Michael Gulen is a 25-year toy industry veteran who has worked as Design Lead at McFarlane Toys and Super7 — helping bring countless collectibles to shelves all over the world. Now he's launching his own company—Scrambled Eggs Creative—with a Any Means Necessary Kickstarter collab that translates artist Shawn Coss' drawings to toys for the first time. Hear about the project, his history, and more in this episode!  

Back the Bag Lady Companion on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scrambledeggcreate/i-am-not-broken-the-bag-lady-vinyl-companion?ref=3yw2g9   [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scrambledeggcreate/i-am-not-broken-the-bag-lady-vinyl-companion?ref=3yw2g9]

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Launching an Indie Toy Company: Scrambled Eggs Creative with Michael Gulen

It's our annual Halloween special and we're headed to Hurricane, Utah for a stay at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Jazwares' own—and friend of the pod—Aaron Margolin! Hear all about the growing Five Nights at Freddy's toyline, plush, and maybe even grab a super exclusive reveal from the brand manager himself. Scare yourself up a good time and kick off Halloween week with well over an hour talking about the FNAF fandom!

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The 2025 Halloween Special: Five Nights At Freddy's with Jazwares' Aaron Margolin

Surprise! We have one more #NYCC interview to share with you. Join Erik as he sits down with voice actors Kyle McCarley and Caleb Yen courtesy of our friends Bandai Namco Toys and Collectibles America! Kyle and Caleb have extensive VO careers, but overlap in the world of Gundam and Demon Slayer — hear more about their projects and their collections in this exclusive interview!

Follow Caleb @caleb.yen [https://instagram.com/caleb.yen] and Kyle @kylemccarleyvo [https://instagram.com/kylemccarleyvo] on Instagram!

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The Voices of the Gundam Universe: A Conversation with Kyle McCarley and Caleb Yen

We conclude our coverage of NYCC 2025 with a chat with comic book and toy legend—and more importantly—friend of the pod Todd McFarlane! After back to back panels, we recap the big news from the mega fall convention including his Image Comics founder's series of Elite Edition figures as well as an update on what's left for the DC Multiverse.

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Todd is on the Pod: Chatting with Todd McFarlane at NYCC 2025

Cobra Commander wants to take over the world—his next attempt comes THIS WEEKEND at #NYCC as #ColdSlither takes over the famous Gramercy Theater! Ahead of their big gig, we're talking to Torch — AKA Ross Sewage — all about the show and how the band got together.   

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Cold Slither Takes Over NYCC Feat. Ross Sewage

Everyone loves a good squishi, right? Well Incredible Group is out there making some of the coolest squishi toys around based on classic brands like Swedish Fish, Oreo, Ring Pop, and Sour Patch Kids. These squishi toys all have unique textures, unboxing experiences, and even super familiar scents. Learn about what goes into making these visceral collectibles from Incredible Group's own Ryan Carr.

Look for the latest Squishi toys from Incredible Group this October at Target!

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Squish it Real Good with Incredible Group's Ryan Carr

As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear! 

This week, we're discussing who was toyetic from 2025's Wrestlepalooza!

Who do YOU think deserves an action figure from this event? Let us know!

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Premium Toyetic Event: WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025

Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.

This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of September 15th, 2025!

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AIC NEWS: Week of September 5th, 2025

As we always do on Premium Toyetic Event, we're breaking down the athletes from the top pro wrestling PPVs and PLEs who are most deserving of the action figure treatment. It's like fashion week, but wrestling gear! This week, we're discussing who was tre magnifique from 2025's Clash in Paris!

Who do YOU think deserves an action figure from this event? Let us know!

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Premium Toyetic Event: WWE Clash in Paris 2025

He's our friend. He's your friend. He's friend to all—this week we are once again joined by the incomparable Senior Director of Fan Product Design at Hasbro, Steve Evans to talk all about the Star Wars the Vintage Collection Republic Gunship HasLab campaign—AND—to answer some of YOUR burning questions about it.   

You have until 11:59p ET on September 8th to back the Gunship—what are YOU waiting for?
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Bringing the HasLab Gunship to Life with Hasbro's Steve Evans

From Funko and WWE to Star Wars, Bandai, Marvel, LEGO, and more, grab the cart and hit the aisles with Dave and Erik as they talk toy news, collecting, culture, and more!

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