The Toypixx Newsletter February 2, 2025 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE STARTING OVER WITH TRANSFORMERS COLLECTING I've been getting MDLX figures, but gave up on Hasbro / Takara TOMY a few years ago after getting horrid figures. The joints were so tight I thought they'd break transforming them, or so loose they just hung there. Then a Studio Series 86 Devastator was announced. And somehow, that kickstarted a need to get back into this franchise I so very much dig. So far, so good....
9 days ago • 2 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter January 26, 2025 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE QUICK LOOK AT THE HOME OFFICE OF TOYPIXX... Before it's the home office of Toypixx, of course. The scary yellow and orange walls are what you can see when you look through the glass in the front. Definitely not my cup of tea, and while I'd like to paint it, that's nowhere near the top of the priority list. Especially since... This almost-alley area exists to the left of the larger room with the yellow walls....
16 days ago • 2 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter January 19, 2025 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE A FIGURE PHOTOGRAPHER'S COLLECTING DILEMMA Action figures rule! But I think photography also rules! So putting the two together for Toypixx is a natural fit. Being into both of those, however, create quite the dilemma. On top of collecting everyone's favorite pieces of plastic crack, I need to load up on photo equipment, dios, effects, and props for creating pics I'll be happy with. So Mr. Stabby (the wallet)...
23 days ago • 3 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter January 12, 2025 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE IDEAS FOR 2025! Things are starting to ramp up when it comes to Toypixx! First, I'll be moving into the new office on February 1, where I'll have the room to shoot plenty of pics and videos, not to mention a nice space to work on the website. As for pics, videos, and the website, I'll be focusing (heh heh) a lot more on the photography aspect of action figures photography. That's because Toypixx needs a...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter January 5, 2025 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE I'VE GOT THE SPOT! Yours truly's finally getting some office space! Starting Feb. 1, Toypixx will have a place all its own. And that's exciting because it means I can get back to shooting for real! For the last three or four months, I've been using the smartphone for all the pics. And while the quality's there, the control isn't. At least until a company comes up with great exterior lenses for smartphones, that...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter December 29, 2024 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE THE FAMILY = THE RAD! Since we're awaiting the final big holiday of 2024, and this is getting sent out late, I figure I'll keep it short. My family's kinda rad. They know I've been saving up to build Toypixx, and a couple other things, and came through huge on Christmas. Here's a shot of December 25th's holiday haul. Ya don't get much more grateful than yours truly when all this is under the tree. And I...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter December 22, 2024 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE IS THE COLLECTION TRANSFORMING? Toypixx focuses on 1/12-scale photogenic figures. But yours truly does dig Transformers MDLX figures. And now, the Age of the Primes has me curious. With the upcoming office space, I'm thinking about what I can do with it, and think a lot of it's gonna have to do with dios and other figure photog things. But a crew that's woefully underrepresented in dios is the Transformers....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter December 15, 2024 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE ONE STEP AT A TIME! Thanks to all of you, I've been able to build an audience for Toypixx. First, I went hard on social media, learned what works, and slowed way down. I'm coming back to it in the near future, but it was kind of a testing phase. Second, beginning a few years ago, I started playing on YouTube, and am close to discovering what works there. Just need a little more testing. And maybe some...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Toypixx Newsletter December 8, 2024 PATREON YOUTUBE X/TWITTER INSTAGRAM WEBSITE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND TOYPIXX STUFF! Computers. The vast majority of the time, they crush it for us. They make our work easier and can be great tools for efficiency. But when they stop acting like tools for an easier life and more like flaming death rays where, instead of killing you, they just subtly claw at you, bad things happen. Such was the case with this Chun-Li photo. The computer started acting up...
2 months ago • 4 min read