Celebrate Episode 200 of the AFB Podcast by winning prizes in our Caption This Contest!

The 200th Episode of the AFB Podcast is just around the corner, and as always, when we hit a milestone, we like to celebrate by giving you chances to win great prizes!

Our sponsors Mike's Comics N' Stuff and Bam-Kapow! are each donating some great prizes, and we have some other items to fill out the kitty (full list to be announced soon), which we can't wait to give away.

For your chance to win, you need to enter our 200th Episode Caption Contest! Choose one of the three photos below, add your own funny captions or speech bubbles, and post the end result on the Action Figure Blues Facebook Page before 18 December 2015.

The pics are below, and the contest rules are below that. Read on!

Pic 1:

Pic 2:

Pic 3:

Here are the basic rules:

• You are allowed to save your own copy of the photos round and edit them to present your entry.
• You are allowed one entry per photo - three in total. Please post each photo separately.
• You do not have to give "lines" to every toy in the photo. How you script it is up to you!
• Winners of prize packs (one per pic) will be announced on the 200th Episode of the AFB Podcast - which will go live on the evening of 24th December 2015

If you'd like to see some examples for inspiration, have a look at the finalists from our "Toy Lines" Comp back in 2011!

Remember, entries are to be posted on our Facebook Page before 18 December 2015!

Okay gang, get to it - happy captioning!

The AFB Custom Comp - "Scum and Villainy" - The Winners!

Recently the AFB Forum held its first Custom Comp for a year, and this time it was all about the bad guys!

If you haven't checked out all of the fabulous entries in this comp, please check them out now.

Finally, let's give a big round of applause to our three top vote-getters:

Third Place - PSYCHO PIRATE by NiteOwl

Second Place - SCALPHUNTER by fishmilkshake

First Place - SLIPKNOT by dozymuppet

Congrats to all of our winners, and again well done to all of our entrants!

Enter the AFB Podcast 100th Birthday Contest Now!

If you haven't listened to our 100th Episode yet, do it now via direct download! Or Download and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes now! 

During the show we revealed the AFB Podcast 100th Birthday CONTEST which you can enter to win awesome stuff! All you need to do is answer five trivia questions and send them to podcast@actionfigureblues.com and you will go in the draw for a stash of prizes donated by Mike's Comics N' Stuff and All Star Comics Melbourne!

If you need to refresh your memory about the questions, we've created a special file with just the contest info which you can download here!

Happy guessing!

The AFB Podcast Episode 100 - The One With The Punchy Hands And The Contest

Episode ONE HUNDRED of the AFB Podcast is live at iTunes and is now available for direct download! Download and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes now! 

Everyone says we don't look an episode over 99, but we have in fact crossed the line into triple digits!

To celebrate, all the regular guys are on the show. Together. At once. It's slightly chaotic, as you might imagine.....

We have all the regular features, but more exciting, we have The AFB Podcast 100th Birthday CONTEST which you can enter to win awesome stuff! Have a listen and check it out.

If you can't use iTunes, you can download Episode One Hundred here now! Click on the link to listen, or right click to save the file! The podcast will always be available from the “Podcast” tab here - but if you can subscribe and give us positive ratings at iTunes, that will help us greatly! 

The AFB Podcast is also on Stitcher Radio!

Have a listen, and please give us some feedback at podcast@actionfigureblues.com - we might even read out your feedback on the next show!

Happy listening!

The AFB Comment of the Month Contest for June 2012!

​First off, thanks to everyone who commented on last month’s blog posts! Congratulations to "TotalToyz" for being our randomly selected winner! Once we hear from TT, (you can can PM your choice to "Scotty" at the AFB Forum or email me at scott@actionfigureblues.com), his choice of either the Arkham City Wave 2 Catwoman figure from DC Direct or the Marvel Legends Wave 2 Unmasked Dark Wolverine from Hasbro will be on the way when available from Mike’s Comics N’ Stuff.



