Displaying Six Star Wars Posters In One

The History of Star Wars Original Filmcell from the Batcave Toy Room

Day 21 was not very eventful with my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge.

I did however hang my History of Star Wars Original Filmcell plaque. The plaque itself shows the six main posters from each of the first six Star Wars films and contains an original filmcell from each movie.

My niece bought this for my birthday a few years back and although I do think that it's cool, it's rather pricey at an original retail price of $100. I do like having it in my collection, but I don't think I would have bought it on my own and would have opted for something else. Maybe something like a Blue Snaggletooth me thinks.

Vintage Star Wars One-Sheets and Posters from the Batcave Toy Room

This plaque has gone from my home office in various locations and ended up floating around the Batcave Toy Room. I was just not sure where to put it. Finally, it hit me and I found a place for it amongst the other actual Star Wars posters it represents.

I love vintage posters probably just as much as I love vintage toys, but I would need to start the Batcave Poster Room in order to display them all.

About the author: John Sholtz is an avid toy collector and the interim editor of the Batcave Toy Room due to the abrupt death of Bruce Wayne. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter at, Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin.

My Mego Shelf Is Feeling Kind Of Bare

Mego Shelves with a focus on the Holy Grail Batman's Wayne Foundation

Collect them all! Yes, I am working on it.

It's day 20 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge and I've done just about all I can do with the Mego section of the toy room. This the surviving remnants out of all the Mego WGSH toys that I have had in my lifetime and this part of my collection needs some beefing up.

Mego WGSH action figures from the Batcave Toy Room

Mego Playsets and vehicles from the Batcave Toy Room

Soon as I finish obtaining the rest of the items on my list of 10 Star Wars toys that I want back in my toy collection, I will start working on my Mego wish list.

Here's a few items I want back in my World's Greatest Super Heroes collection.

• Mobile Bat Lab
• Batcycle
• Batcopter
• Hall of Justice
• Die Cast Metal Hulk and Spider-Man

I probably won't start pursuing these toys until I finish my Star Wars wish list. However, I need to decide if I want to search for the original or just pick up the replica's that are coming from Figure Toy Company.

Would you only go for the originals to keep the collection vintage or settle for the replica's coming soon?

About the author: John Sholtz is an avid toy collector and the interim editor of the Batcave Toy Room due to the abrupt death of Bruce Wayne. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter at, Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin

Maximizing My Shelf Space For More Toys

It's been a hard days night and I've been working like a Wookie.

Day 19 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge ended with an overall very productive weekend. I continued to maximize my shelf space, which in turn is allowing me to display as many of my vintage toys as possible.

This group of shelves has been earmarked for vintage Star Wars action figures and accessories such as action figure displays, Mini-Rigs, and action figures accessories like the Radar Laser Cannon.

The top shelf I am pretty happy with, although, I would like to get my hands on a Star Wars and Return of the Jedi version of the vinyl action figure carrying cases.

The second shelf I've been happy with and it has been that way for a while. It's also a special shelf for me as it contains many of my first Star Wars figures and displays the original 12 Back action figures.

Shelf 3 I am not a hundred percent with. The Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band feels out of place and really want to expand out the Display Arena. However, that will most likely end in a waste of space that I can't afford.

Once I continue to rearrange the toys it will eventually just click for me. Somehow it always does.

About the author: John Sholtz is an avid toy collector and the interim editor of the Batcave Toy Room due to the abrupt death of Bruce Wayne. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter at, Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin.

Combining The Old With The Newer

Vintage Star Wars Toy Collection from the Batcave Toy Room

 It was the best of plans. It was a plan that just never made it completely into production.

Well, for the most part it did. Day 18 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge reveals that the very tippy top of the walls in the Batcave Toy Room are lined with action figures.

Everything from vintage Star Wars action figures to Mego World's Greatest Super Heroes doll figures, but not only the vintage versions, but their newer counterparts as well.

Vintage Mego WGSH Action Figures From the Batcave Toy Room

From the reactivation of the Star Wars line in the early 90's to Mattel's attempt to strike Mego gold with their Retro Action DC Super Heroes line every inch of wall space (with the exception of one compiled with posters) has figures.

Action Figure Display from the Batcave Toy Room

Vintage Star Wars Action Figures From the Batcave Toy Room

However, there was one wall that I had originally planned to have two rows of blister card goodness. Generally, each wall begins with the vintage versions and is then followed by the modern equivalents. So, I've continued with that theme, although, this main wall would have had a complete row of vintage specimens and second row of the retooled type.

This plan ended as I added another row of boxed playsets and vehicles, which blocked a chance at a second row. However, this allowed for more toys to fit in the room and in the end works for the best.

One day there will be a toy room big enough to hold the entire lines of vintage Star Wars, Mego WGSH, and Super Power toys...I promise.

About the author: John Sholtz is an avid toy collector and the interim editor of the Batcave Toy Room due to the abrupt death of Bruce Wayne. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter at, Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin.

Remember That Mess In The Batcave Toy Room?

 

Clearing the floor in the Batcave Toy Room

Day 2 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge went from the toy room doubling as a storage unit to looking more like a toy display and what you see above on Day 17.

We've been selling, donating, and rearranging all of our excess stuff that was in the toy room. The great thing is this process is also taking place throughout the entire house.

Star Trek: Into Day 16 and Another League Assignment

I am going to kill two birds with one stone with this post. To not only complete my Day 16 post for my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge, but also to complete this weeks League of Extraordinary Bloggers assignment: Star Trek.

Day 15 of my Toy Collection project was not very productive and for good reason as my little apprentice had an earache and the cry for Daddy's help did not go unheard. Of course, her need of assistance was my only priority.

Even with All My Powers I Couldn't Make the Hurt Go Away

Day 15 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge has another focus today gang. My little sidekick/protege has an earache.

Gosh, I hate when little ones hurt. I so badly want to take the pain away and can't. I'll get back on track as soon as she feels better. Hopefully, this doesn't last long.

An End to a Good Thing with My Micro Collection Contact

Vintage Star Wars Micro Collection Action Playset from the Batcave Toy Room

Day 14 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection Challenge brings the last round of recently received Star Wars Micro Collection action figures.

This last set of four figures completes the set of action figures for my Bespin Control Room action playset and the last set I will probably get from my former Kenner employee contact as he doesn't have the other die cast figures that I need.

I Sense a Disturbance in the Toy Room

A diamond in the rough for the Batcave Toy Room, a vintage Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine

Not really a disturbance, but something more like an oddity.

I guess not really an oddity either, but something you don't see everyday in my collection of toys. A vintage toy yes, but not the standard Star Wars, World Greatest Super Heroes, Batman or Super Powers Collection you normally would see.

Not Knowing When to Leave Well Enough Alone with Your Toy Collection

Many of the vintage Star Wars toys in The Batcave Toy Room

On day 6 of my 31 Days to a Better Toy Collection I revealed a shelf in the Toy Room that I was completely content with, but on Day 12 I had to go and change things up again.