We are pleased to note the Franklin Mint finally got around to creating a Web site for all the Mint collectibles fans out there. It's at www[dot]franklinmint[dot]com.

Since our review of the Franklin Mint Museum a few years back, we occasionally filled a vacuum for inattentive visitors needing to have their 25th Anniversary Star Trek plates appraised, or to threaten legal action over the authorship of 3D chess rules. Of course, we couldn't help with any of that. With our Socratic dialogue on why the Franklin Mint has to be the World's Best Museum, it's no wonder people thought we worked there...

[04/14/2001]