Now to June's Contest: on offer is the New 52 Batman Action Figure from DC Collectibles - which will be a great prize!


A few bits and pieces:

• every genuine comment on a post from the calendar month will be eligible to receive the prize. I’m going to stick to my own time zone and call it at 23:59:59 Australian Eastern Standard Time – best to comment often and comment early!


• if my super scientific randomizer comment selector system chooses an Anonymous comment, I’ll skip it and go again – you need to leave a name, a link, your AFB Forum username or email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Blogger comments allows you to do this, as long as your profile is not set to private – check your settings.


• you will be given a choice of one of the two figures on offer from the month’s contest – figures will be in their original packaging. figures will be sent by first class mail within the US (Mike is sending them, remember) and first class international to any overseas winner. An overseas winner can elect to chip in for Priority Mail or Insurance, but otherwise we can’t take any responsibility for a parcel that doesn’t arrive – after all this is coming out of AFB’s not dreadfully deep pockets!

Once again, thanks to Mike for making this all possible for us, and here’s to another happy month of commenting! Until next time!

The AFB Comment of the Month Contest for May 2012

​First off, thanks to everyone who commented on last month’s blog posts! Congratulations to "3B" of 3B's Toy Hive for being our randomly selected winner! Once we hear from 3B, (you can can PM your choice to "Andy" at the AFB Forum or email me at scott@actionfigureblues.com), his choice of either the  either the Batman Legacy Series 3 Arkham Asylum Harley Quinn figure or the Marvel Minimates Wave 43 Jean De Wolff & Spider-Man Two Pack from DST will be on the way when available from Mike’s Comics N’ Stuff.

Now to May's Contest: on offer are two great prizes, either the Arkham City Wave 2 Catwoman figure from DC Direct or the Marvel Legends Wave 2 Unmasked Dark Wolverine from Hasbro - either of which would be a great prize!

A few bits and pieces:

• every genuine comment on a post from the calendar month will be eligible to receive the prize. I’m going to stick to my own time zone and call it at 23:59:59 Australian Eastern Standard Time – best to comment often and comment early!


• if my super scientific randomizer comment selector system chooses an Anonymous comment, I’ll skip it and go again – you need to leave a name, a link, your AFB Forum username or email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Blogger comments allows you to do this, as long as your profile is not set to private – check your settings.


• you will be given a choice of one of the two figures on offer from the month’s contest – figures will be in their original packaging. figures will be sent by first class mail within the US (Mike is sending them, remember) and first class international to any overseas winner. An overseas winner can elect to chip in for Priority Mail or Insurance, but otherwise we can’t take any responsibility for a parcel that doesn’t arrive – after all this is coming out of AFB’s not dreadfully deep pockets!

Once again, thanks to Mike for making this all possible for us, and here’s to another happy month of commenting! Until next time!

The AFB Podcast: Pimp the Podcast Contest!

If you know AFB, then you know we love giving away prizes, and we've had some great contests and giveaways over the years. For the first contest for the AFB Podcast, we really wanted to pull out all the stops, and to do that we needed the help of the amazing Mike from Mike's Comics N' Stuff - and I can guarantee you he has definitely come up with something amazing!

 

First, to the contest: it's the AFB Pimp the Podcast Contest, so to enter what we're asking you to do is help us get the word out about the podcast fun we're having. To do this, you might:

• make a post about the AFB Podcast on your blog or website
• share the links and some kind words about the podcast on a social networking site or platform
• find another creative way to spread the word to a wider audience

Whatever you choose, all you need to do to enter is send the proof to (such as a link) to podcast@actionfigureblues.com - all valid entries will go into the draw and the winner will be announced on Episode Five of here AFB Podcast.

As for the prize, the winner will receive an amazing Prize Pack of toys from Mike's Comics N' Stuff. We'll give more details of the contents as time progresses, but rest assured this is an AMAZING set of prizes that will make any collector happy - far and away the biggest prize that's ever been given away under the Action Figure Blues banner.

