that related to the character it came with, such as the White Witch came with a pop up scene of her ice castle.

Lame. I'm not thrilled at the concepts shown so far and wouldn't give my final approval of them. Knowing from my own experience how much creative development work can go on behind the scenes for every toy or novelty item before it finally goes into production, I still have hopes that the end result will be much better!

Oh, I get it! With the dragon one, you're supposed to push a button, then the dragon splits in two and spins, revealing Eustace inside. I have a toy like that (maybe from a way-long-ago happy meal?) except that it was a baby dinosaur in an egg.

I didn't know that McD's had the LWW toys until a girl next door (who knew me all her life) came to my front door and said, "I got this a McDonald's and thought you'd like it," shoving a Peter toy under my nose. She also got me Susan. My best friend gave me Tumnus and would have given me Mr. Beaver if she had found it.

I like the mechanisms on both of these. The way the dragon pops open reminds me of an early concept for the Turkish delight container.
And Caspian as a key? Fascinating.
Yeah, I still enjoy Happy Meals. ?

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The toy, by all accounts, is one of several holy grails for Star Wars toy collectors.
The prototype came with a missile that fired from Boba Fett's back, Lehmkuhl said. Due to the choking hazard posed by the tiny projectiles, the toy was released with the missile permanently glued to the figure's backpack, he said.

Collecting for us was more of a conscious decision, as our parents collected antique toys and other historical items all throughout our childhood. Many memories growing up consisted of toy shows and auctions with my father.

Growing up in Cincinnati, I had access to Kenner Star Wars toys before ever seeing the movies. When the movies were re-released in 1995, my brother and I started to focus on collecting Star Wars items.

Much of the collection is housed like a library, where one can peruse the area and pull out the piece they wish to examine further. Since we keep one of every item, we look to add rare variations, prototype and Kenner employee items, and upgrade the condition of items in our collection as we come across better examples of the toy.

In regards to being filmed for the new Netflix docuseries, the producer was actually a member of a private Facebook group I'm a part of and reached out to me to see if he could see our collection while he was in town filming former Kenner employees for an episode on Star Wars toys. It was interesting.

A film crew came to Ohio, microphoned my brother and me and asked us questions about several pieces in our collection, many of which were early conceptual items as well as extremely rare and unique items not found anywhere else, such as an original Yoda wax sculpt.

My advice for others who collect would be to focus first on the items that mean the most to you personally. Star Wars was the most licensed film franchise of all time, so trying to "collect it all" is a daunting task. Start small and let your collection and tastes grow organically. Also, purchase only what you can afford and don't over-extend yourself financially.

A month ago, I was offered the opportunity to review Toygaroo, the online toy rental service. My sons and I browsed all the toys online and added several toys to our wishlist. Just like any other rental services, you need to add as many items as possible to your wishlist to ensure prompt shipment. Therefore, I added a total of 15 toys to my wishlist.

To be honest with you, this is the first time I subscribe to toy rental service and I really do not know what to expect. However, I am amazed by Toygaroo's fast shipment. I received my first shipment on the third day. When I opened the box, I almost thought the toys were new! As you can see from the photo below, Toygaroo sanitizes every toys and packages the toys really well. In addition, my MobiGo even arrived with working batteries!

Toygaroo offers several plans to meet your needs. The basic plan starts at $24.99 per month which allows you to rent four toys and exchange toys every two months. For details of their pricing and plans, please head to their website. (For a limited time, Toygaroo is offering 14 days risk FREE trial. Enter "MacKids" and you will get $5 off for as long as you are a member of any plan.)

*Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation to write this review and these are my true thoughts and opinions about Toygaroo. However, I was offered one month free rental in order to share my experience on Macaroni Kid website.

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The Toys That Made Us is a fantastic Netflix show that has proven to be nothing short of a hit with fans. Taking a different toy each week and breaking down its history, featuring interviews with those who helped make it, those who bought it, and even celebrities who collect them or played with them.

It's a brilliant documentary-style show that is both educational and fun, having covered some amazing toys. But what else do we want to see the show focus on? Here are 5 toys we would like to see covered in future episodes, and 5 we would rather they didn't feature.

It's quite surprising that these haven't been covered by the show, but Hot Wheels are certainly a group of toys that The Toys That Made Us should be thinking about covering. Toy cars are always popular, and you won't find a bigger brand in that department than Hot Wheels.

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