RetroBlasting has only 78.6k subscribers..... wtf? Michael is one of the few you tubers whose knowledge and passion of toy collecting, restoration etc. breaks the mold. I find that he puts so much work into his videos, while others put f*** all into theirs and they have millions of subscribers and whom are trending on top of it….
Soon to be 50 years old here this summer.....watched every minute, and remembered most of these items from my collections or one of my two younger brothers' toys as well!!! Memories memories!!!
If I was ever so luckily invited to your house I would die with excitement. Your collection makes me giddy on the inside. I would PAY as a museum to visit and look around. I have been a fan through 2 years of progress, your channel deserves so many more subscribers. You are fantastic and I’m excited to see where this channel grows and what it brings. Thank you for hours of enjoyment. Till next video, I shall wait with subtle excitement.
i usually don't watch videos this long about collections, but I just had to see yours. Thank you so much for sharing this. It's clear how much you love your archive.
Well done and very nice displays. I had a lot of those toys growing up and saved them into my adulthood. Sadly, I had to sell them for home improvement projects and sending two kids to college. It's nice to see someone preserve the toys and display them for others to enjoy (like me!). I like the videos you create and your reviews on toys. I especially like you attitude about custom and reproduction toys and accessories. It keeps the hobby collecting alive and constantly evolving. It also promotes a lot of people's skills and ideas to flourish and get more people involved in preserving toy collecting and history. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more installments of Retroblasting!
This is a labor of pure love and professionalism. THANK YOU for inviting us into your studio and for the meticulous care you guys put into everything you produce. I loved seeing your wonderful collection and the organized manner in which it is presented. Keep up the great work, guys!
You and I are the same age Michael... I was born in June of 1978... will be 42 this June.. i too am a child of the 80s.. and what a good childhood it was
Thank you for taking the time to show us your amazing collection...I find collections very personal and I'm grateful for you sharing. My collection video tour would last approximately I minute in its entirety 🤪. But I now collect very carefully and I'm very fussy. Cheers mate..from Liverpool UK.
That is fantastic, i had some odf these toys when i was young, especially i feel really nostalgic to Joe's as i had around 50 of them and few vehicles. I had only one shop in my city in poland when i had to buy them from in early to mid 90's. I really miss some of these toys and like to watch toy collector videos. I would probably start collecting them again if i would't chose another path which is scale modelling. I live in UK now and do Youtubing stuff too :)
A Great Tour and incredible displayed collection, Thanks. I keep meaning to watch the Thundarr, Herculoids and BlackStar cartoons. Perhaps just to see if I remember watching them as a kid.
Great collection and very inspiring! I loved the way you display your collection. I just showed my wife.....but she said: No way! I need a bigger house and a new wife!
Be proud of this collectional gem you have created! The ability to create a whole museum is significant next to.... well..... you got the point! Keep up the good work and i imagine, you, one day, slowly back out of your basement, whispering: "We gonna need a bigger house!"
What really amazes me is that most of these figures,vehicles and playsets you have are carried over from your childhood. It's almost as if you knew,as a child,that one day these toys will be collector's items. I just have this image of you as a kid,putting on white gloves as you carefully play with your figures. lol I know that when I was a kid,I would take my figures,playset;etc and really wear them down due to playing with them in the yard,or them getting dirty or whatever.
Hello Retroblasting I’m 13 and I just started collecting the Secret Wars line, so far I have the first wave and half of the second wave. Do you have any tips on collecting the line and will you make a video on the subject?
This is amazing and it was unbelievably fun, so many memories, my cousin had the chuck Norris figure line when we were little w/ corvette, I didn't know it was that until this video lol
As I am late to the party watching this I want to say I am amazed at your wonderful collection. Brilliant all day long. Be very proud my friend! All the best from Usualmike
I like that your collection is your happy place, where you feel most relaxed and happy and at ease. I will never have a collection as glorious as this nor the place to properly house and display them, so this is as close as I'll ever come to it. Thank you for sharing your amazing archive!
Great tour! As a Designer/illustrator, I always enjoy seeing others' workspaces and of course it's great seeing all of those vintage toys on display! Keep up the great work!
Love this. It’s great to see it come into fruition. I find my own toy room a great escape. I can reminisce on my childhood and how much these special items mean to me. Good job Melinda and Michael 👍
Wild. Great looking. Such dedicated spaces. Tough part of being a person with unique interests, most of your local friends do not have the passion and appreciation for your particular interests, as you do.
That's a very awesome collection all the colors so bright such an unlimited amount of imagination, our childhood was one of the best if only we could have some of it restored in this day and age.
