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NEW PRE-ORDERS
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Bring the post-apocalyptic action of Transformers: Reactivate into your collection with the Transformers: Reactivate 2-Packs! These 6.5-inch action figures feature metallic battle damage deco inspired by the Transformers: Reactivate video game. The fight against crime and evil under the streets of New York City never ends, and neither do the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ULTIMATES! Super7’s latest wave of highly articulated, 7” scale TMNT action figures includes a Battle Damaged Foot Soldier, Rappin’ Mike, Rat King, and a mysterious Ninja Nomad Leonardo, all featuring intricate sculpt and premium paint detail, interchangeable heads & hands, and an assortment of accessories. Dark Horse continues their line of popular Mass Effect statues with Tali’Zorah and Urdnot Wrex! Kidrobot has three new plush from the Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared series with Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Green Duck. Joining the EXQUISITE SUPER Series, from 1992 sci-fi thriller Universal Soldier, is the 1/12 scale Luc Deveraux action figure! Threezero is proud to announce the release of MDLX Sideswipe, a redesigned version of the brash young Autobot warrior! Spider-Man has been restocked in the Amazing Yamaguchi series with Iron Spider and Spider-Man (Ver. 2.0) and in addition to those, there is an all new figure of the Winter Soldier!
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NEW ARRIVALS
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Straight from the pages of the TMNT IDW comics with sculpts inspired by Mateus Santolouco, TLS proudly releases the ultimate Shredder action figure! Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Donatello are also here with comic-inspired designs. The Marvel’s Blade Marvel Legends figure from the Mindless One BAF wave has arrived! The second Cosmic Legions wave, “Gravenight”, has arrived and features some of the combatants who do battle in the prison’s lowest level, Cell Block 5. The fighting arena found on this level is commonly known as “The Grave. Mezco’s One:12 Collective Morbius is now in stock and wears a fitted bodysuit with a winged cape and features three head portraits, capturing varying degrees of his grisly nature. Threezero’s Rebuild of Evangelion ROBO-DOU 4th Angel figure has arrived! The 4th Angel is a non-scale articulated figure approximately 10 inches tall with a remarkable die-cast structural frame that provides 47 points of articulation.
Daniel Pickett
AFi founder and Editor-In-Chief Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he ever collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Super Heroes line back in the 70s. He has been surrounded by collectables ever since.
In 1999 he was confounded by a lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he couldn’t find the information he decided to pursue it himself thinking other people might also be interested in the same news. He started writing a weekly column on the toy industry and action figure for a toy news site and in a years time he tripled the sites daily traffic with his updates, reviews and product features.
He built relationships with every major toy manufacturer and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a world wide expertise that the industry has embraced.
In 2004 he teamed up with his toy buddy Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com.
Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media press outlets. Over the years Daniel and AFi have been sought out as experts in the field. Daniel was regularly featured on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 network as the primary contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our front page has been linked to from USA Today’s
“Pop Candy” Blog twice. Daniel’s content has also been featured on Bloomberg News, MSNBC.com, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, CNN.com, AssociatedPress.com
Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the Official
Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet and Toy Fare magazine, among many
others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and TV shows.
But all of that really just sounds snooty and “tootin’ his own horn” – the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and he LOVES talking about them.
