Latest Toy Books and Magazines

Here are the latest toy books and magazines to arrive.

Random Toy Books

Thought I would post these before I donate them to a book drop or toy store.

The Toy Collector's Wishbook by Retro Toy Quest

Got this through a Kickstarter campaign. Pretty cool book. Love the full page spreads. The campaign only managed to get one book out, but Volume 2 is now available for preorder direct from the creators.

Retro Toy Quest

Creating GI Joe - A Real American Hero - Volume 1

I saw the author (Dan Klingensmith) advertising these on Instagram. Creating GI Joe is on Volume 13 right now. I figured I'd check out Volume 1 first. Great stuff. Lots of background office material and art as the figures were being developed. 

"Star Wars 1978-1985 Kenner Toy Line" Collection Book by Jean Francois Rolland

I've ordered a few Star Wars Kenner compilation books over the years via Kickstarter. This is one of the best. The full page spreads are really nice.

National Book Month - Day 31 - Whew! Finished - Space Adventure Collectibles

Wow! That was fun. 31 days of toy books. There are more. Someday I'll get to them. Time to get back to toy postings.

The last book is one of the most important - this is the first book I ever purchased that dealt with toys and values.  Published in 1990, I saw this at my college book store. I grabbed it and perused it for hours, thinking back of all the Kenner Star Wars toys sitting in boxes back home. Nice to see Battlestar Galactica, Black Hole, and Alien in here as well.

Space Adventure Collectibles by T.M. Tumbusch can be yours for $.74 cents on Amazon. Mostly black and white but awesome color collages as well.

The prices will make you cry though.  :-)

National Book Month - Day 30 - Star Wars: From Concept to Screen to Collectible

Every Star Wars collector know Stephen Sansweet. The ultimate Star Wars collector and owner of Rancho Obi-Wan,which houses the largest Star Wars collection museum.

Sansweet published From Concept to Screen to Collectible back in 1992. It was one of the first toy books to take us through the evolution of Star Wars toys. Plenty of text to tell the story and awesome full color photos.

Used copies can be snagged on Amazon for under $5.

Star Wars Action Figure Archive, published in 1999 was a great update and also includes the first few years of the Kenner/Hasbro Star Wars rebirth.

National Book Month - Day 29 - Tomart's Encyclopedia and Price Guide to Action Figure Collectibles

It is worth every penny to pick up these three books.

Plenty of black and white photos, descriptions, price guides and color photos. Almost every possible action figure from the 60s through the 90s is covered here.

Book 1: A-Team to GI Joe
Book 2: GI Joe to Star Trek
Book 3: Star Wars to Zybots

Each one runs between $10-21 on Amazon.