Wow,Retro Blasting! What An Absolutely Amazing Display Of Nostalgia From Our Childhood You've Put Together! You Have Done Our Generation A Tremendous Amount Of Justice! It's Hard Not To Get Emotional When Viewing Something That Represents What We Enjoyed Collecting & Playing With As Kids. I Was Never Able To "Collect 'Em All". But Always Made It My #1 Priority To Get Whatever Action Figures & Toys That I Was Allowed To Get Every Chance I Had. Lol!!! Your Videos Bring Back So Many Cool Moments & Memories In Time For Me. I've Recently Started To Buy As Many Vintage Figures As Possible Whenever I Can Because Of Your Videos & Others Like It That Are Dedicated To Vintage Action Figures & Collectibles. Man,I Could Go On Forever. But, Just Know That I Truly Admire & Appreciate What You've Done. Keep Up The Awesome Work!
Looks amazing, glad to see that you've got the archive almost to the way you wanted it. Been excited and looking forward to seeing it way back when you mentioned showing it off. Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us.
I continually dream about having a house like that to display my collections in! Currently 90% of my stuff is in storage cos we can only afford to live in a flat! Maybe i should move back across to your side of the pond! LOL! The Action Force SAS Panther brought back great memories! Was my favourite toy as a kid! Wonderful collction, and displayed in a fantastic way! Thanks for showing, Michael!
I come to this channel everyday and watch the same videos over and over again. I come here for a number of reasons. When I am sad because Mike and Melinda always cheer me up and make me laugh. When I'm hopeful because Mike and Melinda give me hope. I kind of think of Mike and Melinda as hero's. I love the content of this channel and I hope it never goes away. Grade A quality content! Thank you for all the education and laughter.
Gorgeous display, and also probably the best toy collection tour video I've ever seen. Great description of everything, but it never felt dragging and the bits of humor was fun stuff. 👍👍
I love this! It reminds me of lots of toys I wanted as a kid but never got. And now I've got the itch to go hunt down and buy some of these cool toy lines. Thank you for maintaining this awesome archive!
Funny, I have that same Hobbes tiger! I used to comment on how it looked like Hobbes whenever I and a friend saw it at Target. Eventually she just gifted it to me for a birthday, and he still lives in my bedroom! Anyhoo, great video, beautiful collection, I envy your setup. Mine's all crammed into a few display cases in my tiny apartment and the rest is still in storage purgatory. Maybe someday...!
Impressive, most impressive!!!! Wonderful collection and displayed in a museum quality manner. You have inspired me to get all my stuff displayed and framed!!!
Thank you for collecting these figures, made me relive alot of my childhood as an 80s kid. Absolutely amazing collection. I feel sad my kids can't live in the 80s, what an amazing experience.
Long time fan, M & M! I just watched this again last night. You inspired me to start collecting figures again after I gave mine away 30 years ago (Easily the greatest regret of my life). Currently, I'm focusing on Super Powers/Secret Wars and similarly scaled toylines. I was wondering who made the stands for the Skystrikers, and if he does custom work for action figure stands, in general. Thanks, again! Keep up the wonderful work!
I have to say I've been watching your videos and this one pays alot, alot of respect to the toylines of the past. I'm a child of the 1980's and I still have alot of those toys from my childhood. You amazed me with this video and your detailed collection and very vast knowledge of all those lines. Keep up the good work and keep the knowledge going.
Beautiful collection and studio there sir!! I don't know if I could ever focus on work being around all those treasures. Great job and thanks for the nostalgia!
Catching a glimpse of that B-17 Flying Fortress model in your storage room made me think of my dad. His favorite hobby when I was a kid was putting together the model kits of B-17s, B-25s, P-38s, etc. I'd watch him put them together and help him hang them from the ceiling with fishing wire. I miss my dad. I love to see all of your amazing toys that I am so nostalgic for, but seeing that model kit really got me. Thanks for the tour Michael :)
Absolutely stunning collection guys! Transformers , GI Joe, He Man, Star Wars, The Real Ghostbusters, MASK, Starcom, Gobots and Rock lords along with Voltron. Fantastic collection of classic Hasbro and Kenner 1980's toy lines!
Amazing collection and a wonderful space. I appreciate what you said about keeping things organized and maintaining a sense of calm in your space as opposed to a collection room looking like a junk room. You've inspired me to get my act together and make my collection look decent. Thanks for this cool vid!
Hi Michael and Melinda. I have been a huge fan of yours for yrs now. I love the quality and unique style of your videos. Thank you for the collection video!
