Joschik Posts

Meeting Sean and Steph (and their awesome Lego Builds)

Meeting Sean and Steph (and their awesome Lego Builds)

Musings by Joschik

We just had our regular COWLUG meeting (short for the Colorado & Wyoming Lego User Group) at Tatooine, our office and I was in awe of one of the builds on display. The S.S. Helios was built by Sean and Steph and they explained that it is (will be?) a Phoenix class starship capable of […]

hobbyDB: 1 Million Data Donations and Counting!

hobbyDB: 1 Million Data Donations and Counting!

Many collectors often first become experts in what they collect and then start to document either the products and/or the history of their favorite brand or subject matter. There are literally thousands of specialist books written by these collectors and website databases that have been built to help document their collections. Many of the owners […]

Random Acts of Kindness – Special Treatment on Special Events

Random Acts of Kindness – Special Treatment on Special Events

Musings by Joschik

I just returned from the 30th Hot Wheels Annual Collectors Convention and started to unpack. Besides a lot of Hot Wheels models, some other cars (some Matchbox and 4 Majorettes) I also ended up with 3 RAOKs. Collectors prepare these and then give it to others – some make them for children that are running around […]

How to Best Sell a Collection

How to Best Sell a Collection

Musings by Joschik

What does Collecting have in common with getting married? Most collectors collect for collecting’s sake and this will only make sense to a collector. For me, preserving history and relaxation are part and parcel of this same collecting rationale. Collectors rarely (if ever) think about what happens when the love cools and how they will then […]

Cataloging is difficult and needs lots of TLC

Cataloging is difficult and needs lots of TLC

Musings by Joschik

I am still relatively new to Colorado and when I saw a book called “Weird Colorado” I needed to have it.  When looking for it on Amazon I found that a search for the title produced five results that were all the same! And I am not the only one who found this problem, googling […]