Tintin, Pixi and Collectoys figurines

Holding a Tintinimaginatio resin sculpture or a Pixi figurine is unlike holding an ordinary souvenir. The object has weight and presence; it turns a familiar image into three dimensions—the blue of Tintin's jumper, Haddock's beard, Obelix's rounded silhouette or Asterix's wings. A panel once confined to an album now lives on a shelf in hand-painted resin or metal.

Tintin and Asterix figurines reach something many collectibles cannot: the memory of reading. Asterix ready to fight, Obelix smiling, Tintin in his red armchair with Snowy, or the Smurfs in their village can instantly recall a scene, an album and a moment from childhood.

There is also the pleasure of the search. Pixi produces short runs that are rarely reissued: finding a long-sought composition, completing an elusive series or discovering a scarce piece before it sells out. A carefully chosen display says something about the reader who assembled it—and that is what makes it a collection.