Derryl DePriest and Toy Industry Professionals Documents Popular Star Wars Toy Line
Written by Pop Culture Hall of Fame Inductee and former Vice President of Global Brand Management at Hasbro Derryl DePriest, the Star Wars Vintage Collection Archive Edition promises to represent the most beautifully crafted and comprehensive guide to one of Hasbro’s most beloved lines of 3.75″ Star Wars figures, The Vintage Collection line. Joining Derryl […]
News from 2015 Inductee and G.I. Joe Designer Ron Rudat
We recently spoke to Ron Rudat about what he has been up to. While he has started doing paintings of New England like this one (more on that on his website here) – … he has always like the World of G.I. Joe. This picture taking due diligence way back is one of his favs […]
Let’s All Play With The Movies: Films Based On Toys
With a “Spawn” movie well into production, and a Barbie opus (starring Margot Robie!) set for 2020, the Pop Culture Hall of Fame decided it was a good time to look back on other movies based on toys and games. There have been quite a few toy-based movies, some of them great, many of them… well, […]
PCHOF’18 POPS! for Patients Spreads Joy Through Funko Toys
If you’re a kid experiencing an extended stay in the hospital, it’s nice to have a companion pop into your life. An organization called POPS! for Patients is making that happen in the form of donated Funko Pop! figures. Since August of 2016, they’ve donated almost 10,000 figures to kids in the U.S and other countries, […]
Steve Geppi Donates 3,000 Comics Items to Library of Congress
Steve Geppi, who has made a career of distributing comic books to millions of readers (and the stores they shop in) has decided more comics belong in the library. The Library of Congress, specifically. And we’re talking about over 3,000 items, all donated from the recently closed Geppi Collection of Comics and Arts. The museum […]
PCHOF’18 – Warhammer Quest Leads to Hall of Fame
Ever since Dungeons and Dragons created a niche for long-term cooperative gaming, players have been looking for additional worlds in which to spend even more time. Warhammer has become perhaps the biggest universe to come along. Thirty plus years of ever-expanding worlds and creative play make Warhammer a 2018 inductee of the Pop Culture Hall […]
