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This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of June 23rd, 2025!

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AIC NEWS: Week of June 23, 2025

Harry Moore is a secret legend when it comes to toy packaging. Since the 1990s his art has adorned toy packaging from ToyBiz and Disney, to some of MOC collectors favorite pieces like the Marvel Legends retro Spider-Man cards and now the retro Kenner-tribute Ghostbusters line. Enjoy a 90+ min conversation with Harry in the latest episode of Adventures in Collecting!

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Art, Action Figures, and Phandom with Harry Moore

Somehow we're already halfway through 2025 - how does that even happen?!? Well we're continuing our annual tradition of naming our top 10 releases of the year here at the midway point, but this time, we're joined by longtime friend and first time guest, the man behind all those juicy links, John of Preternia fame! Who made the list? Who didn't? Listen and find out!

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The Best of 2025 (So Far) - Top 10 Picks Feat. Preternia

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 June 1st, 2025!

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AIC NEWS: Week of June 1st 2025

Erik traveled half way around the world. In this episode join the boys as they dive into Erik's journey to Vietnam and Japan to talk about all the places he visited and the toys he saw along the way!

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Toy Hunting Abroad: A Travel Report From Vietnam and Japan

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This week the AICNN anchors highlight what you need to know for the week of May 19th, 2025!

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AIC NEWS: Week of May 19th, 2025

It's officially festival/convention/expo season, gang! The tariffs might be trying to suck the life out of our precious community, but dangit are we gonna still try to have some fun! Friend of the pod and returning guest Jesse DeStasio of Toy Pizza fame joins us with new friends Miranda O'Brien and Josh Kimberg, owners of #FivePointsFest to talk about this year's big event, their new venue, and merger with #ToyPizzaExpo!   

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Talking Five Points Fest & Toy Pizza Con w/ Jesse DeStasio, Miranda O'Brien & Josh Kimberg

Riddle me this, riddle me that, what do we think of this version of the bat? We're back with another edition of Toys on Film, this time diving into 1995's record-breaking bat-blockbuster, "Batman Forever." We're joined by friend of the pod Chris Raimo to talk about the movie, it's cultural impacts, and of course, all the toys and product tie-ins!

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Thanks to @battlearmordad [https://instagram.com/battlearmordad]on Instagram for the retro Kenner catalog scans

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Toys on Film: Batman Forever (1995)

On this edition of Premium Toyetic Event, we're looking at nights 1 and 2 of WWE's Wrestlemania 41 to determine who we thought was most deserving of an action figure from Mattel - tune in to find out who was the most toyetic.

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Premium Toyetic Event: WWE Wrestlemania 41 Nights 1 & 2

Friend of the pod Brian Volk-Weiss is back to talk about the premiere of Roboforce Season 1 as well us updates to the Star Trek line! Join us for a chat about the Nacelleverse, working with the Rock, and more!  

Follow Nacelle on Instagram @toysnacelle [https://instagram.com/toysnacelle], watch Roboforce Season 1 now on Tubi, and preorder Star Trek wave one now on Big Bad Toy Store! https://tinyurl.com/yc3ajwtj

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Roboforce the Animated Series Season 1 and Star Trek Wave 2 with Nacelle's Brian Volk-Weiss

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!

Erik Weinbrecht

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