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Mark Bellomo will be attending NJCC as a special guest, promoting his work on the new book G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection, the full run of original Real American Hero, Special Missions, and Yearbook tales, placed in proper reading order and collected in handsome hardcover volumes.

Mark Bellomo has written more than 150 articles for ToyFare, Wizard Magazine, Lee’s Toy Review, Tomart’s Action Figure Digest, and most recently for Toy Shop Magazine, where he served a lengthy tenure as their Action Figure Columnist. He has written a number of composition/rhetoric texts, has published critical literary articles, and has authored a number of bestselling books on action figures and pop culture: Warman’s Action Figures Field Guide, Transformers: Identification & Price Guide, Warman’s Field Guide to Transformers, The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe: 1982-1994 (1st & 2nd editions), and the recently-released Totally Tubular 80’s Toys.

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ETERNAL CON LAUNCHES IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK!

Long Island - New York is finally getting its own Comic Con. Frank Patz and EternalCollector.com have announced the first “Eternal Con” will be held Saturday, June 15th 2013 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum (on Museum Row along Charles Lindberg Boulevard) in Garden City, New York.

The debut show will feature top name guests, new and vintage toys, comics, collectibles, autographs for sale, a costume contest, an artist alley, and a special “Salute to G.I. Joe” including an awesome display of historic action figures as well as a viewing of a GI Joe fan film called “Operation Red Retrieval” at 4pm on the Cradle of Aviation’s IMAX screen.

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If you’re heading out to Wizard World Philly this weekend, make sure to stop by and pick up one of 10,000 NJCC August 18th, 2013 toy show flyers that will be handed out by NJCC sponsor Stylin Online.com Look for one of his many Tower of T-Shirt displays located on the dealer room floor.

Thanks to New Jersey Collectors Con Sponsor Big Bad Toy Store we are proud to announce our first of 3 “Mega Door Prizes” – Fortress Maximus Encore 23! Standing tall at just under 2 feet and weighing in at 14 pounds, Encore: #23 Fortress Maximus converts from city mode to vehicle mode to robot mode and is accompanied by Cerebros, Cog and Spike figures. He is outfitted with rifle, radar dish, mini-laser rifle, photon rifle, and dual laser blaster, and Master Sword.

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The New Jersey Collectors Convention is proud to announce that Boss Fight Studio will be attending the August 18th, 2013 NJCC toy show! Boss Fight is comprised of several former Hasbro designers and a sculptor who all worked on fan-favorite action figure lines like G.I. Joe, Star Wars and Marvel Universe.

It was also recently revealed (via their Facebook page, Boss Fight Studio) that Boss Fight was the studio behind several of the beautifully sculpted heads for the G.I. Joe FSS 2.0 that we have all been drooling over!!!

Designers Andrew Franks, Erik Arana, Catrina Cerise-Arana, and sculptor Dave Proctor will be on hand to meet fans and do some sketches. Don’t miss this chance to meet these formerHasbro Artists in their first public appearance as Boss Fight Studios!!!

Be sure to stop by and like the Boss Fight Studio Facebook Page for more updates on their current projects!

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Here at New Jersey Collectors Con the focus is on Collecting Action Figures! There are many other options for fans to attend shows but we like to think we present a unique event with the best toy dealers on the East Coast. Because our event is focused on the Toy Collector, we wanted to give back to the fans of our show by releasing the door prize schedule and the Mega Door Prize for the April 28th, 2013 Spring NJCC.

The JoeCon 2013 Nocturnal Fire Box Set will be the NJCC 2013 April Show “Mega Door Prize.” One lucky winner will be walking away with this awesome box-set, but the door prizes don’t stop there.

The door prize announcements will start at 9AM and conclude at 3:30PM with our last door prize announcement.

• 9AM SDCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSIC JINX
  
• 10AM MOTU CLASSICS HE-MAN & BATTLE CAT
• 11AM KRE-O G.I. JOE BATTLE PLATFORM ATTACK
• 12AM MY LITTLE PONY GOTH PONY SDCC EXCLUSIVE
• 1PM THUNDERCATS CLASSICS LION-O SDCC EXCLUSIVE
• 2PM LEGO STAR WARS IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER BUNDLE
• 3PM TRANSORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS GRIMSTONE BUNDLE
• 3:30PM JOECON 2013 NOCTURNAL FIRE BOX SET

Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Sunday, April 28th, 2013

New Jersey Collectors Con Spring Show April 28th 2013

Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey

2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

Sunday, April 28th 2012

Early Admission 8am to 10am $20.00

General Admission 10am to 4pm $10.00

NJCC 2012 Dealer Registration is now open. Dealers should contact fran@njcc.co for more information on the Fall 2012 Toy Show.

Larry Kenney the man best known for his voice work as Lion-O on the 1980s cartoon Thundercats will be a guest at the 2013 Canadian 80s Toy Expo on April 14th. In recent years, he has reprised this role for ThunderCats references on the animated series Family Guy. He was also the voice of Bluegrass in SilverHawks, and voiced Claudus, Lion-O’s and Tygra’s Father in the 2011 Thundercats reboot. Mr. Kenney will be available all day for autographs and photos.

The 2013 Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be April 14th, 2013 at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre – 6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario.

The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest releases from today such as Super Heroes (Marvel Universe/Legends, DC Universe etc), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Masters of the Universe (vintage and modern),Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles.

The 2013 Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be April 14th, 2013 at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre 6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario.

The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest releases from today such as Super Heroes (Marvel Universe/Legends, DC Universe etc), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Masters of the Universe (vintage and modern),Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles. Many of the same dealers as Action Figure Expo will be at this event. Free parking.

The 9th Annual Action Figure Expo will be November 11th at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel – 600 Highway 7 East, Richmond Hill, Ontario with free underground parking.

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The show features a huge selection of vintage 80s toys and all the latest releases from today such as Super Heroes (Marvel Universe/Legends, DCUC etc), Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Masters of the Universe (vintage and modern), Wrestling, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles.

You can RSVP to the 2012 Facebook event here.