2 Guys Talkin' Toys

Sometimes toy collectors (or really, collectors of anything) may find themselves thinking to themselves “Why am I still collecting?” The question could come from anywhere for any reason and lead to any number of responses. In this episode Tom and Dana discuss why we still collect, maybe some doubts, and whether or not they’ve ever decided to throw in the towel.

When the stars of major franchises collide it’s almost always a sight to behold and with any luck, leads to some amazing toys you’d want on your toy shelf! In this episode Tom and Dana talk about Crossover toylines and how great (or sometimes not so great) they were.

Part 2 of our Cyborg discussion! When you’re half flesh and half machine you’re exactly what Tom and Dana want on our display shelves.

Half machine, half flesh and bone, what’s not to like about a deadly (or maybe super heroic) cyborg? In today’s episode Tom and Dana discus cyborg characters and why they always have that extra bit of appeal when it comes to their toy translations and collectability.

More of the Good, the Bad, or the Ugly, who have you got?!

The Good, the Bad,or the Ugly, who have you got?!

They slither, hiss and are covered in scales, reptiles are a delight in the real world and on our toy shelves! In this week's episode Tom and Dana discuss their favorite reptile toys!

Today Tom and Dana are discussing Boxsets, some of our favorites and least favorite, and asking the question-is a boxset better or worse than single figures?

From Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S to Popeye to Saurozoic Warriors, Boss Fight Studio has been a powerhouse in the toy collecting community for years! In today’s episode Tom and Dana discuss their wide range of offerings and how great their toys look on our shelves.

Venom is the character that pulled me headlong into comics, from the moment I laid eyes on this amazing character I knew I wanted a plastic version of him in the collection! In today’s episode Tom and Dana discuss Venom and how his popularity skyrocketed him to the plastic preferences of toy producers and toy collectors alike.

When you introduce a dragon into a toyline you know you’ve got a hit. Who doesn’t love a dragon?! In this episode Tom and Dana discuss their favorite dragons and where they like to pop up in the toy collections on our shelves!

When you think about the great towlines of the 80s and the companies that produced them, a company like Remco always seems to be on the outskirts of the conversation. In today’s episode Tom and Dana discuss the various toylines Remco was responsible for bringing to collectors as well as some of their lesser known products.

Welcome to the official Episode 100 of 2 Guys Talkin Toys! This week Tom and Dana discuss where we are shopping NOW with special guests - Tom’s nephews Tyler and Tristan! We really wanted to know where the next generation of collectors were shopping and they provide us with a lot of great insight!

So, where did you first start shopping for toys? What were some of the places where you remember going with your parents or guardians and pestered them relentlessly for that shiny new toy? In today’s episode Tom and Dana talk about the stores they remember and used to visit!Unfortunately we lost some of the episode (thanks a lot Zoom!) but I’ll see if I can get some of the tail end of the episode up in some shorts later in the week!

Kenner has been appealing to the collector in us since the 1940s and even though they no longer technically exist, their contributions to the toy world continue to grace our shelves and provide us with fond memories of the toylines that may have made us the collectors we are today. In this episode Tom and Dana talk about Kenner, creator of more toylines than you can shake a stick at!

If you’re a collector of Thundercats, Godzilla, TMNT and many more franchises, chances are you have more than a few items created by Super 7 on your shelves. In today’s episode, Tom and Dana discuss one of the premiere toy creators in the world of Independent toy companies - Super 7!

We might not be the best there is at what we do but we know somebody who is! That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite 5’4” unkillable Canadian, Wolverine. Spanning towlines since the 80s, Wolverine has been a mainstay in Marvel and numerous toy companies, carving out a place on our toy shelves for years to come.

Continuing our discussion from last week, Tom and Dana discuss more smaller toy companies that have provided some of the most amazing toylines that grace our shelves.

Over the last few years we’ve seen a large number of smaller, independent toy companies rise up and fill a gap in the toy collecting world that might be left empty by the larger, more established companies. Today Tom and Dana discuss some of those companies and their impact on toy collectors as a whole.

Our discussion about weapons continues! There are so many iconic weapons that both complete and enhance certain characters, you can’t imagine a figure being offered without it! Today Tom and Dana discuss more of our favorite weapons and the characters that wield them!

One of the most striking parts of a lot of toylines wasn’t just the character, but the character’s signature weapon. In this episode Tom and Dana discuss the many weapons that may or may not have added that extra bit of appeal to a character and their toys.

At some point every toy collector has asked themselves this question. Do you have too many toys? Or maybe it was someone else posing the question. In today’s episode, Tom and Dana discuss how many is too many? Does it matter?

Don’t make us angry, you wouldn’t like us when… well, maybe you would like us when we’re angry, or when we’re talking about the Incredible Hulk and how much he’s meant to toys! Join Tom and Dana as we discuss everyone’s favorite ball of rage muscles and the toys he’s inspired.

