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Best Geeky Finds – Fun Is to Be Made

When I was a kid, my family’s big hobby/side business was selling at car shows and swap meets. It was mainly homemade pieces, however to add to the revenue, we would purchase other smaller merchandise that kids and car enthusiasts would enjoy – VW bug erasers, lights and, most of all, hula dolls. These weren’t any ordinary hula dolls though – they were Betty Boop bobbleheads. This was in the early days of bobbleheads, and none of us knew much about the craze. All we knew was the ones we were selling were made by a company named Funko.  Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Fun Is to Be Made

Miss Dawn’s Musings – Back to the Toy Section

Blog-MissDawnsMusingsWe shouldn’t have to be talking about this again, not after all the coverage the issue has already gotten. You would think the companies would have learned from the last time… it wasn’t all that long ago. But no, here we are again, looking at yet another release of action figures that leaves out a female hero. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – Back to the Toy Section