The shelves are waking up.
New inventory, animated universe shelves and the ongoing build behind the storefront.
THE BIN · 2026
THE BACON BIN / BITS
FROM THE BIN
BITS
Store news, reveals, preorders, collector talk, retro rabbit holes and the industry stuff worth knowing.
LIVE COLLECTOR WIRE
TOY INDUSTRY + CONVENTION RADAR
Fresh collector-industry headlines update automatically, while the convention radar keeps the next shows worth watching close at hand.
INDUSTRY WIRE AUTO-UPDATED
TUNING THE COLLECTOR WIRE…
CONNECTING…
REVEALS
Reveal Radar
A home for new figure announcements, convention reveals and the stuff collectors start budgeting for immediately.
INDUSTRY DESKPREORDERS
Incoming
Upcoming releases, preorder windows and release-calendar notes.
RELEASE DESKCOLLECTOR TALK
Open It? Absolutely Not.
Opinions, collecting habits, display arguments and other completely reasonable obsessions.
FROM THE SHELFRETRO BITS
Plastic Time Machine
Older lines, forgotten aisles and the pieces that somehow survived childhood.
THE ARCHIVETHE WATCHLIST
Things We’re Hunting
Hard-to-find pieces, rumored drops and items worth keeping an eye on.
TRACKINGFROM THE BIN
Behind the Glass
Store changes, new inventory and a look at how The Bacon Bin is being built.
STORE NEWSNo Bits matched that search.
THE WEIRD DRAWER
ODDITIES DESK
Short, deliberately curated collector rabbit holes — the kind of things that make you stop scrolling and ask why this existed.
Packaging That Became the Collectible
Sometimes the blister card, catalog insert or mail-away form is more interesting than the toy. Bits will flag those strange survivors instead of treating packaging as disposable scenery.
The Stuff Between the Big Franchises
One-season toy lines, dead formats, weird licensed electronics and other things that lived in the aisle for six months and then vanished.
When “Collector Friendly” Was Not
Clamshells, twist ties, tape, sun-faded windows and the engineering choices that made opening a toy feel like defeating a boss.
Collector Guide
Condition, storage, display, photography, cataloging and packing — practical notes from the shop, without pretending every box is mint.
KEEP AN EYE ON IT