Sorry it's taken me so long to post my collection, but I rarely take large group pictures of my toys and prefer smaller, more artistic, close ups.
I'm basically a GPK collector who loves all things 80s, Punk Rock, and has a soft spot for toys. Lol, that sums me up perfectly! With that being said, I was born to collect GPK Cheap Toys. They were in EVERY dollar store, gas station, mom and pop store across Georgia(where I have always lived), and my interest in GPK lead to other collectables, such as sportcards, advertising materials, misc. stickers, skateboard memorabilia, etc that took me through highschool and college after GPK died in 1989. Like most people, I took a break from collecting after college, after starting a career, getting married, children... Every year during those years I would break out my collection and sort through the cards and repackage, but it wasn't until about 5-6 years ago that I started adding more items..
I also collect just about any Topps related materials from the 70s and 80s and 90s. I collected novelity candy when I was a child like Garbage can-dy, UFO Candy, Bubble Burger, etc etc, and so any Vintage Candy containers, I'll like. I love researching and studying Cheap Toy variations and have discovered new ones. In recent years I've been able to settle down and help numerous new collectors build Cheap Toy collections, 4 of which are Top 10 collectors(in the Cheap Toy hobby) now.. I've written numerous articles on GPK and CT history, and post them on several sites I moderate and a little website I'm struggling to build myself, from scratch...lol.
Other than that I LOVE Fujiya Kaiju. What a GREAT toyline! I collect alot of other random Mono Minis-basically anything that is high quality and orginality.
Sorry, took those first pics down... they deserve a better introduction... thus, this thread is UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!
Fujiya Kaiju "Mikuras" (or "Miclas") By FAR, my favorite of the FK 178 sculpts. Many collectors favor this sculpt. Once you see the Fujiya checklist you'll probably agree. Btw, I've documented(like, owned) Fujiyas in OVER 50 different colors. I've seen AT LEAST 20 additional colors in other collections and in lots. The depth of this toyline is EPIC, and they are so fun to collect. The rubber isn't too rubbery either, in fact it closely resembles GPK Cheap Toys in texture and elasticity. more later!!...
Cheap Toy Army All the toys pictured are different, I left my doubles out of this photograph. I'm missing 5 Cheap Toys for the Complete Master set(USA, Uk, Ca). I'm one away from a USA Master Set and one away from a Uk Master set. Several of these toys are one of ones, many are one of several known, etc etc. As we say in the Cheap Toy hobby-even the commons are rare, lol. I'll post some other shots of this collection later. Many collectors respect the non-items more than the toys, such as the rare boxes and wrappers. Enjoy!
Edited by rusvan, 27 September 2010 - 11:41 AM.
