TOY HUNTER RETURNS THIS HALLOWEEN: Toy Haunter Special OCT. 20TH

[jwyblejr]

It's set on my DVR.

Just saw it right now...one of the best in the series for sure...and what a difference between Kirk Hammett, a REAL collector who cares (unpretentious as well)...from Gene Simmons, who only collects himself...like night and day.

It's cool to see that Hammett was not necessarily looking for something worth thousands (since he can afford it)...he was really content with nice affordable collectibles that he didn't have...that's a sign of a true passionate horror fan...those three items you got for him were perfect...you did a great job, Jordan, well done.

Yeah it was way better than the other celeb hunts. I mean the poor guy has only a limited amount of time to find this stuff for them and most are like "that's the best you can do?" Not so with Kirk.

[glimpy]

i'll be watching tonight!!!

[ZMOQ]

It's set on my DVR.

Just saw it right now...one of the best in the series for sure...and what a difference between Kirk Hammett, a REAL collector who cares (unpretentious as well)...from Gene Simmons, who only collects himself...like night and day.

It's cool to see that Hammett was not necessarily looking for something worth thousands (since he can afford it)...he was really content with nice affordable collectibles that he didn't have...that's a sign of a true passionate horror fan...those three items you got for him were perfect...you did a great job, Jordan, well done.

You know, that is a really good observation. Although I like classic Kiss music, I can't help but think Gene Simmons was so full of himself when he was on "Toy Hunter". Especially being so vague about what he wanted before allowing Jordan to "pass the audition". Kirk Hammett, on the other hand seemed to be a really down-to-earth guy with a sincere love and knowledge of classic movie monsters. There's an article about Kirk and his monster collection here:

http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Kirk-Hammett-Some-kind-of-monster-fan-3850850.php#page-1

I'm not really a fan of Metallica, but Kirk seems to be an all-around good guy. And he lives about a mile and a half from me, since the article says he's in the Richmond/Seacliff district of San Fran, and I'm in the central Richmond district. Who knows, his kids' nanny might be bringing the kids to the same restaurants I go to!

About the Ahi Mummy... is the version that Jordan got for Kirk unusually rare? It seems to be strapped to a card with plastic tie-downs with a separate dangly tag. The ones I saw when I googled "Ahi Mummy" are sealed on a blister card. Any info about that toy?

[luey]

the regular mego like AHIs are carded in blisters, that was a bendy type figure and very rare, especially with card back!

[raycastile]

That Mummy was a "jiggler," a solid rubber toy with no wires or articulation. It was sold tied to a card as seen on the show, or with just the tag and no backer card. The carded versions are a little bit smaller than the ones that were sold without a card. I thought the carded versions did not have tags, but the one on the show looked like it was the correct smaller version that would have been sold on a card, so I guess the carded ones did have tags.

[Barnabas Collins]

A good episode. Look forward to the next season.

Barnabas Collins

[Damon1]

Best Toy Hunter episode so far, great features with the best characters.. Love Steve with his great 1960s/70s vintage knowledge. And Len is just great, what a character and what a find with AHI mummy.

[FETT1]

Ahhhh com on CANADIAN TV is NOT showing any episode's....arghhhhhhh.....med time!