Thank You for 15 Great Years!

When I started ActionFigurePics.com - mostly as a thinly veiled attempt to get into Toy Fair and SDCC for free - I didn't expect it to work. When it did, AFP grew into something a little bit more. Before long, we were getting press passes and invitations to special toy events - more than we ever expected, and honestly, more than we could handle at times.

AFP was never the biggest or best toy site. We were never the first with news, and we definitely weren't posting content non-stop. But through it all, we stayed focused on our love of toys (especially super-poseable action figures), taking pictures of them, and sharing that love with anyone who would take a look.

And it was a blast! The toys were good and kept getting better - but even better than that were the people. I made many friends in the toy community, including several fans who went on to join the industry, and a few already on the inside who flourished and grew into bigger and better roles as the years passed.

After surviving the pandemic, a lot changed. Staying home became the new norm, my desire to brave convention crowds vanished, and even my toy hunting went primarily online. I tried to soldier on remotely, but it just wasn't the same. Having been retired from my day job for over a decade, it eventually dawned on me that it was time to retire from this, too.

Thank you to Alex, Bill, Frank, and Jason for contributing to AFP during its heyday - AFP was at its best with you, and I appreciate all that you did. And thank you to Cara for putting up with summers in San Diego, winters in New York City, and everywhere in between for all these years, along with the various "staging areas" of figures still in their packages and the heaps of photography gear filling up our house.

To everyone who dropped by, left a comment, or followed along over the years - including you reading this right now - thank you! The best things to come out of running AFP were the people I met and the friends I made along the way.

Happy hunting, and thanks for stopping by!

- Ron aka SamuRon aka "that idiot"