Episode 28 - TMan978

Struggle to Understand

Today’s episode is the next in an ongoing series I am doing on this podcast on collectibles and community. In this episode, I speak with TMan978 who has a YouTube channel called “TMan978.” On this channel, TMan reviews collectibles and provides discussion and commentary for the community that has developed around those collectibles. Like others who engage in this kind of review and commentary, he deals some with official products but also with unlicensed or third-party products. We discuss how he started out collecting as a young man and how that has continued into his adulthood, how he came to being a collectible reviewer, and the importance of collectibles to him and the community he’s developed around them. We end our discussion by discussing YouTube, the challenges that people often face when dealing with certain kinds of comments and with starting their channel, but also the positive aspects of building an online community around shared common interests. Ultimately, as I’ve said before, popular culture and the collectibles that have been developed around them are centerpieces for developing community. This discussion further illustrates that central point. Find TMan's YouTube channel here. Introductory music was written by Alex Yoder. Find him here. Please consider supporting the podcast here and following it on Twitter. Thank you for your support!