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Oh my, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?
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\nIt seems like just yesterday that I was writing our Fourth Anniversary column and not too long before that that I was originally contemplating starting up another site in the first place. I still remember it clearly. I was submitting a custom figure to AFI’s Custom Super Powers contest and it had that little box on the entry that said, “website”.
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\n“I should have one of those,” I thought. Of course, I was thinking more about a personal one to promote some of my non-toy projects, but fate had other plans. And now, here I am, five years older (I think I’ve aged 10 years in blog years) with a pretty kickass website (if I may say so). Looking back, I don’t imagine it ever crossed my mind that I’d still be doing this this much later, not to mention how popular the site could become. It’s always humbling to see how many of you visit each day. The reviews aren’t that great, but you just keeping coming back for some reason!
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\nSpeaking of reviews, we crossed an important milestone this last year – we posted our 1000th review! I believe it was MOTU Classics Sky High & the Jet Sled! That was pretty awesome; even if I didn’t realize until later! And we’re still chugging right along having just posted our 1100th review (that was the Hot Toys Iron Patriot review)! Reviews have slowed down a little this last year. I just have too much going on to keep up the daily pace (And I think I’m buying less, though spending more – I’m special like that), but I’ll be striving to maintain what I call the “MWC schedule”. That’s where I copy the magnificent Michael Crawford and shoot for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday reviews!
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\n And, I know I say this every year, I will endeavor to get some more fun stuff on the site besides reviews. My heart is still set on those ReCollect articles featuring older items in my collection. And, as you may have noticed in our latest soft update, I did remove the dedicated News Column in favor of a color coded system. I love having the News Section, but since we’re not carrying comprehensive toy news, it had a tendency to sit on the same article for days at a time. This new layout will be much more dynamic. And I love the colors!
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\nThere will be a few more site changes coming up too. My friends always tease me about wanting to rearrange the furniture every few years. The site suffers similarly. This article is filled with images showcasing how I revamp it every year. I missed my deadline for having the latest redesign in place for our Birthday Celebrations this week, but you’ve surely noticed the new grid!
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\nOf the latest facelift, I think that’s the part I’m most excited about. It’s a much cleaner browsing experience and leaves a lot more articles easily accessible. The color coding system is pretty similar to our old one: green=reviews, blue=news, red=sponsors, purple=event coverage, and a few other colors may crop up along the way too! More changes will be coming in the next few weeks as I roll out the design, so pardon my mess.
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\nWow. Five years. I don’t know if that leaves me whimsical or it’s just 3am. (It is 3am…, damn it!). Let me wrap this up with my usual call for any any great ideas for content you\u2019d like to see here at IAT. What do we need more of? Less? What’s been your favorite thing from our “first” five years? I’d love to hear what has stuck out in your mind. I always still chuckle at one of the original jokes featuring Batman & a very white Gentlemen Ghost, “First, the detergent! Then justice!”. And I’ll always remember Deadman’s “Aaaaagh” even if we haven’t made use of it in awhile.
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\nFinally, one big shout out to you. Yes, you, reading this. If you’re a site regular, I really do need to thank you for coming back every day or even every so often. If you’re a commentor, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. If you’re relatively new here or this is your first visit… Hi. I love running IAT even if it means some late nights, jokes that bomb, reviews that no one looks at, because I know you guys are gonna come back. It’s that knowledge that thousands of you are going to be here every day, rain or shine, update or no update (sorry). That’s what keeps me going. It drives me to do the next feature. To put a little more effort into what I’m working on. Heck, to just get better (we’ve come along way from those horrible early yellow-tinted pics!). So thank you. We may not always interact directly, but you’ve helped enriched my free time (albeit with lots of work!) and I hope I’ve enriched yours back. Thanks for a great first five years.
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\nLet’s go do it again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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