As my Smiskis lay collecting dust, untouched for months, I feel compelled to conduct an autopsy on my Smiski craze and what kept me in it for so long.

Smiski: Small glow-in-the-dark collectibles, Smiski’s are collectable figures from Japan. The collectables are created by Toru Soeya at Dreams Inc., a Japanese company founded in 1996, and were ...