Collecting News Briefs

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Exclusive: Pop! Series 3 Debuts in January! | Pixar Talk

Exclusive: Pop! Series 3 Debuts in January! | Pixar Talk:

These Funko Pop! Vinyl figures get better with each new wave. Just enough detail to make each character easy to recognize. The packaging for these 136 odd figures from FunKo is done with the same care and attention to detail as the posable vinyl figures themselves. We will have to wait until January for Series 3 of the Disney Pop! figures.

Series 3 is anticipated to be released exclusively at Disney Store and DisneyStore.com in January 2012

Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland,
Elastigirl and Edna Mode from Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles
Alien and Zurg from Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story
Peter Pan and Captain Hook from Peter Pan
Ariel and Ursula from The Little Mermaid
Classic characters Donald Duck and Winnie the Pooh.

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Cool new series of collectable character action figures

Funko toy makers creates high-quality vinyl figures of famous pop stars from popular movies, Disney characters, comic books and music. Funko is famous for their Wacky Wobblers brand of bobbleheads and this new product - the collectible Funko Pop! vinyl figure and plush doll - will be a hot selling Holiday gift toys for boys.

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Funko Pop! Action Figure Collectable Characters

Pop! Vinyl action figure toys from Funko in ten different theme groups, more than 138 characters from movies, music and manga.

The largest groups of vinyl figures are Pop Television and Pop Movies (with a special group of Horror flicks). Disney Pop features popular cartoon characters new and old from Pixar and Disney. Pop Heros brings the best DC Universe and Marvel comic book characters to life. Rock 'n Roll musicians and rock bands are honored with the Pop Rock Legends series.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Collection of Olympic Mascot From 1968 to 2014

Collection of Olympic Mascot From 1968 to 2014:

Beijing 2008 - THE FUWA : BEIBEI, JINGJING, HUANHUAN, YINGYING, NINI

Five characters with names from each part of the Chinese phrase "Beijing huan ying ni", which means "Beijing welcomes you". Each representing an Olympic ring and Feng Shui element. [How classy is that?]

WENLOCK & MANDEVILLE

London 2012 . [Not the best looking? Perhaps representing the London Eye ferris wheel]
"The 2012 London Olympic mascots were created from the last two drops of steel used to build the London 2012 Olympic stadium."

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Lifetime Collection of Everything Civil War - Firearms Auction December 2, 3 & 4, 2011 | Premiere Collectors

A Lifetime Collection of Everything Civil War:

Civil War Union swallow flag

Civil War Confederate swallow tail flag, also called the lance pennon, fork-tailed flag, and guidon

Click here to view this great collection

"December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Premiere firearms sale at rockislandauction.com will feature the most comprehensive antique American arms to be offered at auction this year and will be spearheaded by the following incredible Civil War collection which comes from 40+ years of collecting"