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Serious about toys: Designer collectibles

Originally published: March 4, 2011 10:29 AM
Updated: March 6, 2011 6:26 PM
By LAUREN R. HARRISON  lauren.harrison@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Vinyl toy collector Brandon Clark, 23, shows off his collection at his home in Medford. (Feb. 9, 2011)

Max Siegelbaum rips open the small box and tears through the foil covering his unknown treasure.

It's 6:30 on a Tuesday night and the 8-year-old has been looking forward to this moment at Genuine Artikle, a designer toy boutique in Lake Ronkonkoma, all day.

"Uh-oh. What did you get?" asks his father, Matthew Siegelbaum, 41, of Lake Grove.

"Oh, this," Max groans. A wave of disappointment...