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!

Toy Lines! The AFB Caption Contest: Round Two!

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

The task for Round One was to add captions to a photo featuring Black Hand, Mongul and Black Lantern Abin Sur, and our entrants rose the challenge!

There were some common threads in some of the Round One entries and a number I think are absolutely brilliant. In the end though, it's my job to choose the winners of each round, with the ultimate winner chosen by the readers of AFB.

I'm going with the entry that made me laugh the loudest and longest. It just happens to be the very first entry that was made. Congratulations to our Round One winner, bubbashelby! Here's his hilarious entry:

I love this entry not just because it's extremely funny, but because of the levels of humour - the fun comes not just from explaining what's happening in the photo, but also mocking the Green Lantern Corps Series 1 Mongul's colour scheme, which is seriously mock-worthy!

So, bubbashelby's Round One Winner will face off against the winners from the next 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 days, starting with the Round One Pic I'm posting today (see below). 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 Two 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 March AFB Comment of the Month Contest!

Until next time!

TOY LINES! The AFB Caption Contest! Round One up now!

I mentioned in my last post that a new AFB Contest was on the way, and now - here it is! Introducing "Toy Lines!" - the AFB Toy Caption Contest!

Everyone loves a caption contest, but here's one with a difference. Your task will be to provide captions or speech bubbles that go along with photos of action figures that I'll be posting.

There will be four rounds of "Toy Lines!", each lasting 10 days, starting with the Round One Pic I'm posting today (see below). 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.

The overall winner will receive 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.

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 One 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.

Clear as mud? Great!

So, without further ado, here is the pic for Round One:

You may post your entries in this thread at the AFB Forum. If you're not yet a member of the forum you can register for an account here.

Please post any questions either here at this post or at the forum. Most importantly, be creative and have fun!

As always, you can comment on this post to enter the AFB Comment of the Month Contest!