Toys That Were Made To Be Broken

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Remember the shoddy toys you begged your parents to buy while waiting in the supermarket checkout line, then promptly lost interest with before the day's end? Those cheap plastic knock-offs have mostly been ignored by collectors, too, consigned to the dustbins of history almost immediately after purchase.

Brian Heiler is obsessed with these so-called 'rack toys.' Check out the interview Collectors Weekly had with Heiler, who gives us the inside scoop on all these crappy, forgettable, off-brand toys.

(thanks Hunter)