The photo you’re looking at — let’s call it the ultimate action figure. That is a photo of the 17 foot full-scale Bumblebee Robot from the Transformers movie and it’s going on the auction block on October 8 through Profiles in History.
The hero robot is expected to sell for $60,000 to $80,000 dollars (and that doesn’t include shipping!)
Here’s the bio on this beast:
Standing exactly 16 feet 10 7/8 inches tall and weighing 3200 pounds, this screen-used hero Bumblebee robot is an incredible feat of engineering craftsmanship.  Built by renowned special effects company FXperts, Inc. (a.k.a. John Frazier Special Effects), Bumblebee …read more

Profiles in History has a very special item going to auction at the beginning of October — an early production Macintosh computer that was given to Gene Roddenberry by Apple.
When you look at the evolution of computers and the vision Roddenberry had for Star Trek, there’s an incredible synergy between the two. At the time, it was hard to imagine a computer that responded to voice commands, a computer no bigger than a lunch box that could analyze complex data in a matter of seconds, a flip “communicator” that allowed people to talk without the need for phone lines. But …read more

Forry Ackerman was one of those rare people who got to make a living doing what he loved. The world’s biggest fan-boy (and I say that with a great deal of love), Forry Ackerman amassed an unrivaled collection of sci-fi and horror movie memorabilia in his lifetime and now that he’s gone, those items are up for sale.
As the creator of Famous Monsters Magazine, Ackerman had a huge impact on my childhood and likely even the work I do today. I devoured every issue of that magazine, plastering my walls with the pages, eagerly mailing away for the monster …read more