So, what are you waiting for? Get to pimping that podcast, and don't forget to send the proof to podcast@actionfigureblues.com to go into the draw! You have until we record Episode 5, so get moving!

 

AFB's Black Friday Winners!

Back in November, AFB turned the whole Black Friday / Cyber Monday thing on its head by offering three lucky folks the chance to win instead of just save!

All you had to do to be in the running was register an account at the AFB Forum and make at least one post before the end of the month. Today I've taken the handy dandy AFB Randomizer to our list of new members and selected these winners:


DCUC Wave 18 Bronze Tiger - "bman25"


MOTUC Captain Glenn & Cringer - "23stitches"


Marvel Universe Classic Avengers Boxed Set - "ethansuplee"


Winners, please PM your shipping addresses to "Andy" at the AFB Forum - and congratulations!!

And the "Kirby Your Enthusiasm!" Winners Are......

It started months ago with an idea from our Custom Board co-moderator NiteOwl - to base our next AFB Custom Contest on a Jack Kirby theme. It was an inspired idea - after all, "The King" has left us with no shortage of amazing characters to choose from!

What followed was a great deal of enthusiasm and discussion and lots of hard work which culminated in what we all feel is our best Custom Contest yet - not only did we receive the most entries yet, we also had fantastic participation from the AFB Forum Community in commenting on the entries and voting on the winners. Many thanks to everyone who participated!

Each member who voted assigned 3 points to their favourite custom, 2 points to their second favourite and 1 point to their third choice. While our first place winner ran away with the most votes, we in fact had a tie for second place and our third place winner was only one point behind those two!

You can see all of the fabulous entries here, but without further ado, here are our "Kirby Your Enthusiasm!" Winners!

First Place: Mangog by fishmilkshake

Second Place (tie): Big Barda by FB and Baron Strucker by Andy

Third Place: The Living Totem by NiteOwl

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who entered and voted! Stay tuned for an announcement regarding the theme of our first Custom Comp for 2012 shortly!

You can discuss the winners and entries at the AFB Forum, and comment here to enter the December AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Until next time!

The AFB Comment Contest for December 2011!

First off, thanks to everyone who commented on last month’s blog posts! Congratulations to theotheradamford for being our randomly selected winner! Once we hear from Adam, (you can can PM your choice to "Andy" at the AFB Forum or email me at scott@actionfigureblues.com), his choice of  either the DC Universe Classics Wave 19 Kobra Figure from Mattel or the NYCC Exclusive Deadpool Minimates set from Art Asylum will be on the way when available from Mike’s Comics N’ Stuff.

Now to October’s Contest: on offer are two great prizes, either the - Age of X Minimates Boxed Set from Art Asylum or the Marvel Universe Wave 17 Psylocke Action Figureeither of which would be a great prize!

A few bits and pieces:

• every genuine comment on a post from the calendar month will be eligible to receive the prize. I’m going to stick to my own time zone and call it at 23:59:59 Australian Eastern Standard Time – best to comment often and comment early!
  
  
• if my super scientific randomizer comment selector system chooses an Anonymous comment, I’ll skip it and go again – you need to leave a name, a link, your AFB Forum username or email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Blogger comments allows you to do this, as long as your profile is not set to private – check your settings.
  
  
• you will be given a choice of one of the two figures on offer from the month’s contest – figures will be in their original packaging.
  
  
• figures will be sent by first class mail within the US (Mike is sending them, remember) and first class international to any overseas winner. An overseas winner can elect to chip in for Priority Mail or Insurance, but otherwise we can’t take any responsibility for a parcel that doesn’t arrive – after all this is coming out of AFB’s not dreadfully deep pockets!

Once again, thanks to Mike for making this all possible for us, and here’s to another happy month of commenting!

Until next time!

Black Friday Magic at AFB!

Why should online retailers have all the fun on Black Friday? Sure, there are lots of opportunities out there to spend money on stuff, but here at AFB we love giving away free stuff, so our Black Friday Special has to be about outrageous give-always, not discounts!

