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"Kirby Your Enthusiasm" - The New AFB Custom Contest!

Pretty much straight after the success of our "That '70s Custom!" Custom Contest, there was discussion about what we'd do next. It was our Custom Board Co-Moderator NiteOwl who came up with the idea for our new challenge, and it's launching here tonight! Over to NiteOwl to tell us all about it:

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If Jack "King" Kirby was still alive today, he would've been 94 years young! His contribution and influence to comic culture is without peer. He is responsible for such household names such as Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and The Mighty Thor.

He is also responsible for giving life to such creations as the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Black Panther, Dr. Doom and his great opus, The New Gods. These are but a few of the "King's" creations.

Here at The AFB Forum, we would like to take some time and celebrate his career with a custom comp entitled: "Kirby Your Enthusiasm"

The Rules 1. Due to the scope and character selection available the competition is going to open ANY scale in action figure form.

2. Any amount of sculpting or "frankensteining" is allowed and definitely encouraged.

3. Entries MUST be a new Custom, anything previously created is not eligible for this challenge.

4.The competition is opened to ANY creation or co-creation that Jack Kirby is credited with including animation!

Due Date The competition is kicking off on the 1st of Sept and will run for 10 weeks.

Three photos are to be supplied: front, side and rear. A W.I.P. (work in progress) photograph would be cool as well.

Completed Photos with any write-ups or reference pics are to be sent by PM to Andy through the AFB Forum. No larger than 800x600 please.

The due date is Nov 10th. All pictures will be posted on Nov 18th in a locked thread for you all to admire. A separate Thread will be started for comments.

We encourage all Members to have a go! This is a challenge for fun and there will be a vote by all members on the best figure, but no prizes are offered - just the prestige of having the most popular figure as voted by your fellow Members.

Here are some useful links to help you choose your character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Characters_created_by_Jack_Kirby http://www.marvunapp.com/list/appkirby.htm

Get thinking, and have fun!

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Needless to say we're incredibly excited about this contest and are hoping it will be our biggest yet! We're already discussing the contest here so feel free to join in.

Get creative!

Win the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in AFB's New Contest!

I often explain the excitement that surrounds the San Diego Comic-Con for those of use who engage in the various forms of geekery celebrated there by saying “It’s one of my people’s religious festivals.” It’s a time of great excitement, and for we toy collectors it’s also a time of great avarice as we drool over newly announced collectibles and scrabble for the various exclusive pieces on offer.

As has become a tradition here at AFB, I like to use this time as a time to give something back, and this year we’re offering the biggest prize we’ve ever had - the Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! Stay Puft comes in at a whopping 20 inches tall, and the winner of this competition will receive him in his carry case which converts to a diorama for display. It’s a great prize!!

I’m sure everyone will understand that a prize as big as this one will require some effort to win, and we are looking forward to some great entries in what we’re calling “Sing a Song for Stay Puft”. Basically, we’re looking for the person who can explain why they want to win Stay Puft in most creative and entertaining way.

Your “song” for Stay Puft doesn’t have to be musical - I just chose that title because it was allterative. You could present your entry as:

a comic / comic strip
a video
an animation
something else entirely different

Whatever it is, it needs to communicate exactly why you want Stay Puft and why you should be the winner. It also needs to be kept moderately safe for work - we aim to be a family friendly site, after all!

The winner will be judged by the Admins of the AFB Forum - fishmilkshake, dozymuppet and FB. There *may* also be some smaller prizes on offer for honourable mentions if the standard is good enough!

The prize or prizes will be sent to the winner from Australia. If the prize is going overseas, it will be sent by first class international mail. The winner may choose to add their own funds for express shipping and or insurance if desired.

Entries will be submitted via the AFB Forum - new members are very welcome to register and enter, but we do ask that you have a minimum post count of 10 by the time the competition closes.

Since we’re expecting big things, we’re going to give a decent time frame for people to prepare their entries. The competition will be open for three weeks and will close at 11:59PM GMT+10 on Sunday 4th September 2011.

You can discuss the competition in the Sing a Song for Stay Puft discussion thread at the AFB Forum.

You can submit your entries at the Sing a Song for Stay Puft Official Entry Thread at the AFB Forum.

The winning entries will be announced and featured here and at the AFB Blog.

Let’s get creative! Looking forward to your entries!

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