New changes coming to our Website!

We are VERY excited about some changes coming to our website over the next month or so. We are in the process of upgrading to new shopping cart software that should prove to be more user friendly and easier to navigate than ever before.


Have you ever seen those websites that give you an opportunity to write a user or product review? What's the incentive? Who actually takes their time to give their opinion of a product when there's nothing in it for them?

Let's ask this question... what if you could earn reward points toward future products by writing product reviews on our website and sharing your thoughts on what you received from us last week?


Finally, one of the biggest changes coming will allow our site to be optimized for mobile devices such as the iPhone, Android phone, Blackberry, Windows 7 smart phones and many more. Lets face it... m-commerce is a growing business and with our new mobile device optimization you will experience faster loading pages & a quick, easy check-out process all from the convenience of your phone!

New Facebook page...

Be sure and check out our new Facebook page for additional product updates & shipping notices!

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Product Updates...

Be sure & check out our new Facebook page for new product, shipping updates & product previews from time to time.

Our new Facebook page can be found HERE.

New Vendor & Products Announcement

We are VERY excited to announce the expansion of our 1/6 scale Modern and WWI/WWII Military Products.

As we have already added several new Dragon pieces to our site, be sure and check back as we will be adding even more great items from Solider Story, BBI, DID (Dragon in Dream) & ACI.

Additionally, if there is a product line that you do not see on our site... drop us a note and we will see about picking it up.

New Sponsorships...

As we gear up for the Holiday Season we would like to thank the following collector sites for allowing us the opportunity to become VIP Sponsors:

If you aren't already a member of one or all of these GREAT sites... sign up today!

Select Sponsors occasionally offer additional exclusive discounts on shipping & their products to website/forum members.

New Products & Post SDCC Recap...

After play catch-up for the last week, we were FINALLY able to update our website with all the cool new products & pieces that were previewed at SDCC this past week.

While there are too many new additions to list, all of our newly added products can be found by clicking HERE.

Now for my personal SDCC recap commentary...

After attending San Diego Comic Con for the 6th year in a row, I've come to grips with the reality that a person is going spend the first two days standing in lines waiting to buy products if they want to get them before they sell out for the weekend but this year seemed unusually bad. With that being said here's some personal thoughts that I would like to share with some of the vendors:

Mattel: If you're going to double your exclusives from previous years, you had better be prepared to deal with the crowds and stop allowing dealers to buy up all of your inventory in the first two days of the show. Adding a second booth just for sales isn't going to simply solve all the problems of offering too many exclusive products.

Hasbro: Crowd control & the limit of 4 of each item per badge made operations run a WHOLE lot smoother for you this year. I see you learned your lesson from last year!

Gentle Giant: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for loosing the huge Jabba statue this year that took up three quarters of your booth in previous years! Pre-orders were a breeze to pick up and lines were not bad at all!

Hallmark: Way to go on the exclusives this year! I would have liked to have seen some type of lottery system rather than a first come first serve style of selling your products. Had you not been set up close to a wall for lines to form, crowd control would have been a nightmare for you!

Lego: Once again... you have done a fantastic job of offering your products. The lottery/drawing tickets for a chance to buy your exclusives is the best idea I've seen in a long time! It gives everyone an equal chance while weeding out the dealers. Well except for that one guy who was always in your booth at the end of the line offering $10 bucks to people to buy their "winner" tickets.

OfficalPix: While I've always enjoyed your guests and autograph offerings, perhaps the middle of the exhibit hall isn't the best choice for a booth. Might I suggest the Autograph Area in the Sails Pavilion where EVERY OTHER individual with anything sets up for autographs???

Sideshow: Once again... in my opinion you've managed to steal the show with your booth set-up, customer service, product offerings & show exclusives/management.

Elite Security: While I'm sure some of you are really friendly and intelligent individuals, just there to do a job... most of you that I've ran into are just plain asses with a chip on their shoulder & a God complex! You know who I'm talking about. They're the ones that have to have the fancy earpiece attached to a $10 radio & the ones who wear the mirrored sunglasses 100% of the time while inside the building. This year I was literally shoved out of the way while walking through an open aisle by an employee to make way for Gene Simmons. Then on another occasion... threatened to be removed from the building for taking a break and sitting against a wall for five minutes. Yes apparently for the first year in a row it's now a "fire hazard" to sit on the ground anywhere on the floor inside the building on the first floor. Who knew?

Overall I had another great year. It was extra special to me as I was able to share my experiences with my 14 year old son who attended this year with me. I'm already looking forward to next year although it's my understanding that ticket prices will go up next year. Hey SDCC... here's an idea... I'll agree to pay more for tickets next year if you agree to reduce the number of passes you sell.... fair enough?

Sideshow Retail Network...

Were you late to the game in starting your Sideshow collection and now all of your most-wanted items are Sold Out with no Wait List option available? Have you ever wished you could find your ‘Holy Grail’ of Sideshow collectibles? Are you sick of dealing with sketchy eBay sellers? Before you give up all hope, be sure to try the brand new Retail Network service, which may help you find your most desired, long sold out Sideshow collectibles!


What is it and how can you take advantage of it? It’s a FREE referral service that will hook you up with a Sideshow Collectibles Direct Dealer who may have the item you most desire sitting in their store waiting for YOU! If our Wait List is closed and you are in despair of secondary market searches, simply visit the product page of the sold out item you’d like to find, click the Sideshow Retail Network button, fill out the form (and agree to the Terms and Conditions), and they will search their Direct Dealer inventory database for your collectible. If they find a match, they will then send your contact information to the dealer who may have the item and give you their information too!


While AP Collectibles may not have EVERY item you're looking for, we are proud to be a member of Sideshow's Retail Network and look forward to helping you find that missing piece in your collection.