All you have to do to have a chance to win one of three great prizes is register to become a member at the AFB Forum and make at least 1 post between now and the end of November. At the end of the month, all new members (from the time of this post) will go into the draw to win either:

The MOTUC Captain Glenn & Cringer Action Figure Set
The Marvel Universe Classic Avengers Box Set
The DC Universe Wave 18 Bronze Tiger Action Figure


All prizes are brand new and unopened, and include standard shipping.

So, head over to the AFB Forum, register now and and join in the conversation, and you could score yourself a Black Friday deal with the most amazing discount of all - free! And let's face it, who can say no to free toys??

It's Voting Time! Choose the "Kirby Your Enthusiasm!" Contest Winner

Our AFB customizers have been hard at work, and their efforts in the "Kirby Your Enthusiasm!" Custom Contest are now on display at the AFB Forum!

Click here to see the fantastic contest entries, and here to read the voting guidelines.

You have until 30 November to vote!

AFB Custom Contest Deadline extended by One Week!

The deadline for our current Custom Competition, "Kirby Your Enthusiasm", has been pushed back by one week to the 17th of November! We hope this gives everyone who was planning to enter a bit more time to produce some Jack Kirby inspired custom greatness!


You can read all about the contest here - anyone is welcome to enter!


Looking forward to some great results!

The AFB Comment of the Month Contest for November 2011!

First off, thanks to everyone who commented on last month’s blog posts! Congratulations to my very good friend fishmilkshake for being our randomly selected winner! Once we hear from FMS, either the DC Universe Classics Wave 19 Atom Figure from Mattel or the Walking Dead Series One Michonne figure from NECA will be on the way when available from Mike’s Comics N’ Stuff.

Now to November’s Contest: on offer are two great prizes, either the DC Universe Classics Wave 19 Kobra Figure from Mattel or the NYCC Exclusive Deadpool Minimates set from Art Asylum- either of which would be a great prize!

A few bits and pieces:

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  every genuine comment on a post from the calendar month will be eligible to receive the prize. I’m going to stick to my own time zone and call it at 23:59:59 Australian Eastern Standard Time – best to comment often and comment early!


• if my super scientific randomizer comment selector system chooses an Anonymous comment, I’ll skip it and go again – you need to leave a name, a link, your AFB Forum username or email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Blogger comments allows you to do this, as long as your profile is not set to private – check your settings.


• you will be given a choice of one of the two figures on offer from the month’s contest – figures will be in their original packaging.


• figures will be sent by first class mail within the US (Mike is sending them, remember) and first class international to any overseas winner. An overseas winner can elect to chip in for Priority Mail or Insurance, but otherwise we can’t take any responsibility for a parcel that doesn’t arrive – after all this is coming out of AFB’s not dreadfully deep pockets!

Once again, thanks to Mike for making this all possible for us, and here’s to another happy month of commenting!

Until next time!

Win the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in AFB's amazing new Contest!

I often explain the excitement that surrounds the San Diego Comic-Con for those of use who engage in the various forms of geekery celebrated there by saying “It’s one of my people’s religious festivals.” It’s a time of great excitement, and for we toy collectors it’s also a time of great avarice as we drool over newly announced collectibles and scrabble for the various exclusive pieces on offer.

As has become a tradition here at AFB, I like to use this time as a time to give something back, and this year we’re offering the biggest prize we’ve ever had - the Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! Stay Puft comes in at a whopping 20 inches tall, and the winner of this competition will receive him in his carry case which converts to a diorama for display. It’s a great prize!!

I’m sure everyone will understand that a prize as big as this one will require some effort to win, and we are looking forward to some great entries in what we’re calling “Sing a Song for Stay Puft”. Basically, we’re looking for the person who can explain why they want to win Stay Puft in most creative and entertaining way.

Your “song” for Stay Puft doesn’t have to be musical - I just chose that title because it was allterative. You could present your entry as:

• a comic / comic strip
• a video
• an animation
• something else entirely different

Whatever it is, it needs to communicate exactly why you want Stay Puft and why you should be the winner. It also needs to be kept moderately safe for work - we aim to be a family friendly site, after all!

