This question was posed to me in a recent interview. I was given a limit of 1,500 words or less. My initial outline was only around 300 words, and with […]
Category Archives: Media
Tour of Power Anime Store 2014 by Japanese YouTuber
Japanese YouTuber swings by my store’s 6th incarnation that was open between 2012-2014 in the West Los Angeles Mitsuwa Marketplace on Venice and Centinela. The store features some of those […]
Gamestop Re-imagining Retail – 3 Ways to make it better
In a recent article shared across colleagues on LinkedIn, the video game retail store icon GameStop is looking to reinvent how retail is done using their network of brick-and-mortar locations […]
Wicked Cool Toys, Ninja and Mixer – A license tragedy in the making, or unforeseen marketing Jujitsu
So here’s some food for thought: earlier this year, Wicked Cool Toys proudly unveiled a collection of toys and collectibles during the NY Toy Fair. From the LinkedIn announcement standpoint, […]
Convention Experience Summary of work – AX 2017
It took me a while, but I finally got it up. I am using some commercial music for this compilation video (love that GO!!! by FLOW), so its currently not […]
Hello 2019! I know, its been a while… here’s something new
Well, toy news has gone seriously crazy since last year. I’m sure if you’re into it you’ve heard about the industry only having dipped about 2% since last year with […]
Toy news update: Bootleg battles (FINALLY), Mattel is dying, Hasbro powering up, and Funko is OVER 9000!
Greetings, FigWizzers! I’ve been busy with working a new job back in IT but this time a focus on building business!! As a veteran pioneer of the e-commerce landscape and […]
Quick Update, Anime Expo, TRU Farewell
Its been about two months and I’ve been a very busy bee making things happen on the e-commerce front again. Since TRU vanished in glorious fashion, all eyes have been […]
Been busy… found a new obsession along with some toy nooze…
Its been a while, but in the last week, I finally got permission from Amazon to start selling again! I was banned sometime last year… that a whole ‘nother story, […]
Toy News Review – 4/25/2018 – TRU buyout stumbles / Mattel Setup
Its been a few weeks, and in that time, so much has come forward with toys. Two of the biggest stories are coming from separate ends of the industry and […]