AFHUB regular and good friend Kenway Chee sent in some photos he took while attending the recent Hall of Heroes.

AFHUB mainstay Kenway Chee sent in some photos he took at the Incredible Toyz & CAD Toys diecast and toy sale held over the weekend.

The 2-day toy sale was held at the Pavillion of North Greenhills village.

The folks behind Cybertron Philippines will be kicking off the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen promotions by launching the TF:ROTF toys on May 30, 2009 (Saturday) at the Atrium, Building A, SM Megamall.

What is “Free Comic Book Day?”

As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops.

When is Free Comic Book Day?

Free Comic Book Day is held the first Saturday in May each year.

Are they really free?

Yep!

Different shops have policies on how many free comics you can receive, but you will receive at least one free comic if you enter a participating shop location. Check with your retailer for their policies and plans for FCBD.

Long-time AFHUB member Erik “Buffy” Tan, who not-so-recently moved to Canada, sent us some photos he took while attending the 80s Toy Expo and TFcon Toronto over the weekend.

That’s Erik shopping for toys.

The 2009 Canadian 80s Toy Expo is this Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport – 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario.

Guests:

ANTHONY FORREST who played Fixer in scenes deleted from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He also played the part of the Sandtrooper dazed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Mos Eisley roadblock who said “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.”

ActionFigureInsider.com (AFi) is celebrating its 4th year anniversary this week.

As part of tradition, AFi is having a “Scoop Week”. From April 14-20, expect plenty of insider news on some of the highly anticipated action figures and toys.

For the 3rd straight year, we have been invited to be part of the TAGCOM Toys and Hobbies Convention. This annual event is organized by Hobbiworx, Inc and is attended by collectors, hobbyists, cosplayers and the general public.

Hobbiworx main man Jojo Dy on stage with lady co-host.

TAGCOM 2009 was held at the Robinson’s Place in Ermita Manila. I have to say that this year’s venue far surpasses last year’s in terms of accessibility and space. Kudos to Jojo and Dennis for making this excellent choice.

One of the crowd drawers for this event is the large range of loose action figures being sold at several booths. One of the sellers had a huge pile of loose Mattel stuff including figures from JLU, Batman: Brave and the Bold, and DC Infinite Heroes. My friends were able to pick up some JLU figures that have long eluded them (e.g. Obsidian and Vigilante). One lucky chap even bagged a loose Scarecrow from the new Matty exclusive Gotham Villains 4-pack.

Loose Mattel figures being sold for just P100 (roughly US$2.00) each.

Check out what Mattel has on display at the ongoing Toy Fair ‘09 in New York…

Photos are by Daniel Pickett (a.k.a. Julius Marx).

Dream Halloween is right around the corner. This is a fantastic event where Mattel teams created one-of-a-kind collector items to auction off for Children Affected by Aids. This year, among the spectacular toys are two items we showed off first at San Diego Comic Con, the one-of-a-kind Darth Mater and the second and last publically available “Spirit of Grayskull” figures. Both are fantastic collector items with all proceeds from the auction going to a very noble cause.

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If you are interested in attending the event or would like more information about bidding from home please go to www.CAAF4kids.org.