This channel rocks ! Thank you for telling me the name of the galaxy warriors ! My mom couldn’t afford real masters figures 1 year and got me 3 of those . They were cheesy but I loved them anyways. Thanks guys
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RetroBlasting has only 78.6k subscribers..... wtf? Michael is one of the few you tubers whose knowledge and passion of toy collecting, restoration etc. breaks the mold. I find that he puts so much work into his videos, while others put f*** all into theirs and they have millions of subscribers and whom are trending on top of it….
Soon to be 50 years old here this summer.....watched every minute, and remembered most of these items from my collections or one of my two younger brothers' toys as well!!! Memories memories!!!
If I was ever so luckily invited to your house I would die with excitement. Your collection makes me giddy on the inside. I would PAY as a museum to visit and look around. I have been a fan through 2 years of progress, your channel deserves so many more subscribers. You are fantastic and I’m excited to see where this channel grows and what it brings. Thank you for hours of enjoyment. Till next video, I shall wait with subtle excitement.
Your collection is just absolutely stunning
i usually don't watch videos this long about collections, but I just had to see yours. Thank you so much for sharing this. It's clear how much you love your archive.
Well done and very nice displays. I had a lot of those toys growing up and saved them into my adulthood. Sadly, I had to sell them for home improvement projects and sending two kids to college. It's nice to see someone preserve the toys and display them for others to enjoy (like me!). I like the videos you create and your reviews on toys. I especially like you attitude about custom and reproduction toys and accessories. It keeps the hobby collecting alive and constantly evolving. It also promotes a lot of people's skills and ideas to flourish and get more people involved in preserving toy collecting and history. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more installments of Retroblasting!
This is a labor of pure love and professionalism. THANK YOU for inviting us into your studio and for the meticulous care you guys put into everything you produce. I loved seeing your wonderful collection and the organized manner in which it is presented. Keep up the great work, guys!
+Jorge Baeza thank you, Jorge!
This is one of the most amazing toy collections i have ever seen,its not crowded and messy,its very classy,its what i aim for with mine.
One day when I'm older I want to have a lot of vintage Star Wars stuff like you do
Started watching and after 20 minutes started rearranging the collection.
This is glorious. When I die, I want this to be my Heaven. Well, this plus my own personal harem and a 24-7 Portillo's next door.
Dean Strickson same
Also same
Dean, lets meet at Portillo's and we can talk toys or whatever. We won't care much while we are eating. :)
You and I are the same age Michael... I was born in June of 1978... will be 42 this June.. i too am a child of the 80s.. and what a good childhood it was
Absolutely gorgeous collection and display Michael and Melinda. Love it!!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to show us your amazing collection...I find collections very personal and I'm grateful for you sharing. My collection video tour would last approximately I minute in its entirety 🤪. But I now collect very carefully and I'm very fussy. Cheers mate..from Liverpool UK.
That is fantastic, i had some odf these toys when i was young, especially i feel really nostalgic to Joe's as i had around 50 of them and few vehicles. I had only one shop in my city in poland when i had to buy them from in early to mid 90's. I really miss some of these toys and like to watch toy collector videos. I would probably start collecting them again if i would't chose another path which is scale modelling. I live in UK now and do Youtubing stuff too :)
Amazing collection, but my eyes are bleeding now from looking at so much great stuff. ;)
A Great Tour and incredible displayed collection, Thanks.
I keep meaning to watch the Thundarr, Herculoids and BlackStar cartoons. Perhaps just to see if I remember watching them as a kid.
Great collection and very inspiring! I loved the way you display your collection. I just showed my wife.....but she said: No way! I need a bigger house and a new wife!
Seeing this video, along with lots of your other videos, brings back awesome memories of my childhood. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Michael! You have some really nice things, to say the least.
Be proud of this collectional gem you have created! The ability to create a whole museum is significant next to.... well..... you got the point! Keep up the good work and i imagine, you, one day, slowly back out of your basement, whispering: "We gonna need a bigger house!"
it's not a studio... it's a temple !
simply beautiful.
Stunning collection! So many memories!
So many memories for me in your collection!
What really amazes me is that most of these figures,vehicles and playsets you have are carried over from your childhood. It's almost as if you knew,as a child,that one day these toys will be collector's items. I just have this image of you as a kid,putting on white gloves as you carefully play with your figures. lol I know that when I was a kid,I would take my figures,playset;etc and really wear them down due to playing with them in the yard,or them getting dirty or whatever.
I also love Retro too -- but my TOYS rare mostly modernized. I love the new scales and new Master piece look !~
Hello Retroblasting I’m 13 and I just started collecting the Secret Wars line, so far I have the first wave and half of the second wave. Do you have any tips on collecting the line and will you make a video on the subject?
Wow, so many toys from when I was a kid.
