Raving Toy Maniac

February 2014 - CustomCon 37 (Spring 2014) is coming soon! The event itself will be held from April 21 to 25, but the entry deadline is April 7.

We will post the entry guidelines soon, but there are no major changes from years past, so mark your calendars now to be able to include your custom action figures in this online event.

2014 American International Toy Fair

RTM is not attending the 2014 Toy Fair in person, but you can check out various press materials and information at the links below. To see galleries of the showrooms from this year, please check out AwesomeToyBlog.com and MillionairePB.com, as Matt and Andy will be attending the show and adding pictures and details as fast as they can.

February 12, 2014 - Right now, the premiums in the McDonald's Happy Meals are cups from The LEGO Movie. As you can almost see in these pictures, the cups are lenticular. They are also fairly sturdy, so it might be worth getting a full set via eBay. Speaking of eBay, the boy did talk me into a set of last month's Adventure Time toys and a set of the Build-A-Bear toys from December.

Let's see what's out there in restaurants this month! (More after the jump)

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has lenticular cups from The LEGO Movie in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is toys from Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Their McPlay app now has free ebooks in it as well as a game. The ebooks are also available on their web site.

January 20, 2014 - We were hermits in December, but the Adventure Time toys at McDonald's lured us out... and then the toys were delayed! The boy was so mad about it that he didn't even want to stay and eat there on that visit. The second time we checked for the Adenture Time toys, he had settled down a bit and accepted the Ice Age toy and played in the playroom. He's caught on to eBay now, so after getting the first Jake toy, he requested that I just "order the rest" from eBay.

Let's see what's out there in restaurants this month! (More after the jump)

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

December 18, 2013 - November saw just a single visit to McDonald's, and the boy scored a blue Build-A-Bear. eBay came through with the other Angry Birds Star Wars trick-or-treat buckets, together in a single lot with a few Angry Birds plush toys which were assimilated into the Borg Collective of his plush toys.

Let's see what's out there in restaurants this month! (More after the jump)

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has Furby Boom and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is Adventure Time and Paul Frank. Their McPlay app now has free ebooks in it as well as a game. The ebooks are also available on their web site.

December 12, 2013 - The third day of CustomCon 36 is now online over at ActionFigurePics.com!

DAY THREE: Thursday, December 12

• Clash of the Titans by Joshua Izzo
• Watchmen Minimates by Brian Felgar
• Legends of Warhammer, Wave 2 by Whiskeytango, Grinman, and Spawnsauce
• Marvel Legends – Alpha Flight Series 2 by Calbretto

December 11, 2013 - The second day of CustomCon 36 is now online over at ActionFigurePics.com!

DAY TWO: Wednesday, December 11

• DC Universe Signature Collection by Joe Acevedo
• Marvel Legends – Alpha Flight Series 1 by Calbretto
• Water Marvels by BullyBoy and Caenman
• Marvel Legends Surtur Build-a-Figure Series by CRobTheCreator
• Legends of Warhammer, Wave 1 by Whiskeytango, Grinman, and Spawnsauce

December 10, 2013 - The first day of CustomCon 36 is now online over at ActionFigurePics.com!

DAY ONE: Tuesday, December 10

• Marvel Legends Alpha Flight by Rabid_Ewok
• Marvel Legends – Agents and Villains by Calbretto
• Marvel's Wrecking Crew! by Caenman
• DC Universe Classics – The Rogues by Charles Rouse-Rodriguez
• Marvel Legends Masterworks – Alter Ego by CRobTheCreator

Things You Are Searching For - November 2013 Edition

November 2013 - Each day, I check the log files on the site to see what the spammers are up to, and some of the entries are the search terms people are using in our search box. Here are a few things that you have been searching for recently but perhaps are not finding... for a few of the terms, it is because we have no content about them, and for others, it is because the stuff on the older version of RTM doesn't show up in the new search box.

- Baby Alive - While we do cover a pretty wide range of toys, we don't really do much with actual baby dolls. For more about Baby Alive dolls, check out these sites:

• Hasbro's official site for Baby Alive (US version)
• Hasbro's online store - Spanish/Latin American version, results for Baby Alive

November 15, 2013 - McDonald's had trick-or-treat buckets in October, so the boy informed us that we were going. Period. No discussion allowed. He was happy with the Angry Birds Star Wars bucket he got, but quietly let me know later on that I would need to "go online and order the other two" for him. Another visit to McDonald's after Halloween resulted in a cute little book and a bookmark.

Let's see what's out there in restaurants this month! (More after the jump)

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following: