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If it's not news, and it's not commentary, then you'll find it here! Reviews, Behind the Scenes peeks, and spotlights on companies and creators are all given the AFI treatment.
	AFI's Behind the Plastic: The Golden Age of Toy Biz/Marvel Toys Panel Comic Con 2008 True innovators in the world of action figures are few and far between. The team at Marvel Toys/Toy Biz has been bringing articulation to American action figures in their ground breaking lines: Marvel Legends, Spiderman Classics, Lord of the Rings, Legendary Comic Book Heroes and other Marvel movie lines. At Comic Con 08 I brought the people that poured their blood, sweat and tears into these toys and had them talk about what might have been and their future plans for these line. Among the stories we had a slide show of NEVER BEFORE SEEN PLANS for unproduced figures from their Marvel, LCBH and other lines. . -8/5/2008
	Battlestar Galactica MiniMates Wave II As we wait for BSG Season 4 to begin we take a look at DST/Art Asylum's second wave of modern Galactica Mini Mates-1/21/08
	How Round2 Saved Christmas Just in time for the holidays! We have an exclusive interview with Round 2 Corp, the new company that brought Rudolph and Charlie Brown back to store shelves, and started off strong with their brand new Frosty products. We find out who they are, where they came from and what’s next for Round 2 and our holiday favorites!. -12/23/07
	SpyMagaician's Custom CARS car Spy Magician brings us an amazing Custom feature on how to turn a 1/64th scale version of any car into a CARS version of that car-12/22/07
	Marvel Zombies are coming to get you The new wave of Marvel Select figures are based on the Marvel Zombie Universe. These figures, sculpted by Digg Deep, feature removable body parts and interlocking bases that show the fate of the Silver Surfer. -10/31/07
	Gylos System Series 1 Spy Magician & the Fresh Monkey are back. This time they take a look at a brand new creator owned property of articulated resin figures: GYLOS-10/6/07
	YO JOE! The First Wave of Hasbro's new GI JOE figures. Hasbro is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the GI Joe Real American line with updated versions of classic figures. The first in a series of features called “A Discussion that looks Inside the Mind of the Insane Ramblings of Spy Magician & the Fresh Monkey”-9/21/07
	Bustin' Up the Joint with Tim Bruckner - A Christmas Carol The first in a new series of features on Tim Bruckner. AFI takes a look at Tim's original bust line based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol -9/13/07
	Grodd/Red Hood JLU Target 6-pack We have your first look at the finished product of Mattel's new JLU Target 6-pack featuring Red Hood and GRODD! -9/8/07
	DST's Battelstar Galactica MiniMates - Series 1 Continuing our look at LCBH's inital foray onto store shelves in your near future! -8/21/07
	Legendary Comic Book Heroes - Series 1 We take a close look at Marvel toys' well anticipated follow-up to Marvel Legends! -7/25/07
	Legendary Comic Book Heroes - Series 2 Continuing our look at LCBH's inital foray onto store shelves in your near future! -7/25/07
	Bing Bang Botcon! Superfriend braves the badass bots to bring you the crazy coverage from this year's Transformers mega party! .-7/15/07
	One more Closer to Super Powers- JLU Hawkman Mattel gives us a sneak peek at another upcoming JLU 3-pack.-7/07/07
	Expanding a League AFI takes a closer look at the recent and coming soon Justice League Unlimited 3-packs.-6/04/07
	Mattel's New DC SuperHeroes Batman Wave AFI's 2nd Anniversary Day 5-- We get a look at Mattel and the Four Horsemen's new entries in their 6" DC SuperHero line-4/20/07
	Legendary Comic Book Heroes Interview Marvel Toys' Jesse Falcon takes a few moments to answer our questions about this highly anticipated new line.-4/18/07
	DC Xtreme- The Lost Bust Series AFI's 2nd Anniversary Day 2-- We get a never before seen look at this "lost" Tim Bruckner concept.-4/17/07
	The 1966 Batman TV show Batmobile by Hot Wheels HOLY HOT WHEELS BATMAN! Mattel has given us a sneak peek at the most anticpated 1/64 scale car of the year!-01/11/07
	Public Enemies II: Hawkman We get a behind the scenes look at the making of this great upcoming figure.-12/20/06
	San Diego Comic Con International 2006! Dig it, babies: the biggest Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con of the year and we were there to rock the party! Fully updated with all the trimmings! -08/20/06
	Feelin' the Need for SPEED RACER with Adam Unger Jeff Cope tackles a little "Q & AA" with the Vice President of Art Asylum.-9/15/06
	BORN ON A MONDAY!!! Mattel's 2006 Summer Convention Exclusive- SOLOMON GRUNDY- 9/09/06
	DC Direct Con Exclusive John Stewart Green Lantern Mini-Mate AFI takes a close look at this sneak peak Con give-away.-8/13/06
	Mattel 'The Batman' Villain 6-Pack- An AFI Exclusive! Mattel does it again with an all villain (!) six-pack, and Kenny Rogers nowhere to be seen!- 7/18/06
