I know the 3A site says September 6, but that’s because that’s Hong Kong time. For those of us who are timezone challenged, the Fighting JCs in 1/12 go on sale starting at 9PM EST today.
I have waited a long time for the Fighting JC to make it to the Action Portable scale, so I am all in! Don’t miss out!
Because of space and cost constraints, most of my 3A Toys collection is limited to 1/12 scale – but seeing all this 1/6 goodness grouped up in two display cases makes me wish I had a mansion and a bank account to match. The big news for 1/12 guys were the trio of Tomorrow Queens in that scale. Awesome to eventually get some females in 1/12, but I still want a Fighting JC.
I’m a big fan of 3A Toys, but 1/6 scale is the default, and that’s space and cost prohibitive for a guy like me. Fighting JC is one of my most wanted, and I’m psyched for his eventually release in 1/12 through the Action Portable line. These pics come from Ashley Wood’s Instagram account, but I am a newb and can’t seem to find it in Instagram’s search. No official date when these will be coming – I’ll be waiting for a divine message.
- AP Fighting JC and what seems to be Popbot Red Sham
- WWRp Fantome de Plume on top of AK Hooded Custard (comes with Shit Weather Bleak
via 3A latest daily news and updates. Thanks Gimbat!
As you guys may know, at AFP we’ve become great fans of 3A Toys. And today the 3A membership club for 2012 (called 3AA for 3A Associates) goes on sale for 24 hours. You may be asking yourself why you’d pay $180 for something like this, but it comes with an exclusive figure that in itself covers the cost – and the 15% discount over the course of the year plus the hat and messenger bag are all just gravy.
Don’t miss out – believe me, you will regret it! 🙂
For the time-zone challenged, the 3AA 2012 membership goes on sale starting today, January 12, at 8PM EST, available for only 24 hours.
3AA 2012 goes onsale 13th Jan at 9-00am, the sale will last 24 hours and the opportunity to join 3AA will not come around till the same time next year!
3AA 2012 costs $180USD, the member pack consists of 15% discount to any product purchased directly from 3A via Bambaland or conventions etc for the period of 12 months (under the account name the 3AA 2012 was purchased), 3AA messenger bag, 3AA baseball cap (regular size), membership card and the exclusive Adventure Kartel 1/6th figure F-LEGION.
**The small print which isn’t that small**
- 3AA 2012 is not transferable, if it is resold it becomes null.
- The 3AA discount will be applied online at the Bambalandstore to the account under which 3AA was purchased.
- 3AA 2012 members are guaranteed access to purchase one (more if applicable) standard release and 3AA exclusive releases for the period of the 2012 membership. Standard sales does not cover special sales of limited nature, Ashley Wood 1:1 editions or 3A publications.
- 3AA exclusive toys will not be offered outside of 2012 3AA members
- One 3AA membership per account and delivery address.
Moldie’s got a lot to say about 3A and the Ankous, so I’ll keep the intro short. He’s done a bunch of guest reviews for us (see here, here, here, here, and here) – you think it’s time for him to become a regular on AFP?
Toy collecting is growing up. Those of us who grew up with the old Star Wars figures of the 70s and 80s and G.I. JOE and Transformers, a lot of us were sucked back in with well designed and heavily-articulated toylines like Marvel Legends, now largely considered a pivotal series in the history of action figures. All the while the whole concept of comics and pop culture as contemporary art has grown and infected the same generation, leading toys to become more and more about legitimate aesthetic and overall design and less about character recognition and franchise promotion, the toy world’s crust slowly cracked open exposing opportunities for new and diverse lines.
It’s no surprise that a company like threeA might shine under these circumstances. With the production of toy lines the likes of WWR (World War Robot, 1/6, twelve-inch scale) and WWRp (World War Robot: portable, 1/12, six-inch scale) which are promoting nothing except an artist (Ashley Wood)’s sense of aesthetic, toy collecting seems to be veering into a whole new direction of high-quality collectibles, and leaving, to some degree, the toy aisles to the kiddos.
But threeA’s not just about rendering grimy, diesel-swilling robots in vinyl. Not just about gas masks and one-sleeved renegade soldiers, nope. It turns out it’s also about an old-school classic adventure team with a contemporary, crusty twist. With a touch of “emo” for the whiney-kid set.
We’re talking Adventure Kartel, here – the details of which are fed slowly, tiny morsel by tiny morsel as new figures are released into the wild.