Very impressive collection 👍🏽
I'll be over after school to play. Awesome set up, guys! I love how everything is grouped properly.
Recently discovered your channel. Fantastic work and collection. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, that was a fantastic tour. It was great to finally see what you’ve been up to.
This is amazing and it was unbelievably fun, so many memories, my cousin had the chuck Norris figure line when we were little w/ corvette, I didn't know it was that until this video lol
My favorite movie of all time is Highlander. I've watched it close to 200 times
There can be only one ,and it has Queen music so what's not to love.
Great choice for a favourite movie, I have seen it about 20 times.
As I am late to the party watching this I want to say I am amazed at your wonderful collection. Brilliant all day long. Be very proud my friend! All the best from Usualmike
Thanks!
Loved ROBOTECH ! What a great series ..me and my brother eould get up on Sat morning and not miss an episode !!!
Truly impressive collection!!!
I like that your collection is your happy place, where you feel most relaxed and happy and at ease. I will never have a collection as glorious as this nor the place to properly house and display them, so this is as close as I'll ever come to it. Thank you for sharing your amazing archive!
Not just an amazing collection but such a lovely home as well. Cheers
I love your collection! Thank you for sharing it, and thank you for preserving all these great toys!
I LOVE the M.A.S.K. collection!!!!!!!! (In addition to everything else!)
Wow really great archive! This video was a real treat to watch! Thank you
Great tour! As a Designer/illustrator, I always enjoy seeing others' workspaces and of course it's great seeing all of those vintage toys on display! Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for sharing your space with us. This was a real treat.
Love this. It’s great to see it come into fruition. I find my own toy room a great escape. I can reminisce on my childhood and how much these special items mean to me.
Good job Melinda and Michael 👍
Wild. Great looking. Such dedicated spaces. Tough part of being a person with unique interests, most of your local friends do not have the passion and appreciation for your particular interests, as you do.
It´s like a shrine of Star Wars and although I should reject it, I find that I appreciate the pure art that this guy makes of it:)
Wow! You have an amazing collection! Congratulations!👍
Thank you for sharing
I watch this video over & over again! Thank You for all you do...
thanks for sharing your incredible studio. Wow I could sit and play all day.
Visionaries! I really liked them. Thanks for sharing
This is incredible, so cool!
That's a very awesome collection all the colors so bright such an unlimited amount of imagination, our childhood was one of the best if only we could have some of it restored in this day and age.
Wow,Retro Blasting! What An Absolutely Amazing Display Of Nostalgia From Our Childhood You've Put Together! You Have Done Our Generation A Tremendous Amount Of Justice! It's Hard Not To Get Emotional When Viewing Something That Represents What We Enjoyed Collecting & Playing With As Kids. I Was Never Able To "Collect 'Em All". But Always Made It My #1 Priority To Get Whatever Action Figures & Toys That I Was Allowed To Get Every Chance I Had. Lol!!! Your Videos Bring Back So Many Cool Moments & Memories In Time For Me. I've Recently Started To Buy As Many Vintage Figures As Possible Whenever I Can Because Of Your Videos & Others Like It That Are Dedicated To Vintage Action Figures & Collectibles. Man,I Could Go On Forever. But, Just Know That I Truly Admire & Appreciate What You've Done. Keep Up The Awesome Work!
+BIGG STAN HARRIS THANKS!
Looks amazing, glad to see that you've got the archive almost to the way you wanted it. Been excited and looking forward to seeing it way back when you mentioned showing it off. Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us.
Amazing 🤩 and beautiful!!
Wow! Your studio is absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing!
I continually dream about having a house like that to display my collections in! Currently 90% of my stuff is in storage cos we can only afford to live in a flat! Maybe i should move back across to your side of the pond! LOL! The Action Force SAS Panther brought back great memories! Was my favourite toy as a kid! Wonderful collction, and displayed in a fantastic way! Thanks for showing, Michael!
+bikerscout 74 thanks man!
Beautiful collection thank you for sharing with us
I come to this channel everyday and watch the same videos over and over again. I come here for a number of reasons. When I am sad because Mike and Melinda always cheer me up and make me laugh. When I'm hopeful because Mike and Melinda give me hope. I kind of think of Mike and Melinda as hero's. I love the content of this channel and I hope it never goes away. Grade A quality content! Thank you for all the education and laughter.
+rks customs thanks so much for the kind words, rks. I promise we aren't going anywhere! - Michael
Absolutely amazing set up. congrats mate. it looks awesome.
