Following up the Six Million Dollar Man ZICA’s next vintage line is Twilight Zone schedule to ship in Fall 2014.
Future Marvel figures shown at Toy Fair
Congrats to Mayhem Custom Member Marine-73 for an amazing 30th custom of Alpline, ARAH Accurate. Marine-73 has won the first spot on the Mountain with the Gen Hawk Award
Courtesy of Action Figure Insider:
“New LEGO® Star Wars™ Building Sets Inspired by Upcoming Star Wars Rebels™ Television Series Land on August 1 @ToyFairNY #LegoPreview
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR – LEGO Systems, Inc. today announced new LEGO® Star Wars™ products based on the new Star Wars Rebels™ animated television series scheduled to premiere on Disney Channel this fall before it appears regularly on Disney XD. The action-filled series will introduce a cast of exciting new characters in the Star Wars universe. The new building sets were unveiled at a Disney Consumer Products event Monday, February 17 by Freddie Prinze, Jr., who stars as “Kanan Jarrus” in the new Star Wars Rebels series. The company presented him with a custom 2-foot tall replica of his minifigure made completely out of LEGO bricks by Master Builders.”
LEGO Star Wars Rebels Building Sets Launch August
Click below to read the entire article, visit Action Toy Insider, and see more images.
The amazing DCU line closes with some classic figures
We’re down to the final week for entries, and we’ve seen some great customs so far… but we’re greedy and we want more. MORE! Be sure to get your entries to Byrnes by the deadline via PM only to qualify, and good luck!
From the desk of Byrnes:
“This will be an ongoing quarterly custom contest(anonymous submission) for 1:18 action figures only from any universe(no themes will be used) voted on by OG13 members through a private poll.
– Each member will be allowed a maximum of 2 submissions per quarterly contest.
– Must be new figure never posted anywhere else and no WIP photos are allowed.
– 3 single shot photos maximum with a plain color(your choice) background only will be accepted. Anything else will be disqualified. A basic small figure stand is allowed.
A PM will need to be sent to me between the first day,12:01am and the last day, 11:59pm of the quarterly contest to be accepted as an entry. Please provide up to 3 photographs and a complete title for your custom figure. If you would like to provide a brief background bio for your custom you may do so.
Remember this is an anonymous contest. Please shake things up with your customs, background color and photo style to keep the voters guessing who’s is who.”
The latest reveal from GI Joe Collectors Club
Our friends at Kokomo Toys and Collectibles have moved into a new, and gorgeous, location. Take a moment to check out their Facebook page, their ebay store, and if you are in the area, stop by and support a very cool, very gracious crew!
From Kokomo:
“Grand Re-Opening this Saturday. Our new store hours will be 11AM to 6PM Monday through Saturday. **ALSO** Special preview tonight from 5PM to 9PM for those coming to our Downtown First Friday event. We will be building 4 USS Flaggs to put on display.”
Click HERE to visit Kokomo on Facebook.
Click HERE to visit Kokomo’s store online.
Carded images are starting to show up of Wave 1. See the thread for pics and figures.
The 2013 Customs Crew final 3 customs have been chosen. Now it’s up to you to decide which custom crew gets bragging rights.
Arctic Firefly
Croc Master
Outback
Vote now to pick the best custom of 2013
If you have not had a chance to see his magnificent project of re-doing the 70’s Adventure Team figures you are missing out on a beautiful display of customs and photo’s from the Chaos Customs Crew member. Here is a quick review of the last 6 days. View the threads for many more beautiful pics
Pre-orders start shipping tomorrow from BBTS, EE and Amok TIme
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As a Christmas gift to his wife Syndicate member Gijoe071681 creates some holiday magic
Mayhem Customizer Stronox’s latest offerings of awesome are three Mandalorian Mercenaries, each made with Joe parts for greater articulation. Click on each pic to jump to the individual thread, and be sure to let Stronox know what you think!
Merc #1
Merc #2
Merc #3
[See more of Stronox’s customs HERE.]
Congrats to Nath_1977 for his Centurian, Power Xtreme, Modern Jake Rockwell for being named Mt. Rushmore Customs Legends Custom of the Year on OG13 for 2013. It’s been through the rounds and went up against the best of the best. Posted during the 1st Qtr, The Tradition, it stood the test of time and came out on top. Please help me congratulate Nath-1977 for a fantastic custom.
{Click here to see the results of the Mt. Rushmore Customs Legends votes and entries}
{Click here to congratulate Nath_1977}
{Click here to see Nath’s Customs}
{Click here to see the Mt Rushmore Customs Legends contests, rules and details for 2013)
Voting for the Mt. Rushmore Legends Custom of the Year is open this week. Please take the time to vote if you have not yet. We have 4 super customs up for the title of Champion.
Also voting is open for the Black Hills Bystander
Click the link below to vote now!
From the desk of VideoViper:
“This week we are going to find out exactly what kind of people we have on this site.
We will be giving away 1 of 2 figures, in order to win you must.
1. Be a member of OG13 in semi good standing before Nov 22.
2. In the vote section pick which team you will be on. (This will be which prize you want.)
3. Everyone must make at least 1 post, (Can be anything HINT: Its Thanksgiving week so post what you are Thankful for.)
4. Now the fun part: only 1 team will win, So convince me why your team/you should win the prize. (I have not decided how I’m picking the winner yet, so if your team has more votes, that just don’t matter.)
5. The winning team will have 1 lucky guy or girl who wins the prize (randomly drawn.) The other figure goes back in the pile to win another day.
6. You will have till Midnight Dec 1st to post, since I have no intention of checking the internet during the Thanksgiving break. (Yes, I’m a bad host & I’m OKay with that.) I will announce the winner on Monday when I get back.
Now the prizes:
Prize #1
Slave Leia Organa
Prize #2
Resolute Cobra Commander
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