String fullTitle = 'RIP theFwoosh.com...';
int postNumber = 10981217;
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String date = '05/07/24(Tue)13:22:24';
String comment = 'Anyone have any word or insider knowledge if TheFwoosh.com is finally down for good? I don’t really know where else to ask, I only browse here occasionally but mostly was on theFwoosh.
The site and forums went down about two weeks and there's been no word on what's going on.
If it's for real gone this time (the forums have went down a few times now over the past few years), then it's a real shame, because as far as I'm aware, it was one of the last true 'forums' where fans were discussing toys, as they have for almost twenty years.
I know most people on here really only know the Fwoosh as a youtube channel, but for some of us, it's been so much more. As someone who started chatting toys on the Raving Toy Maniacs Toybuzz board back in the late nineties, The Fwoosh has always felt like a community that grew out of the Toy Buzz, and has been a community of like-minded toy fans for almost 20 years now. For it to simply disappear without any fanfare feels really weird and like the true end to an era. I suppose everything was on borrowed time after Robo and Veebs left as they kind of embodied the heart of the forum community..
We've still got fandom specific forums, but, unless I'm mistaken, the Fwoosh was the last of the 'general' toy forums that embraced pretty much all properties, though they did stick to 6" scale for the most part. But as a collector of a certain age, there was a comfort there, and a snarkiness, that was true to those early days talking toys on the 'net, and I'm going to miss it if it's truly gone for good. I was a lurker for many years, and then a minor poster, but I'll still miss the gang who hung out there.
So I guess this is just one toy fan's eulogy for a forgotten internet era. Now, anyone know of any other forums that are still kicking and still active?';
'>>10981217
Or if anyone just wants to wax nostalgic about internet toy sites from 20 years ago, I'm here for that too. Anyone else remember getting their news from Actionfigures.com? Or checking out Michael Crawford's Review of the Week?';
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'>>10981225
I still drop into RotW occasionally. Used to hang around the Spawn.com forums, too.';
'>>10981239
Yeah, I saw that but it’s been radio silence since then. I wouldn’t be surprised if this truly is the end. It already died once last year once they nuked the forums, but I think this is the second and final death. Robo was the forum admin and I think he kept the site together, but without him I don’t know what to expect.';
'>>10981225
Michael Crawford is still around doing reviews, although a lot less lately.';
'>>10981217
I don't post there, but I find (found?) the forum useful for following news and opinions of those slower toylines that can't carry a general permanently over here.';
'>>10981217
literally crying rn';
'>>10981217
>>10981243
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>>10981544
Robo sure is a fucking retard. Did those skeletons even ship out? What a scamming piece of shit';
'>>10981548
Retard';
'>>10981602
Rob sure is a fucking faggot and would fail to deliver any scan crowd funding action figure line he'd startup again. Articulated icons sure were dog shit.';
'>>10981217
Forums have pretty much died off entirely the past ten years. Really a relic of the 00s (maybe even 90s, but i wouldn't personally know). Reddit basically swallowed them up and it's where your forced to go if you want that kind of thing. im personally grateful 4chan is still around to be honest.';
'>>10981225
The Toy Buzz! That's a deep memory. I know Jason Geyer is kinda doing his dream at making indie comic super powers. I thought that was cool to see 25 (!) years later. R Hunter is in control of his slice of the Glyos pie (heh....ugh) with his KotS. I always like to seeing older names graduate into actually creating something in the toy industry.
I never really made the move to the fwoosh since you had to register. I much preferred the older way..';
'>>10981217
TF fags still have tfw2005 which a cesspool of mental illness and trannys, but going strong after all these years. Their offshoot is toyark, but their forums at pretty much dead. I get a lot of toy news from TNI as they seem pretty consistent and stay up to date on a lot of stuff';
'>>10981225
For me it was Raving Toy Maniac, Figurezone.net, wrestlingfigures.com, and Toy Fare/Wizard/Tomarts/Hero magazines. Also at one point EGM /GamePro/Tips & Tricks because the import ads kept me up to date with what anime toys were out in the world.';
'>>10981258
i think he's almost been convinced to switch to proboards. we'll see.';
'>>10982134
reddit and 4chan are both forums. until they took for fucking ever to get theirs back up, the fwoosh was still pretty active as well.';
'>>10981217
Glad I didn't sign back up after the first crash. I only really still checked into the Marvel Select thread since that's the only line that's not discussed here at a much faster rate and DSTZach checked into the thread regularly to answer any questions.';
'>>10982210
>>10982145
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>>10982384
Damn you fwoosh fags can't shut the fuck up about this dead scam faggot site huh? Robo don't know sure is a piece of shit.';
'>>10981384
He has a YouTube channel now. He doesn't do reviews there, he just shows off his massive collection
>>10982210
I remember when TNI was americandreamcomics and was considered the worst of the toy websites. Funny that they're the last one standing';
'>>10982134
>>10982373
He meant forums dedicated to a specific topic, it's own site that stands alone. Reddit, instagram, twitter, discord, facebook, all of it just swallowed the userbase of everything else. It sucks that I have to navigate the random shitpools of these sites and apps to find what I want to look at and discuss.';
'>>10982291
For me, its was figures.com, action-figure.com, TNI, spawn.com, and too many G.I. Joe sites to list. I know the Joe fandom has mostly migrated to Facebook, because it was always filled with lame, old fucks.';
'>>10981217
Have they delivered on those skeletons yet?';
'>>10985636
Robo?';
'>>10985299
Im not joining hisstank or facebook, but itd be nice to hold a conversation with a joe fan or motu fan or just whatever. Itd also be great to buy and trade with a fellow collector instead of ebay or mercari.';
'>>10982291
>Raving Toy Maniac
Oh man I was on RTM so much back in the day. I just remember they slowly went to shit. I still see the occasional people I used to see posting here and there, but one became trans so I blocked him on FB. Very disturbing.';
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