What would you like to see in a toy program?

[kingdom warrior]

A show on collecting toys could work, but most likely only on PBS. You can have segments, where you would have a Toy historian., talk about the history of toys through out time. Visit collectors, who have large collections of Vintage toys. Go to cons etc......

The problem with commercial toy shows is, it's about being flashy to draw in an audience to sell advertising. on PBS you get 30 minutes of uninterrupted TV.

It's a possible concept it's a matter of who wants to do it. Toys are historical, PBS I believe would run with it.....

[alex]

Id love to see some interviews with the actual designers of the toys, getting some gritty back story with maybe some of the problems they had, and why things ended up the way they did, things that were in the pipeline but got rejected.

[Gorn Captain]

I'd love a section on vintage tin toys like robots from the 50s on.
"Robot of the week!"

[Bruce Banner]

Definitely focus on a particular brand or line with each show, and present a thorough account of the line... including details on the design process, who came up with the primary concept, including archival production drawings and concept art, early prototypes, any rejected designs and unreleased characters, etc.
If it's a licensed property I'd love to see interviews with the licensees and licensors, detailing what conditions, if any, were placed upon the merchandising agreement and why.
Each episode of the show could focus on a major toy line from the 70s and 80s.

[Gorn Captain]

I'd like the show to be hosted by nude women

So that's settled then.
Mike will be producing the show!

[BATMAN89]

I'd like the show to be hosted by nude women

Now that would be my kind of show!!!

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[Mikey]

I'd like the show to be hosted by nude women

[Gorn Captain]

I'm so tired of seeing "it's worth this much!, or "with the box it would have been worth much more!".
The only reason why I have boxed items, is for the graphics. The artwork, how it looks in package.
I've opened up many many packaged items, to display loose, "destroying its value".

What I want to see in a toy show: the history. Who made them. How they were made. Lots of photos and footage.
Whenever Toy Hunter starts with the value, I no longer listen.

I basically want to watch the television equivalent of a phone book-sized glossy photo book. Just photos and history, no prices.

Just wondering, can anybody explain what happened in the "toy hunter debacle thread"?

[Werewolf]

I'm not interested in picking, flipping, buying or selling. But I am interested in the history of the toys, vintage toy stores, commercials and toy nostalgia.

[enyawd72]

A show that focused on different toylines and properties would be a blast, and they could meet with different super-collectors of those properties. Obscure stuff would be great!

[torgospizza]

It'd be great if you could do a series that discussed the origins, ideas and cultural significance of different series, but that wouldn't fly with most people. (As I recall there WAS a show like that in the 90's, and it didn't last. I only remember it 'cos I saw the GI Joe episode, which is where I found out about the fingernail, and I saw part of the Barbie one, which is how I found out about Bild Lily.)

See, that's exactly what I was talking about. That sounds like a great show.

[jimsmegos]

I'm not an investor... but I'm out here in La La Land. And I do doc-type stuff. Maybe one day we can swing something collaboratively. That is a great, great concept for a TV series. Any of us here can see that value a show like that would have via the toys and via the nostalgia, and the emotions that that stuff brings up. It would be neat to try to evoke that out of more "normal" non-toy-geek folk. Because you just know that many people have that "kid" buried deep inside of them. That's a "kid" that we, ourselves, bring forth on a more consistent basis with our toy-collecting. A show with the main goal of documenting the transformation of all kinds of adults into kids would be great!

We should talk.

[huedell]

What I would like to see would be one similar in theme to the documentary I still want to make... Reunite non collectors with their favorite toy from childhood. I'd travel all over the country to keep it interesting (different regional perspectives on toys) ... mix in interviews with toy collectors who specialize in that particular toy and discuss the history of the toy, etc... It'd be a lot of fun... sort of like one of those makeover shows but better Anyone want to invest? I figure I could get the first six episodes in the can for around $75 K

I'm not an investor... but I'm out here in La La Land. And I do doc-type stuff. Maybe one day we can swing something collaboratively. That is a great, great concept for a TV series. Any of us here can see that value a show like that would have via the toys and via the nostalgia, and the emotions that that stuff brings up. It would be neat to try to evoke that out of more "normal" non-toy-geek folk. Because you just know that many people have that "kid" buried deep inside of them. That's a "kid" that we, ourselves, bring forth on a more consistent basis with our toy-collecting. A show with the main goal of documenting the transformation of all kinds of adults into kids would be great!

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I'm not a fan of the idea at all. It's got the same problem.... intentional or not.... that pretty much ever other "yard sale: the series" show does; it monetizes things. So you get a whole new crop of speculators come in 'cos they saw that some toys are valuable. Blows things out of proportion. (Of course, we ARE creeping back into the 90's again....) It'd be great if you could do a series that discussed the origins, ideas and cultural significance of different series, but that wouldn't fly with most people. (As I recall there WAS a show like that in the 90's, and it didn't last. I only remember it 'cos I saw the GI Joe episode, which is where I found out about the fingernail, and I saw part of the Barbie one, which is how I found out about Bild Lily.)

Don C.

[jimsmegos]

What I would like to see would be one similar in theme to the documentary I still want to make... Reunite non collectors with their favorite toy from childhood. I'd travel all over the country to keep it interesting (different regional perspectives on toys) ... mix in interviews with toy collectors who specialize in that particular toy and discuss the history of the toy, etc... It'd be a lot of fun... sort of like one of those makeover shows but better Anyone want to invest? I figure I could get the first six episodes in the can for around $75 K