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[jkaris]

Bump for URS.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Yeah, I remember him stopping by, but I guess I meant had anyone been contacted personally. Like Nate was when they wanted a pic of Satan Cross. Thanks for bumping the thread too.

[Deacon Kole]

Well, this is completely cool. Toyfare is my favorite trade mag (despite recently being quoted in a Wizard cover feature), so I'm looking forward to seeing one of my favorite hobbies represented in it!

[Kevin Mayle]

Just got home with the latest issue of Toyfare and I was disappointed that there's no MUSCLE article. So I looked up this thread and noticed my mistake. It's next month's issue that will have the article. Oops.
Anyway, this months issue is great too.

[dankingery]

so, i'm new to the community and just started winning a few auctions on ebay in hopes of accumulating a complete flesh set. after reading "price guides" and an ebay buyers guide, i noticed that in order to win an auction i'd have to pay $.50-.75 per figure instead of the recommended $.25-50 per figure. won't this toyfare article just inflate the prices of the figures more and thus we'll all have to scrimp and save all the more?..

damn my late band-wagon jumping ways..

[jkaris]

so, i'm new to the community and just started winning a few auctions on ebay in hopes of accumulating a complete flesh set. after reading "price guides" and an ebay buyers guide, i noticed that in order to win an auction i'd have to pay $.50-.75 per figure instead of the recommended $.25-50 per figure. won't this toyfare article just inflate the prices of the figures more and thus we'll all have to scrimp and save all the more?..

damn my late band-wagon jumping ways..

Prices fluctuate constantly. They'll go up due to the article. Then after a few months, they'll go back down.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

So when the devil is this issue supposed to come out? I been looking everywhere, and I can't even find a Toyfare magazine. I may have to stop in at my comic shop for an issue.

[Scumdogg]

So when the devil is this issue supposed to come out? I been looking everywhere, and I can't even find a Toyfare magazine. I may have to stop in at my comic shop for an issue.

If i remember correctly it's not supposed to hit regular newsstands until the 25th. Comic shops get it a week or two earlier i think.

[Kevin Mayle]

So when the devil is this issue supposed to come out? I been looking everywhere, and I can't even find a Toyfare magazine. I may have to stop in at my comic shop for an issue.

If i remember correctly it's not supposed to hit regular newsstands until the 25th. Comic shops get it a week or two earlier i think.

That is correct but the comic stores usually only get in enough issues for their regular customers and so they run out quick. When I had a subscription I would get it around the 12th, but now I can always find the new issue at Booksamillion after the 25th.

[SiberianSpecialForces]

i also looked through the Feb TF, too the march issue(heroes figs on cover) says Feb 13th. i'll a be hittin' the shop for that one.
i picked up the March issue for the twisted theater, that was friggin great! also read the spartan vs. mario TTs......where do they think of that stuff!?

[Kevin Mayle]

i picked up the March issue for the twisted theater, that was friggin great! also read the spartan vs. mario TTs......where do they think of that stuff!?

I know! It's really great! Some of the original writers of Twisted Toyfare Theater went off to make that hillarious show, Robot Chicken. Could you imagine having either one of those as your career? That would be the greatest!

[jkaris]

Comes out tomorrow.
Early feedback is good!
http://wizardunivers...showtopic=19967

I am picking up a few extra issues for those of you who are out of the US and can't get a copy locally.

[Czarcher]

Wow,that forum looks eerily familiar. Like some kinda alternate universe or something.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Thanks for the Headsup Jkaris! I'll try to find me a copy. From that guys reaction, the article must be good!

[meatcutta78]

I am off tommorrow so I will hunt down a copy.
I hope they mention how Awesome my collection is.

[phillinley]

Did they link to LRG in the article?

[DaHumorist]

Did they link to LRG in the article?

I got the mag, and they did not link LRG but they did link Nathan's MUSCLE PAGE, Soupie's MUSCLE Color Image Archive, and kinnikuman.com

Edited by DaHumorist, 13 February 2008 - 05:10 PM.

[Soupie]

Did they link to LRG in the article?

I got the mag, and they did not link LRG but they did link Nathan's MUSCLE PAGE, Soupie's MUSCLE Color Image Archive, and kinnikuman.com

What do you mean they "linked" to our sites in the article? I'm just curious, because the address of the MCIA has my wife's old name in it.

[jkaris]

Did they link to LRG in the article?

I got the mag, and they did not link LRG but they did link Nathan's MUSCLE PAGE, Soupie's MUSCLE Color Image Archive, and kinnikuman.com

I didn't realize that they were going to link Kinnikuman.com. I havn't updated the news on that page in a long time, haha.

I just added a quick note about the article and a pointer to the boards. So if they hit the main site, they come here as well!

[jkaris]

Did they link to LRG in the article?

I got the mag, and they did not link LRG but they did link Nathan's MUSCLE PAGE, Soupie's MUSCLE Color Image Archive, and kinnikuman.com

What do you mean they "linked" to our sites in the article? I'm just curious, because the address of the MCIA has my wife's old name in it.

Not in the article itself, but in the price guide spotlight section. They have the full MCIA url in there.

[Soupie]

Not in the article itself, but in the price guide spotlight section. They have the full MCIA url in there.

The price guide section, eh? I do plan on getting a copy of the mag asap, but I wonder if they are encouraging the use of the MCIA to gauge price per specific figs? Was that how you interpreted it?

Edited by Soupie, 13 February 2008 - 05:46 PM.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Well, I gotta be at Target in the morning, so hopefully they will have it in stock. If not I'll stop by a couple places on the way home to try and find it. I'm so stoked. I only buy Toyfare once in a blue moon, but this should be pretty cool! I'm gonna read it like I havn't seen a muscle in 15 years, then I'm gonna be like "What are these links!? I've got to check them out and see whats up with these thing!" Then it will be like joining the Group all over again!

[dankingery]

i used to subscribe to toyfare, all it did was magnify my need for four jobs to pay for all the cool shizznit i wanted. i can't wait to get this new issue though. see what's changed in the past three or four years that i've been without tf.

[jkaris]

By the way, I have 5 extra issues for anyone who is unable to obtain one on their own.

[Tortle]

The price guide section, eh? I do plan on getting a copy of the mag asap, but I wonder if they are encouraging the use of the MCIA to gauge price per specific figs? Was that how you interpreted it?

The exact quote is:

"This price guide only covers the first, all-pink wave, and we'd like to thank kinnikuman.com and nathansmusclepage.com for their help in compiling it. To see what other colors your favorite MUSCLE men came in (and how rare they are) visit home.comcast.net/~nicole.tarconish/MUSCLECIA.html pronto!"

So, I guess Soupie's wife's old name is immortalized in ToyFare! Anyway, it seems like they're implying rarity but not specifying a price.