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Happy New Year everybody! It's now 2023 and what better time to take a look back at all the things that happened in 2022, which has been a another crazy year in terms of toys and collectibles. So much stuff! Many reveals! Wow! Here are a few points that made 2022 so 2022: PRICES BE CRAZY 2023 saw prices go way up, thanks to world events and other container prices issues. Inflation was pretty high, and now our toys cost more. The good part is that now that the container prices are back to pre-covid levels, the prices of figures will probably go back to normal too, right? Right? didn't think so... SCHRÖDINGER'S TOY Hasbro introduced their plastic free packaging for all their lines, which accidentally created a new experiment: the Schrödinger's toy. Such as the feline version (who is either alive or not in a box), the Schrödinger's toy is a quantum physics experiment that happens when you buy a figure with plastic free packaging. What is inside the box can either be the correct figure, another figure, a bottle of barbecue sauce, a rock, etc... Other buyers have also called them the "Hasbro Mystery Boxes". EVERYTHING GETS RELEASED ALL AT ONCE After about 2 years of delays and release dates being pushed, the stars (and containers) finally aligned and everything was fixed... meaning that ALL THE TOYS flooded our hauls during the last 2 months of the year, leaving a lot of collectors broke for the holiday season. Also, toys that were supposed to come out later this year decided to show up early too. "Most of the toys that I ordered between mid-2019 to late-2022 all came out in november/december. It was a bloodbath." said a collector from Wisconsin. "Still no signs of the Mezco 1989 Batman, though..." NOSTALGIA, STILL NUMBER 1 You can tell that Nostalgia still has a huge place on the market when you see that most of the toy collector's Top 10 lists included either one or many, in no particular order, of the following: a T-Rex from Jurassic Park, a Transformer robot, a GI Joe figure, a Gargoyle figure, Ninja Turtles, X-Men or Spiderman animated series figures, Power rangers, a Gargoyle figure,... Are we in the 90s again? RISE OF THE KIDULTS In 2022, toy collectors also learned, after years of hearing that we were not even moving the needle a little in terms of toy sales, that we are actually an important part of the sales, making up a quarter of them! Yay, us! They also tried to coin that term with the idiotic term 'Kidult' (get it? It's like 'kid' and 'adult' lol), but let's hope it won't catch. What were ether highlights of 2022 for you? And what do you think 2023 will bring us? Let us know in the comments! More news at 11:00... let's go, 2023! *ToyFarce News is parody news for laughs and not meant to be taken seriously!

We wish you all a safe and Happy New Years!

It's the a new year and a new January TNI Forum Contest, with another chance to win a $100 store credit to BigBadToyStore.com. The winner for the last contest was SclassHiei. Here is what you have to do in order to be entered for a chance to win this round. 1. You have to be a registered member of the TNI Message Boards. 2. Any contributing post made ANYWHERE in THIS SECTION or THIS STAR WARS SECTION of the forums between today (01/04) and January 31 will get you entered into our drawing for the store credit. Every contributing post you make will get you an entry in the drawing, so the more you post the better your chances of winning are. Posts must be contributing to the topic or discussion though. ONE WORD posts or posts deemed as SPAM will not be counted towards the drawing. A good rule of thumb is to post how you would normally post if there was no contest. As an ADDED BONUS, if you help us spread the word about this contest on your favorite social media platform or group and you comment in this thread that you did so, you will automatically receive 3 additional entries into the drawing which will help your chances to win. Helping spread the word about the contest helps grow this community which is in large part something that we feel will benefit all. Now since we have no real way of knowing if you actually help spread the word for this, we are going to have to go on the honor system with this part and take your word for it if you indicate you've done so. However please feel free to tag @ToyNewsInterna1 on Twitter and @ToyNewsi on Instagram when you spread the word. The drawing will be held by February 1, 2021 and the winner will be contacted by JayC via PM on the message boards that day. Once the winner has claimed their price we will also announce the winner on the forums as well. Our goal is to create the ultimate online action figure collecting community and this contest is our way of saying thank you for checking us out and being part of that community. Good luck to everyone.