AFHub Handle: RG
Real Name: Rene Gerard F. Galvez
Year of Birth: 1969
Location: Pasig

I met Rengie (or RG, as he is known online) in person for the first time during AFHUB’s Christmas party last year. Unfortunately, that meeting was sorely brief and embarrassingly uneventful - which shamefully was all my fault. Trying to play good host to everyone, I was desperately juggling my time between tables and barely made it to RG’s when he told me he had to leave. What? So soon?

We managed to meet again during the TAGCOM toy event last March where he brought his custom figures of characters from the DC animated universe. I got to know a little more about the guy and was happy to find out that I am not the only person in my age bracket who still gets giddy seeing new toys based on the Justice League cartoons.

He’s a husband, a dad, a restaurateur, a vocalist for a band, and of course, an action figure collector (and customizer to boot) - this not-so-brief exchange aims to highlight a few of the many hats Rengie wears.

Yamson Yu (a.k.a Naughty Boy), who is currently vacationing in the US, sends in several photos he took of the toy shopping places he has visited while in SoCal. Here he is with fellow AFHUB mainstay Patrick Mercado (a.k.a. Carthut) taking a breather from a busy toy hunting day….

Last Friday (Dec. 7), San Miguel Beer’s Cerveza Negra bar tour featured some toy collections of young professionals over at Figs and Olives in H.V. Dela Costa, Makati. One of the featured collections is the Wrestling championship replicas of our very own Kenway Chee (a.k.a. Clark Ken). The event also …

AFHub Handle: 1ringwdforce
Real Name: Earl Madriaga
Year of Birth: 1975
Location: Alabang

It’s been a while since I last posted a write-up on one of our AFHUB regulars. Work has really been relentless and I’ve only had enough spare time to post regular toy news/updates on the forum. Anyway, the …

AFHub Handle: ncajayon
Real Name: Niño Harn Cajayon
Year of Birth: 1980
Location: Sucat, Parañaque

Niño Cajayon is a name that I have learned to associate with dramatic toy photography. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, keep reading this write-up and take a look at the …