Thank you to Guinness for the time they spent with me shooting video and pictures; I truly appreciate the recognition and the ability to share my collection The collection shown in this video is about 80% of my collection; I had just finished painting and putting up the lighting and the electrical inspector had just approved the room when Guinness sent me an email indicating they would be like to see the collection in two weeks. So what you see is two weeks of effort in putting up shelving and unpacking all the items to share. I still had about 40 boxes of items I didn't have time to put out. If you have any questions, please ask. Thank you.
Eric Jaskolka I applaud you Mr. Jaskolka. You kept up doing your passing, and in the end it paid off. I’ve been doing my own collection as well of Batman. (No disrespect Mr. Eric) And I can only wish my collection will be as memorable and beautiful as yours.
Eric Jaskolka I have a bunch of X-men collectibles you might be interested in they are all new in box from 60s and 70s I have a lot let me know thanks 2107747814
Eric Jaskolka i collect (try) juggernauts . I love the character. Congratulations what an amazing collection. Many of us wish for something like that. Thanks for share it .
From the Director of the X-Men Animated Series: Dude, I'm totally impressed!! I've been an X-Men fan since the 60s, since issue one and that was an amazing video.
Zarik Hussain thanks. Favorite movie is First Class. I had just finished lighting the room when Guinness emailed me and had 2 weeks to unpack and set all of it up including the shelving . At the time I had about 80% in the room. Finished after they left. I had several hundred miniature items I didn't have time to put out. You can view updated pics on that Facebook page
Magneto was originally Sinti-which, is a primary sub-group of Germanic Romani people in countries like Austria, Germany, France and Belgium. His Romani identity was firmly established well by the late 80's/early '90s... Like, did his teacher and friend just over look Uncanny X-Men #199? And please, don't' call us "Gypsies", it's a highly offensive racial misnomer that makes us sound like a life-style or like hippies or Irish & Scottish Travellers, instead of an actually non-White ethnic group that has been discriminated against for over 1,000 years in Europe. (Seriously, the word is like "Injun".) Our names Roma and Romani are believed to be around 1,500 years old. I'm writing all of this because I'm 100% Roma-I was born in Hungary but adopted by White Americans and I grew-up in Westchester, so the X-Men mean a lot to me! So yeah, the X-Men didn't have anything to do with the Jewish Holocaust (as opposed to The Porjoamos or "Romani Holocaust" that saw t he death of over 2,000,00 Roma and Sinti), until the first film and longer before then, their first real, openly Jewish character was actually Kitty Pryde, not Magneto. The original Stan Lee/Jack Kirby books were largely about Civil Rights, as that was more relevant at the time and Marvel wasn't supposed to acknowledge religion, like at all, which is why Kirby never publicly revealed Ben Grimm's Ashkenazi heritage. It was something that other writers did to honor him after his death and to make The Thing more three-dimensional. (Also, unfortunately, Stan didn't care much about being Jewish himself, so even if they could reference Judaism, I don't think Stan would have allowed it.) Anyway, kudos to Eric on his amazing collection.
Actually, he’s got it wrong. Stan lee repeatedly stated that the xmen story is based on the black struggle of America. Xavier and magneto are representations of Martin Luther king and Malcom X.
0:35 *ties to Judaism and the holocaust* Me: *Here we go again...* 0:43 *stating that it was everybody different not just one specific people...* Me: *This guy is awesome.....*
Love love love love this man's collection, want to spent a week in this man's house. One thing a notice though he hasn't got many of the statues you can get
Eric Jaskolka Look at his collection. Most girls would see that, and walk away. "Middle age guy that still plays with toys." But has a entire room of them.
Interesting. When I met my wife in my early 20's, while I had very small collection at the time, I was honest and said this was a package deal - my dog, myself, and my passion. She knew what she was getting into. The entire family is into super heroes and looks for items for me. So in a way it is a family collection now. I've offered to sell it many times if my wife needed and she would have none of that. As long as it makes me happy, it makes her happy.
Actually not surprising. I'm 28 and I know plenty of women who are into men with these types of hobbies. I collect Marvel, DC, Tekken, Street Fighter and Gundam items and I have a gf. Plus he's not playing with them, they are collectibles, not toys. Women like guys who are comfortable with who they are. I'm assuming you are around shallow gold diggers. No one wants those type of women. You can have them.
Actually I have 8500+ X-Men comics but they didn't want to show the white comic boxes. Impressive run for you to have them all. I have 7, 16, 21-544; plus all the other X-titles, variant covers, etc.
If you like the character then it is valuable to you. If you are asking about monetary value, I believe about the only real valuable Iceman action figure is the Secret Wars Iceman from 1984 which was released in Europe. There are several statues of Iceman and generally all statues are pricey but Bowen Designs has some full size statues that are exclusives - the clear ones - those generally go for more.
Eric Jaskolka nice man! Yea I appreciate your love for X-men. I like the X-men as well! Icemans my favorite mutant by far. In your collection which action figure is most valuable?
Hmm, tough question. I have all of them and since there isn't an action figure toy guide anymore, I would say you have to look on eBay for any given figure and see what they sell for. I assume the first few series of Marvel Legends are more than even the old ToyBiz figures. Iceman has been getting lots of attention in the comics, so maybe they will make more toys of him.
Dear Mr. Jaskolka, Can you tell me anything about that Hornby X-men MOC item in the case? It looks really interesting and i cannot find anything about it online. My father collected Hornby trains and I think that items looks amazing in the case. Awesome collection!
My Man! This is a great video. I know they pushed you into that Wolverine suit. They wanted me to wear a Batsuit, but I pointed out they didn't make them in my size.