The winner will be judged by the Admins of the AFB Forum - fishmilkshake, dozymuppet and FB. There *may* also be some smaller prizes on offer for honourable mentions if the standard is good enough!

The prize or prizes will be sent to the winner from Australia. If the prize is going overseas, it will be sent by first class international mail. The winner may choose to add their own funds for express shipping and or insurance if desired.

Entries will be submitted via the AFB Forum - new members are very welcome to register and enter, but we do ask that you have a minimum post count of 10 by the time the competition closes.

Since we’re expecting big things, we’re going to give a decent time frame for people to prepare their entries. The competition will be open for three weeks and will close at 11:59PM GMT+10 on Sunday 4th September 2011.

You can discuss the competition in the Sing a Song for Stay Puft discussion thread at the AFB Forum.

You can submit your entries at the Sing a Song for Stay Puft Official Entry Thread at the AFB Forum.

The winning entries will be announced and featured here at the blog.

Let’s get creative! Looking forward to your entries!

The AFB Comment Contest for July 2011!

First off, thanks to everyone who commented on last month’s blog posts. Congratulations to AFB Forum Member super-duper-toybox for being our randomly selected winner this month - I believe he is a repeat winner too! Once we hear from s-d-t, his choice of either the DC Universe Classics Wave 17 White Lantern Hal Jordan or the Marvel Universe Doctor Strange figure will be on the way when available from Mike’s Comics N’ Stuff.

Now to July’s Contest: on offer are two great prizes, either the Real Ghostbusters Minimates Series 1 or the Captain Boomerang figure from DC Universe Classics Wave 18!

A few bits and pieces:

every genuine comment on a post from the calendar month will be eligible for receiving the prize. I’m going to stick to my own time zone and call it at 23:59:59 Australian Eastern Standard Time – best to comment often and comment early!

• if my super scientific randomizer comment selector system chooses an Anonymous comment, I’ll skip it and go again – you need to leave a name, a link, your AFB Forum username or email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Blogger comments allows you to do this, as long as your profile is not set to private – check your settings.
• you will be given a choice of one of the two figures on offer from the month’s contest – figures will be in their original packaging.
• figures will be sent by first class mail within the US (Mike is sending them, remember) and first class international to any overseas winner. An overseas winner can elect to chip in for Priority Mail or Insurance, but otherwise we can’t take any responsibility for a parcel that doesn’t arrive – after all this is coming out of AFB’s not dreadfully deep pockets!

Once again, thanks to Mike for making this all possible for us, and here’s to another happy month of commenting!

Until next time!

And the Toy Lines! Winner is.......

Thanks to everyone who voted for the ultimate winner of our Toy Lines! Caption Contest. It was hard enough for me to choose the winners of each of the four rounds, so handing over the choice to the fans was a big relief!

It was tight there for awhile, but in the end, one entry ran away with the prize with just over 50% of the vote.

Please give a warm round of applause to our Toy Lines! Overall Winner - bubbashelby!

This is the entry that got bubbashelby over the line:

As our Toy Lines! Winner, bubbashelby will receive an unopened set of Masters of the Universe Classics Eternian Palace Guards. Bubba - pls send me your postal address at the AFB Forum!

You can this at the AFB Forum, and you can comment on this post to enter the June AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Stay tuned for the next installment of Toy Lines!

Until next time!

It's Voting Time! Help decide the "Toy Lines!" Overall Winner!

They came, they saw, and they were funny.


Four AFB readers rose above the rest to win their individual "Toy Lines!" Rounds, each providing the funniest captions for a picture featuring some of my very own action figures.


Now, one must rise above the rest. Three journeys will come an end, while only one "Toy Lines!" dream will survive.


(Insert other reality television jargon here. Be sure to use "journey" liberally.)