Sometimes a toyline runs its course and comes to a close, but sometimes they don’t-they’re cut short before they could give us just one more wave of figures! In this episode Rom and Dana discuss towlines they would like to see continued beyond the releases we got.

From the TV to your toy shelf, was it Golden Girls or the A-Team… or did they even have a towline at all? In this episode Tom and Dana discuss sitcoms and their toylines!

Tally Hawk! Wings of silver, nerves of steel... (Silverhawks)! Something something... Tigersharks!

You see it, you buy it… or maybe you didn’t buy it? The ole Impulse Buy… sometimes it leads to joy, and sometimes it bites you when you find a better deal.In this episode Tom and Dana talk about the Impulse buy, something every collector has done.

If you’re not on eBay… what am I saying, EVERY collector is on eBay!

As collectors we tend to have strong feelings about certain aspects of this hobby, with articulation usually being near the top of the list. In this episode, Tom and Dana discuss their personal articulation preferences and how that affects their collecting.

As collectors we tend to have strong feelings about certain aspects of this hobby, with articulation usually being near the top of the list. In this episode, Tom and Dana discuss their personal articulation preferences and how that affects their collecting.

Every collector everywhere has that drawer. The accessories drawer, baggies full of extra hands, weapons, heads, etc because you just never know when you’re going to need an extra ‘thwip’ hand for Spider-Man! In this episode Tom and Dana discuss accessories and why we love them… and sometimes hate them.

Happy holidays! In this episode Tom and Dana discuss the holidays and the toys that take on those themes as fun and collectible toylines!

Some of our earliest childhood memories are of eating cereal while watching Hanna Barbera toons on TV, but unfortunately we never seemed to see as many toys on the shelves as other franchises. In this episode Tom and Dana discuss Hanna Barbara cartoons and collectibles!

It’s Convention time again! Tom and Dana took to NYC for NYCC and had a blast at the convention, joins us (by us I mean Tom) for a recap!

There was no way we were going to be able to summarize everything that made the 90s great in a single episode so we’re back for one more neon explosion of toy discussion!

When you think of the 90s bursting onto the scene you want to scream, whether or not that’s in a good way or a bad way depends on your experience! Today Tom and Dana discuss their experience with toys in the 90s, strap in and enjoy the ride

Water based toys and characters are kind of a weird thing. Where do you put them? Are the characters cool? In this episode Tom and Dana discuss figure youfind under the sea and maybe a little deeper…

Bugs are the things that make us instinctively recoil, but that primordial urge also doubles as fascination when it comes to the characters inspired by insects and how they appear as toys. In this episode Dana and Tom discuss bugs, love em or hate em, they’ve scuttled their way in some way shape or form into our collections.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoys

It’s Clobberin’ Time!!

Let’s talk about the creepy things that go bump in the night or roar and knock down your house!

The premiere superhero team has probably found their way onto the shelves of most collectors in some way shape or form. Today Tom and Dana discuss The Avengers!

It's something that I think all collectors eventually ask themselves. Should I still collect? In this episode Dana and Tom discuss the things that might lead to someone deciding to take a break from collecting or sometimes stop collecting altogether.

When you think of heroes, one of the first teams to come to mind are the Justice League! From Superman to Hawkman to Aquaman, I think if you collected figures from the 80s onward you probably had at least a few members of this super team on your shelves.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoysWanna see some of Tom’s art?Check it out here:https://www.deviantart.com/giga-leohttps://www.instagram.com/gigaleooo/https://www.youtube.com/@Giga-Leo/videos

With the July 4th holiday behind us, Tom and Dana discuss toys that symbolize the USA and patriotism, in all the various forms that may take when it comes to characters and action figures.

We had a lot of fun with the discussion from last week but weren’t able to get to as many of the African American toys as we wanted, so we decided to do a Part 2!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoys

A lot of the allure of collecting is getting figures that look cool, but there is always that element of being able to identify at a glance with a particular figure. For a lot of African American collectors, figures that you could immediately identify with were far and few between. In this episode Tom and Dana discuss their experiences collecting African American figures/characters and how that has (or hasn’t) changed over the years. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoysWanna see some of Tom’s art?Check it out here:https://www.deviantart.com/giga-leohttps://www.instagram.com/gigaleooo/https://www.youtube.com/@Giga-Leo/videos

Happy Father’s Day!In the realm of action figures, the “Dad” character is usually pretty far and few between.In today’s episode Tom and Dana discuss the characters in toylines that embrace the position of Dad, what I means to us and whether or not it affected our collections.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoys

Abracadabra! And just like that, magic talk

In Brightest Day, in Darkest NightNo Green Lantern shall escape my collector sights.Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoys

Wishing all the people who serve a Happy Memorial Day!This episode Tom and Dana talk about Military toys, some of the earliest toys to exist and some of the earliest kinds of figures to enter our collections. We also now have an Instagram account!Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/2GTalkinToysTwitter - https://twitter.com/2guystalkintoysYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@2guystalkintoys