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You Must Check Out the First Issue of Philip Reed’s BattleGrip Magazine

If you’re not familiar with Philip Reed and his site, BattleGrip, you should check it out. When I started AFP, somehow Philip found the site, and he’s been a really great supporter from our early days – and he’s just that way in the collecting community – a terrific guy.

Earlier this year, Philip published a Kickstarter-funded book about 3rd-party Transformers called Transforming Collections. (There are a couple of copies of Transforming Collections available on Amazon.) I guess that massive effort kept him hooked on publishing, because his latest endeavor is a free downloadable magazine. I’m re-hosting BattleGrip – issue 1 here (click to download – 70MB) to help get the issue out there. If you’re an old-timer like me and miss the days when you could go to a magazine store to pick up one related to toys (or if you just want to know what that was like, in this increasingly online world), then you’ll love this.

A couple of tips – you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader or an alternative PDF reader, and the best way to read this magazine is to set it up in 2-page view (View -> Page Display -> Two Page View) and select the option to show the cover page on its own (View -> Page Display -> Show Cover Page in Two Page View). This will let you see some of the beautiful 2-page spreads, like the Predator Trophy Case above, in all their glory.

Great start to the magazine, Philip, and thanks for the link to my moot-fake-rant about the Club Infinite Earths Doomsday. Can’t wait for issue 2!

Border Patrol: Pulp Fiction Jules and Vincent, Star Wars Stormtrooper Luke Skywalker, and Transformers Soundwave

Pulp Fiction 1/6 Scale Jules and Vincent by Rainman – I really can’t get over the head sculpts and paint job that nail the Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta likenesses – this set comes with the suits, weapons, the “dork” outfits they wore after they got brains on themselves, and even the Big Kahuna Burger drink and Jules’ Bad Mother Fucker wallet… and more! – must be seen to be believed – ends Sep 03, 2013 22:30:23 PDT

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!

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Soapbox Sunday: Could Hasbro Revitalize the G.I. JOE Brand with a 6-Inch Figure Line?

I’m not a good G.I. JOE fan. When I was a kid, I had a lot of the original 3.75-inch Joes from the mid-80s. I watched the cartoon whenever I could, and I’d wage a lot of war against Cobra on the floor of my bedroom. But as an adult collector, I don’t buy a lot of G.I. JOEs anymore. And although the Hasbro brand has seen some resurgence after a lackluster first live action movie outing with a better received sequel in G.I. JOE: Retaliation, that hasn’t exactly translated into better sales in the toy aisles to kids and their moms either. With the brand losing shelf space at retail, it’s looking rather bleak for the toy line for 2014.

A couple years ago, I picked up a bootleg Snake Eyes in the 6-inch scale. I don’t know the origin of the toy, but it holds together like something made in a factory. It’s got the articulation setup of the 25th Anniversary Joes. And it’s got almost everything that I’d want to see in a G.I. JOE toy line for the adult me.

That leads me to my topic today – could Hasbro breathe life into G.I. JOE with a new six-inch action figure line?

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Hasbro Star Wars Black Series Wave 2 Pre-Orders Are Up at Amazon.com

I had previously written that Star Wars Black Series wave 2 is up for pre-order at Entertainment Earth and BBTS. You can order cases there, which will come with one of each figure in the wave. Our pal Rodney wrote in with the heads up that Star Wars Black Series wave 2 is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com – on Amazon, you can order the figures individually. That’s useful if you already have a Boba Fett from San Diego Comic-Con, for example, or are only interested in specific figures from the wave.

They have an ETA of November 25th and are listed at $22.99. Wave 1 was first listed for that price, but eventually was lowered to $19.99. With Amazon’s pre-order price guarantee, there’s no risk to putting in your order now, because they will honor the lowest pre-order price automatically.

Star Wars Black Series Darth Maul Instapics

One of these days, I’ll give up my big camera and just take pictures with my phone. Here’s some quick pics of Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series Darth Maul.

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To get you the pics you want as fast as I can, I’m hooking you into my Instagram feed – there’s already a few more Star Wars pics there than what I’ve included in this quick post. If you’re on Instagram, follow me at afpron – that’s for AFP Ron, not AF Pron :). Stay tuned for better pictures soon.