Sy Winnie a.k.a The Spider-man Collector!

Hello all!
Welcome to my home page, blah blah blah. Sheesh, I’ll bet after you’ve seen ten, or twenty home pages, this type of stuff doesn’t even get read. So, why do I bother to write anything here at all? Don’t know really. Its probably because the International Homepage Guidelines requires it: Section 31, subparagraph A of the licensing agreement specifically requires a banal introduction of who you are, and what this page is about, and why you deserve to exist on this planet. Well,… sorry. I think that for your sake, I’ll write a bunch of nonsense instead, so that when you decide to skip all of this hoohah, you won’t miss a thing.

Well you’ve gotten this far, so I might as well tell you about this musician/teacher. My name is Sy Winnie, and I have been collecting Spider-man items since 1967. Now you’re probably wondering why doesn’t this guy collect “Winnie the Pooh”? After all his last name is “Winnie” …right!?!? The answer being I would rather my fictional characters wear pants. Plain and simple.

My age????
I guess you could say I have waited 40 years literally for a decent Spider-man movie to be made, since the release date of the film and my birthdate were one and the same. It was the only pleasant thing about heading over the hill.

So this site was initiated after seeing Ed Kelly’s collection of Batman memorabilia on the web. I then wondered if there were such sites for other characters, and did a search for a certain webhead. No such Spidey site was found at that time, … so my curiousity on how to build a website along with learning my new digital camera gave birth to this ever growing gallery. This site turned into a perfect excuse for a little break from reality, and to capture a lost bit of childhood memories for myself, and hopefully others.

I had an interest in Spider-man starting in 1967 around the age of 5 when the cartoon started to air on ABCV. That show led me to the local pharmacy in Oak Harbor, Ohio called “Finke Pharmacy” where they had a great selection of comics especially the Marvel line. I had conned my baby sitter at the time to forget lunch, and use the money to purchase some Spidey comics. That in turn got the sitter, and myself into a heap of trouble with my parents. It remains a very vivid memory, and well worth the punishment to have my Amazing Spider-man #53. Unfortunately for today’s kids that pharmacy no longer exists in that small town, and no one carries any comics since it closed its doors.

The first Marvel toy that got me hooked without a doubt was the Captain Action figure I received the Christmas of 66 which was my first exposure to Captain America, and Sgt. Fury. The following Christmas my parents purchased the Spider-man costume for my Captain Action and I was off and running. So after 45 years, and 8 of them spent uploading a handful of photos a week to this site, I hope others capture a moment of childhood by reconnecting with a toy they once had.

So, the old Spider-man toys found here are from my collection, and will be updated monthly with hard to find, and sometimes newer items.

To see 8,000 plus Spider-man items, just click this sentence to visit the gallery now!

Items from this site have also apeared in the following publications found at your local bookstore:

Marvel’s Spider-man Encyclopedia!
Spider-man: The Icon!
Full-Color Guide to Marvel Silver Age Collectibles!
Mego 8″ Super-Heroes: World’s Greatest Toys!
The Spider-man Vault! by Peter David

This site has been featured in media such as:
Forbes Magazine
TV Guide,
Toyshop Magazine,
Shift Magazine,
Goldmine,
and ABC News.

Contact:
Email me here!

Spider-man Collector Blog!