Although we are a little late in our published acknowledgement, we would like to take the time to honor the brave men and women who served, fought and died for our country. It often takes a solemn commemoration to put things like toy collecting (or other trivialities) into perspective and further proves that we have very little to complain about in the ultimate scheme of things.
Category Archives: Site News
Pending Site/System Maintenance
Over the next few days we will be upgrading our site to a larger, more stable server so there may be brief periods of downtime. Our hope is that the transition is seamless and content should flow uninterrupted. As always, we will continue to provide content and interaction via our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
New Enloe Trials Chapter Approaching
A new installment in The Enloe Trials photonovel series is almost here! For a sneak peek at some full size images, head on over to the forums!
The Enloe Trials: WIP Previews
Slowly but surely, progress toward the next installment in The Enloe Trials Photonovel Series continues. Head on over to the forums for some new previews, or catch up on the previous chapter by clicking here!
Action Figure Customizing Panel at C7
Customizing legend sillof (Jamie Follis) will be hosting a customizing panel at Star Wars Celebration on Friday, April 17th from 12pm-1pm. Work from some of the Yakface forum members your are familiar with will be featured in this panel. This will be the second time that Jamie has lead up this event, and if your are going to be at C7 and enjoy customizing or are interested in getting started, you ought to make an effort to attend.
At this panel, Jamie Follis will give attendees a complete overview of the process of creating or modifying your own action figures. The panel will have something for newcomers as well as seasoned customizers including an introduction to the hobby, different types of customizing, instructions, suggestions, and tips on the hobby, and a showcase of some of the most creative fan made figures. Instructions will range from construction, to sculpting, painting, casting and 3-D printing your own pieces. A few lucky attendees will receive random prices. Jamie will also be hosting customizing classes daily at the Diorama Workshop area in the main showroom throughout the convention.
For more details, head on over to our forums or through the official C7 site.
Customs & Answers is Back!
We are very pleased to deliver a new installment Customs & Answers for all you customizing fans out there!
It had been a while since we had interviewed one of our active forum members like this – so while Hasbro seems to be dithering with the hobby, it made sense to interview a customizer who keeps the 3.75″ dream alive – Peakob1.
Go grab a drink and kick back and enjoy some helpful tips and walkthroughs from one of our favorite customizers in the hobby after the jump!
Signs of Life at Target
Reports are coming in that Target stores across the United States are starting to receive singles here and there of the second wave of Rebels figures (already in the past week, I’ve seen more of these figures than all of Wave 1 combined since they were first released).
Be on the lookout as there’s a good chance your local Target store is receiving these too – even if it’s just 1-2 figures at a time.
Yakfinities: Create a Custom Bounty Hunter
The current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just over a month left – so if you like to customize, or have never created a custom but are looking for a reason to, we invite you to participate in Yakfinities #55 – Bounty Hunters.
The variety of entries thus far has been great, but there’s always room for more submissions, and remember, we’re going to have some random winners (regardless of skill level) after this wraps up at the end of March – so head on over to the forums and submit your custom, or just click through to see the cool creations made already.
Remaining Wish Lists – The Phantom Menace
Hasbro’s focus is going to be on the upcoming films moving forward, so it’s doubtful we are going to see them dip into the existing films for reference material for a while, but there’s still quite a few characters that have yet to be realized in plastic form, or could be released again in some manner.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be exploring some of these options in our forums, and invite you to join in the discussions here.
Hasbro Toy Talk by Jodo: Part 2
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Forum member Jodo has posted another good read on his blog about the issues we as collectors are facing these days (a follow up to his previous article).
Check it out here, and share your own thoughts in our comments section or in the forums.
Personal Note: Hopefully Hasbro gets things back on track with the Episode VII launch!