My geek vault holds treasures: Hot Toys, comics, vintage gear. But as a Gen X collector, I'm facing the looming fear that my passion might become a massive burden for my daughter. It's time for "Swedish Death Cleaning" – not to purge the magic, but to turn a lifetime of collecting into a clear, story-tagged legacy.
In Defense of Plastic: Finding Peace in Collecting
Life’s a grind. Figures aren’t just toys—they’re time machines, therapy, and middle fingers to the mundane. This is why I collect: not for nostalgia, but for the pieces of me the world forgot.
Ayyyyy Forever: The Fonz, the Icon, and the Figure That Nailed It
Before capes and CGI, we had The Fonz—cool in a can of Brylcreem. This sixth scale figure isn’t just a toy, it’s a leather-jacketed time machine back to jukeboxes, swagger, and simpler days.