Today I have begun posting the shipping cases from Kenner as well as Topps. They are not normally considered part of the normal collecting venue for a few reasons. First they are bulky and difficult to display. Second, they are next to impossible to find. Third, many collectors are completely unaware of their existence hence the reason I have included them in such a significant way on the site.

I want to thank Chris Arbizzani for contributing many of the photos for this section. Cataloged here are many cases that have passed through either Chris’ or my hands, many of which we still have! For those of you who do not know Chris he was a major toy dealer in the 1990s until the early 2000s. He unearthed many, many cases of great stuff during those years that I usually thought of him, respectfully, as Captain Quantity. His ads in Toy Show and Tomarts Action Figure Digest were a common site and I truly thought he would never, ever sell out of B-Wing Pilots in Kenner Bags. Now that I think of it I will try to find one of his old ads to run as a AFN feature in the near future. Anyway thanks to you Chris for getting me to include this section on the site!

A further stupidly overlooked thank you should have been extended to Danny Gutierrez months ago. Danny has been working with me since day one on the this project and it would never have gotten this far without his insight and amazing eye for detail and quality work. He, being a high quality artist, was a natural choice to work with on the photos and content given his tremendous talent in the art and design world and how well we have worked together on projects before. We think alike in some many ways and Danny is a true toy collector as well. Quite a number of the loose figures, vehicles and playsets pictured are from Danny’s collection and the amazing photos on this site (if I do say so) are a result of our combined efforts, often I had an idea and Danny made it happen. Thank you for all your help and to Mary for putting up with this nonsense.

A final thank you to everyone who has proofread and reviewed the site. I truly appreciate your comments and observations and some of them were amazingly lengthy and helpful. Some ideas may see the light of day in the future and many others have already been put to use.

In conclusion, while this is my site posted as a pastime I do welcome anyone’s feedback, contributions, photos, ideas, etc. Please contact me in regards to any thoughts, ideas or areas you may wish to add to the site. That is one of the principle reasons it is here after all. Just go to the Contact Us link to email me directly.

Frank

December 1, 2016