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Online Toy & Related Contests
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April 2004 - Everyone loves free toys, and listed below are several places where you can enter to win free toys and action figures.
Previews, the monthly catalog/magazine from Diamond Comics Distributors, is giving away "kid friendly" comic books in their monthly contest. The entries need to be received by June 1, 2004.
Sideshow Collectibles has several contests running: (1) the "Classic Freddy Giveaway" - win a 12-inch Freddy Krueger action figure autographed by Robert Englund (enter by May 3), (2) the EU-only Cave Troll Hammer Giveaway - open only to residents of the European Union (enter by April 28), and (3) the Where Do You Surf Giveaway - to enter, fill out a survey about which web sites you visit, and you could win a 3/4 scale Gollum bust or a 1/4 scale Van Helsing figure (enter by May 20).
Hasbro's promotions page lists several contests (along with various sales of interest). The current prizes include Clone Wars posters, Xevoz action figures, and VideoNow items. Hasbro is also running a NakNak contest which ends on September 3.
MGA Entertainment has a monthly contest for Bratz dolls.
McFarlane Toys usually has several contests going at the same time - some are on their message boards, but they are all listed on their central page for contests.
LittlePlasticMen is having a Hellboy contest. The prize package is a Hellboy movie one-sheet, signed by director Guillermo del Toro and creator Mike Mignola, and an "Art of Hellboy" book. This contest ends on April 30th.
The Outer Reaches has a new toy contest every month, enter by identifying their "movie quote of the week" - name the movie the quote is from (and get a bonus entry for naming the character who said it).
KidRobot.com often has contests for members of their mailing list. You need to sign up for the list to enter the contest.
MillionairePlayboy.com often has contests for action figures and other toys, as well as the occasional DVD or bit of cool swag.
Action Figure Times has a few contests running: check out ToyGodd's column and the Amazing Justice League of Julius Marx for details on those contests.
The fine folks over at WhoClix are having a contest in preparation for the Marvel Universe re-issue set of Marvel HeroClix from WizKids Games. The Marvel Universe set will feature revamped figural pieces from the Infinity Challenge and Xplosion sets. To enter the contest, you'll need to submit a character bio of one of the characters from the Marvel Universe set. The prizes will include HeroClix figures. Enter by April 30, 2004. For more details, visit the WhoClix Marvel Universe contest page.
If you have lots of free time, check out Contests.About.com, where Tom has found a mind-boggling number of contests and sweepstakes for you to enter, including a contest of his own, with a Beanie Bear as the prize. He has also has links to more toy contests.
More pages with lots of contests to enter, although the prizes are not usually toys or action figures:
  
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