Gorgeous display, and also probably the best toy collection tour video I've ever seen. Great description of everything, but it never felt dragging and the bits of humor was fun stuff. 👍👍
You have an amazing collection , I can imagine all the hard work you have put in , it looks brilliant keep up the great work
Amazing! Well done. Brought back lots of Star Wars and GIJOE memories. Kinda wish I held on to my collection!!
I love this! It reminds me of lots of toys I wanted as a kid but never got. And now I've got the itch to go hunt down and buy some of these cool toy lines. Thank you for maintaining this awesome archive!
Funny, I have that same Hobbes tiger! I used to comment on how it looked like Hobbes whenever I and a friend saw it at Target. Eventually she just gifted it to me for a birthday, and he still lives in my bedroom! Anyhoo, great video, beautiful collection, I envy your setup. Mine's all crammed into a few display cases in my tiny apartment and the rest is still in storage purgatory. Maybe someday...!
You have a brilliant setup, love the displays, really well done
This was a real cool watch . Thanks you guys. For your time and dedication.
Awesome just awesome, one of the best collection I've ever seen, well done, brings back so many memories thank you
Impressive, most impressive!!!! Wonderful collection and displayed in a museum quality manner. You have inspired me to get all my stuff displayed and framed!!!
Brilliant displays! Amazing collection. Don't know what else to say Bravo Sir!
Best Collection ever!
Thank you for collecting these figures, made me relive alot of my childhood as an 80s kid. Absolutely amazing collection. I feel sad my kids can't live in the 80s, what an amazing experience.
😮 this is awesome, love it!! Inspirational really
Long time fan, M & M! I just watched this again last night. You inspired me to start collecting figures again after I gave mine away 30 years ago (Easily the greatest regret of my life). Currently, I'm focusing on Super Powers/Secret Wars and similarly scaled toylines. I was wondering who made the stands for the Skystrikers, and if he does custom work for action figure stands, in general. Thanks, again! Keep up the wonderful work!
I have to say I've been watching your videos and this one pays alot, alot of respect to the toylines of the past. I'm a child of the 1980's and I still have alot of those toys from my childhood. You amazed me with this video and your detailed collection and very vast knowledge of all those lines. Keep up the good work and keep the knowledge going.
Wow, great to see that collection all at once! Really cool. What an eclectic mix!
BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent bro!!!
Very impressed and very proud of your collection!
Cheerin you on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a gorgeous collection, a total inspiration! I hope to make something like this for myself someday.
This collection is bloody awesome!!!♡♡♡ Well done☆☆☆☆☆
Much appreciated tour. Thanks
Beautiful collection and studio there sir!! I don't know if I could ever focus on work being around all those treasures. Great job and thanks for the nostalgia!
Excellent display, love it!
Catching a glimpse of that B-17 Flying Fortress model in your storage room made me think of my dad. His favorite hobby when I was a kid was putting together the model kits of B-17s, B-25s, P-38s, etc. I'd watch him put them together and help him hang them from the ceiling with fishing wire. I miss my dad. I love to see all of your amazing toys that I am so nostalgic for, but seeing that model kit really got me. Thanks for the tour Michael :)
Absolutely stunning collection guys! Transformers , GI Joe, He Man, Star Wars, The Real Ghostbusters, MASK, Starcom, Gobots and Rock lords along with Voltron. Fantastic collection of classic Hasbro and Kenner 1980's toy lines!
Amazing collection and a wonderful space. I appreciate what you said about keeping things organized and maintaining a sense of calm in your space as opposed to a collection room looking like a junk room. You've inspired me to get my act together and make my collection look decent. Thanks for this cool vid!
What a magical place you have.
Amazing colection !!!
I love your's reviews & vídeos ...
Many memories and nostalgie ....
Greetings from Spain !
Hi Michael and Melinda. I have been a huge fan of yours for yrs now. I love the quality and unique style of your videos. Thank you for the collection video!
Thanks so much, Jason!
Such a great tour! Thank you!
Simply incredible
That was too freakin' cool! Thanks RB! But seriously, I hope you insured all of this.
This channel rocks !
Thank you for telling me the name of the galaxy warriors !
My mom couldn’t afford real masters figures 1 year and got me 3 of those .
They were cheesy but I loved them anyways.
Thanks guys
wow! it's really impressive! Thanks for sharing this 😉🖒
Gorgeous, thank you for sharing...
Glorious collection. Even your smattering of later joes. 👍
Oh and Nobody will shoot you down for your lack of stickers!
Another beautiful display of vintage 80s love for classic toys
Very nice. I have been wanting to see this for a long long time... a long time.
I am very gratefull that someone brings back my child hood
Yeah, I am pretty sure we would be best friends if we were neighbours. Looooooove the show room man!
Oh I had the Return Of the Jedi lunch box. Loved it used it for years