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….
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 :)
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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!"
Aside from the collection and the room, which are both phenomenal, I really appreciate the affection you truly seem to have for the UK. Greetings and regards from across the pond.
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!
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!
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.
Impressive, most impressive!!!! Wonderful collection and displayed in a museum quality manner. You have inspired me to get all my stuff displayed and framed!!!
I just order the Star Wars the Black series snowspeeder 40th anniversary empire strikes back and the Luke hoth rebel pilot also the snowspeeder comes with Dak. Thank you for everything you do for the vehicles and all that you have taught me well and thank you for everything you show on your videos thank you. ☀️☀️☀️
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!
What an amazing display man. I'm sire it's been said a trillion times, but something like this is my dream display. I've been working on sorting out my toy collection and keeping it more focused and less jumbled. It's looking stunning!
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!
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.
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. 👍👍
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 :)
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!
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.
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 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!
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
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!
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?
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...!
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.
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!
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….
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 :)
So many memories for me in your collection!
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!!!
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.
Absolutely gorgeous collection and display Michael and Melinda. Love it!!!!!
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.
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.
Your collection is just absolutely stunning
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.
Stunning collection! So many memories!
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 incredible, so cool!
Started watching and after 20 minutes started rearranging the collection.
it's not a studio... it's a temple !
simply beautiful.
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!
One day when I'm older I want to have a lot of vintage Star Wars stuff like 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.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Michael! You have some really nice things, to say the least.
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.
Seeing this video, along with lots of your other videos, brings back awesome memories of my childhood. Thanks for sharing this.
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
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!
Wow, so many toys from when I was a kid.
Very impressive collection 👍🏽
I watch this video over & over again! Thank You for all you do...
BEAUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent bro!!!
Very impressed and very proud of your collection!
Cheerin you on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
Wow really great archive! This video was a real treat to watch! Thank you
Truly impressive collection!!!
Wow! You have an amazing collection! Congratulations!👍
Thank you for sharing
I'll be over after school to play. Awesome set up, guys! I love how everything is grouped properly.
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!"
Not just an amazing collection but such a lovely home as well. Cheers
Visionaries! I really liked them. Thanks for sharing
Amazing 🤩 and beautiful!!
Another beautiful display of vintage 80s love for classic toys
Recently discovered your channel. Fantastic work and collection. Thanks for sharing.
Aside from the collection and the room, which are both phenomenal, I really appreciate the affection you truly seem to have for the UK. Greetings and regards from across the pond.
Thanks for connecting with us and helping me stay in touch with the UK.
Amazing collection, but my eyes are bleeding now from looking at so much great stuff. ;)
I am very gratefull that someone brings back my child hood
The whole place, Just AWESOME!
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!
😮 this is awesome, love it!! Inspirational really
Beautiful collection thank you for sharing with us
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!
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.
Thanks, that was a fantastic tour. It was great to finally see what you’ve been up to.
thanks for sharing your incredible studio. Wow I could sit and play all day.
Impressive, most impressive!!!! Wonderful collection and displayed in a museum quality manner. You have inspired me to get all my stuff displayed and framed!!!
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. :)
Beautiful collection.☀️😊☀️
I just order the Star Wars the Black series snowspeeder 40th anniversary empire strikes back and the Luke hoth rebel pilot also the snowspeeder comes with Dak.
Thank you for everything you do for the vehicles and all that you have taught me well and thank you for everything you show on your videos thank you. ☀️☀️☀️
I have an X-Wing that needs a little work,can you help me please to restore it please, please...
Simply incredible
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!
Absolutely amazing set up. congrats mate. it looks awesome.
Loved ROBOTECH ! What a great series ..me and my brother eould get up on Sat morning and not miss an episode !!!
Thank you so much for sharing your space with us. This was a real treat.
Glorious collection. Even your smattering of later joes. 👍
Oh and Nobody will shoot you down for your lack of stickers!
very nice awesome collection great toy collection
This collection is bloody awesome!!!♡♡♡ Well done☆☆☆☆☆
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!)
Amazing collections.
What an amazing display man. I'm sire it's been said a trillion times, but something like this is my dream display. I've been working on sorting out my toy collection and keeping it more focused and less jumbled. It's looking stunning!
Thanks JCC!
Best Collection ever!
What a magical place you have.
Quite cool. Well organized. Impressive. Most impressive.
Amazing! Well done. Brought back lots of Star Wars and GIJOE memories. Kinda wish I held on to my collection!!
Awesome collection and display.
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!
Excellent display, love it!
I'm impressed with the archive. I hope that you guys will keep the channel going for many years to come.
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 was a real cool watch . Thanks you guys. For your time and dedication.
Much appreciated tour. Thanks
You have a very impressive and respectable collection.
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. 👍👍
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 :)
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!
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.
Spectacular! You have it all covered. Seriously you could open a legit museum with these.
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!
You have a brilliant setup, love the displays, really well done
Wow! Your studio is absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing!
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!
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
Amazing collection. Those are some complete sets you have there.
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!
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?
Great collection. Very cool autographs
Impressive. Most impressive.
I also love Retro too -- but my TOYS rare mostly modernized. I love the new scales and new Master piece look !~
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...!
Very nice. I have been wanting to see this for a long long time... a long time.
One of the best collection/ display videos I’ve seen. I found the Star Wars display very satisfying. Great work!
Great collection. I had so many of these as a kid. No idea where they all went.
Awesome just awesome, one of the best collection I've ever seen, well done, brings back so many memories thank you
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.
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!
Brilliant displays! Amazing collection. Don't know what else to say Bravo Sir!
OUTSTANDING!