JPToys - News

Nothing earth shattering to pass along here but probably woth mentioning nonetheless. It seems that last year's new line of JP Dinosaurs are starting to pop up at KB Toy stores again. It looks like a last ditch effort on their part to clear out some back inventory as most everything has been heavily reduced. Just last weekend I had family from Florida call to ask me if I needed any because their local KB Outlet was stocked to the max with of course the discounted prices. Site Co-Owner Armothe just recently found them as well. Here's his report:

"I know its halfway into 2006 but the most recent 2005 JP Deluxe Dinos started popping up at KBToys and KB Toy Works/Outlets.

The list includes:

T-Rex w/ micro Triceratops
Velociraptor w/ Micro Pteranodon
Triceratops w/ Micro Raptor

Last Christmas the smaller 2005 ravage packs showed up in the same place - some are still hanging around. I haven't seen the Ultras in the store yet."

Anyway we just wanted to pass that along for those of you that might not have picked up some of the items from last year. Now is probably your last chance to find them in stores...especially at these prices. This public service announcement was brought to you by your friendly staff at JPToys.com.

I'm soooo far behind on this years anniversiary update but better late than never...right? Anyway, it doesn't seem like that long ago that I was just a regular poster over at InGenNet (hello vets!) asking people to check out my new site which was then known as JP Toys Central...or JPTC for short. Things were moving along pretty slowly until we got our first big exclusive which was shots of the "Wave 2" JP3 Alan Grant w/compies. As the requests for the pictures started to flow in, I thought we might be on to something. A few hours and over 700 hits later I KNEW we were. About a year later (with the help of co-owner Armothe) we were able to move to our own dot com address and a snazzy new layout. Here we sit 5 years later having outlasted all the competition and we somehow keep chugging along. All of that is a testament to not only our wonderful staff here but to you the viewers/readers out there. For that we truly and humbly thank you!

Well all of those many requests seems to be for naught to this point. Due to the lack of entries thus far, we've decided to postpone the contest until a later date. For those that had already entered and looked forward to participating, we aplogize. Stay tuned to this space for further updates.

It's not all bad news though. We have a new collection gallery from 'Heero Yui' that is now up for your viewing pleasure.

The long awaited/requested 3rd JPToys.com Diorama Contest is officially underway! We have a total of 5 categories (Movie, Novel, Fiction, Diorama Story, Non-JP) for you to submit under. Only one entry per person per category and the entry deadline will be Monday - June 26th. Please use this thread on our diorama board to submit your entries. If you're not a member, it's very quick & painless to sign up (I promise) so please do so. Good luck to all the participants!

In other news to pass along, we have a new John Hammond custom from member 'raptorboy123'. Check out his custom and all our other great entries in the custom section today!