I've had my go at choosing the winners of each round - now it's your turn to choose the overall "Toy Lines" Winner!


To have your say - have a reminder look at the four Round Winners below, and the go over to the poll on the right to select your favourite! You can also use the link the poll to share the poll with others so that they can vote too.


The voting closes at 23:59 GMT+10 on 18 June 2011. The results will be hidden until voting closes.


The winner will be announced here at the blog and will receive an unopened set of Masters of the Universe Classics Eternian Palace Guards!


Here are your choices:


Round One: bubbashelby

Round Two: fishmilkshake

Round Three: NiteOwl

Round Four: Freak Studio

Happy voting! And of course, you can comment on this post to enter the June AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Until next time!

Toy Lines! Caption Contest - Round Four Winner!

First off, many thanks to everyone who entered the fourth and final round of "Toy Lines!", our new caption contest! My apologies for the extended round - real life and the busy-ness of the wrap-up of the '70s Custom Contest got the better of me!

The task for Round Four was to add captions to a photo featuring DC Universe Classics Wave 16 Mercury, and while the task of captioning a solo picture may have deterred some, once again our entrants rose the challenge!

As always, I'm going with the entry that made me laugh the loudest. Congratulations to our Round Four winner, Freak Studio! Here's his hilarious entry:

Freak Studio's Round Four Winner will face off against the winners from the three previous rounds in a public vote here on the blog, with the winner receiving our prize, which is a Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Eternian Palace Guards Two Pack,  like the one reviewed here. The prize will be an unopened version still sealed in its white mailer box.

This was the last chance to enter to win, so now it's on to choosing the Contest Winner from the four Round Winners. Tomorrow I'll have a poll up to make that process happen!

In the meantime, you can discuss Round Four's efforts at the AFB Forum, and comment on this post to enter the June AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Until next time!

Toy Lines! The AFB Comment Contest - Round Three!

First off, many thanks to everyone who entered the second round of "Toy Lines!", our new caption contest! There were some really wonderful entries in Round Two - you can see them all by clicking here. Do have a look as they are well worth it!

The task for Round Two was to add captions to a photo featuring Masters of the Universe's He-Man, Grizzlor and Shadow Beast, and once again our entrants rose the challenge!

Thankfully, it's only my job to choose the winners of each round, because that is challenging enough!! The ultimate winner will be chosen by the readers of AFB!

As always, I'm going with the entry that made me laugh the loudest. Congratulations to our Round Two winner, fishmilkshake! Here's his hilarious entry:

Fishmilkshake's Round Two Winner will face off against the winners from the other three rounds in a public vote here on the blog, with the winner receiving our prize, which is a Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Eternian Palace Guards Two Pack,  like the one reviewed here. The prize will be an unopened version still sealed in its white mailer box.

That means there are still three chances to win, and the next challenge is just below. See what fun can you have with this one:

There will be four rounds of "Toy Lines!", each lasting 10 or so days. The winners of each round will be decided by me, and once all four rounds are over, the four winning photos will be put up to a vote here on the site for the AFB Readership to decide the ultimate winner.

Here are the basic rules:

• You are allowed to save your own copy of the photo for each round and edit it to present your entry.
  
  
• Only one entry per person per round is allowed. You may enter each round, even if you have won a previous round.
  
  
• You do not have to give "lines" to every toy in the photo. How you script it is up to you!
  
  
• Entries must be posted at the AFB Forum in the thread for each round - Round Three is here
  
  
• Every 10 (or so) days I will announce the winner for the previous round here at the blog and post a new photo for a new round
  
  
• Once we have completed four rounds, I will post the four winning photos here at the blog and post a poll for AFB readers to vote for the winner. This will be a blind poll and will run for 15 days.
  
  
• The reader vote will determine the winner. The winner will receive the MOTUC Eternian Palace Guards Two-Pack with standard shipping. The winner may add express shipping or insurance at his/her own expense.
  
  

Keep up the good work, and I look forward to the next great round! Also, you can of course comment on this post to enter the April AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Until next time!