Top 5 Toys of 2015 - Mark Helm

Today's Top 5 Toys of 2015 list comes from Mark Helm, a long time collector and mega enthusiast of anything to do with toys! Mark has one of the wildest collections I've seen, massive in size but very focused. Here's some words from the man himself on how he got into artist toys:

"I have been collecting something ever since I can remember from stamps, coins, sports cards, Rock & Roll magazines, etc.....I started collecting Living Dead dolls after going Star Wars toy searching with my buddy in Tokyo. I saw the Penny version that was a collaboration with Toy2R. From there I started buying Qees. I went to my first SDCC to meet Tim Biskup and have his sign a large double Qee set. After getting what I was after I happened to walk past the Super 7 booth and someone handed me issue #9 of the Super 7 magazine. That had the Secret Base center spread and that was all she wrote. From there I stumbled upon skullbrain.org and never looked back."

5) Fuchico x Tokyo City

"I was in New York City when Tokyo City had this exhibition. I have never been over to the Mori Art Museum + Tokyo City View before. Once I returned to Japan my wife and I went to the Mori Art Museum for the Takashi Murakami exhibition, while there I saw the Tokyo City View area and realized this is where the Fuchico exhibition was and by being there made me want to track this one down even more. I probably paid close to three times retail on Amazon.co.jp, but I have zero regrets with this one."

4) Orange GID Skull Captain by Pushead and Secret Base

"From my understanding this piece was never actually for sale so he's been pretty elusive. Getting my hands on him was really special. I love glow pieces and having different color glows is something I really love."

3) Purple Cococroc by Pushead

"No figure before or since I first saw the Cococroc has made me feel the same. He just clicks on so many levels and Purple, well that is hard to beat."

2) Itamu by Pushead x Hirota Saigansho

"This Beast towers over my Fight Figures and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to display them. So I bought a new display case...problem solved. This piece has so much character and this particular one-off just blows my mind."

1) Pink/Purple marbled Cococroc by Pushead

"From the very first second I saw him I knew he was the one I wanted. I was so fortunate to be able to score him. Seeing a wall with 35 different one-off Cococrocs was mind numbing. It was really had to focus because really I would have been happy with any of them, but for me Pink and Purple are tops and well this guy had it all."