	Wizard World LA 2006 A little news, a lot of pictures, heaping helpings of fun for the whole family.If families actually went to cons, that is.-7/18/06
	Mattel JLU Doomsday - An AFI Exclusive! Mattel lays down the smack about Mr. Day and his friends n the new Target boxset! - 7/12/06
	Behind the Plastic: Legend of the Dog Faced Ultron In a shocking turn of events, we reveal the original design of ML 11's Ultron, and why he was changed! -06/25/06
	Ask Julius Marx Ask him anything! He dares you, pal! -06/10/06
	Marvel Legends ICONS Wave I The first wave of the new 12" Marvel Legends ICONS are hitting. Check out the details on this great new line of Marvel goodness.-5/21/06
	Marvel Legends MONSTERS Boxed set Zod and I get back to doing some "Old School" features with the new Marvel Legends Boxed set- 5/2/06
	20 Questions: Karen Palinko Tim Bruckner's not the only bad-ass sculptor at DC; the uber-talented Karen Palinko shows that she takes a back seat to no one! -03/26/06
	Toy Fair 2006! Truly, this is still the "Big Show" of the toy world. See what's what and who's left standing for the upcoming year. And marvel at what Toy Biz unveils for their final year of Marvel super heroics. -02/20/06
	TimBrucker.com Opens AFI gets an exclusive look at the most recent work by master sculptor Tim Bruckner!-2/06/06
	JLU - The Bill Burns Appreciation Project AFI is proud to host a look at a very special project undertaken recently by the "Magnificent Nine!"-12/20/05
	TOP SECRET JLU Holiday Figure AFI gets the exclusive scoop on the rarest of JLU figures. A special TOP SECRET Holiday Project that will drive the fans crazy!-12/19/05
	JLU - Spotlight on New Figures! AFI gets an advance look at the all-new figures that will soon be hitting shelves. Mattel's revamped a number of features to give the fans what they want! -11/30/05
	Behind the Plastic: Green Lantern vs Sinestro The ever talented Tim Bruckner gives us an exclusive look at the unbelievable artisty that he put into this DC Direct sculpture! -10/12/05
	Ask Julius Marx The return of that keyboard slinger of the plains! -09/23/05
	DC Direct - Alex Ross' Justice 3 Spotlight Thanks to DC And Tim Bruckner, AFI gets to showcase the typically fantastic sculpts for the Joker and Wonder Woman from the third assortment of this popular line. -09/22/05
	Spider-Man Classics - Buzzing Beetle Once again expanding Spider-Man's vast villain roster, Toy Biz has released this immense insect baddie onto the toy shelves. -07/26/05
	Toy Biz - Superhero Showdown! Game Figures Here they are, Toy Biz's long awaited foray into the world of 4" figures! We showcase the entire first assortment, chase figures and all. Collect them all, play the game, and gasp in amazement as your wallet shrivels. You have been warned! -07/11/05
	Palisades Toys - Adult Swim Putting the "adult" back into Adult Swim, these toys take you on a glorious ride through the cosmos of your mind.-06/20/05
	Behind the Plastic: Sith Lord Crap on a Biscuit You may think you know Darth Vader, but you don't know diddly until you 've feasted your eyes on this half-assed ragamuffin. -06/19/05
	20 Questions: Jerry Macaluso SOTA's top dog gives us the straight dope on the doings round there! -06/16/05
	Mezco - Scarface "The Player" Figure You know the lines. You know the man. You know the chainsaw. Now get to know the excellent figure from Mezco in this up close look at the Cuban Gangster by our own CubanZod!-06/15/05
	Toy Biz - Showdown! Captain America Toy Biz debuts its latest creation: Super hero Showdown! figures and game. We get to take a sneak peek at Captain America before he hits mass market shelves.-06/11/05
	DC Direct - Alex Ross Justice League 1 The ultimate in artist inspired lines, the Ross version of the JL is already causing controversy. Read our take on it here, plus more pics that you can shake a Cosmic Rod at! -05/29/05
	DC Direct - First Appearances 3 DC Direct changes strategy with this third assortment of First Appearances, moving from Golden Age heroes to four more recent characters that fans have been clamoring for! -05/27/05
	E3 2005 Come with us as we explore the exciting world of games, movies, comics, toys, and "booth babes"! But mainly games. -05/24/05
	Toy Biz Spider-Man - Mysterio Ol' marble-head himself gets the deluxe AFI treatment in this highly anticipated spotlight of one of Spider-Man's fiercest...ah, who am I kidding? It's just Mysterio. -05/17/05
	Behind the Plastic: Legend of the 5th Tentacle A sneak peek at a certain Toy Biz concept that you were never meant to see! -05/07/05
	Ask Julius Marx! Slapping out answers faster than you can type them! -04/19/05
	DC Direct- Green Lantern Wave One We take a look at this long-awaited fan favorite assortment that is directly tied-in with DC Comics' big Rebirth storyline! -04/19/05
	Marvel Select - Wizard World She-Hulk A hotly anticipated exclusive, the Jade Giantess makes it to plastic in all of her soon-to-be-scalped-for-a-high-price glory! -04/19/05

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