As you can see in the snapshot from www.nhl.com the match-ups for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been decided. Here at Toys on Fire we are celebrating this by doing two promotions, a fun Hockey Card Contest for all the young collectors out there and also a Sale on our famous collection of McFarlane NHL Action Figures.

NHL Action Figure Sale
The way it works is this, for each round of the playoffs, which ever teams just got knocked out will be on sale until the next round. So, for round one, which starts today, all figures of players in jerseys of teams that didn’t make the playoffs(that means you Ottawa Senators) are now 10% OFF until round 2. Once round 2 starts, all the figures of teams that got knocked out in round 1 will be on sale. When round 3 starts, all teams that got knocked out of round 2 will be on sale, and so on, until the cup is claimed by the only team not to go on sale!

Hockey Card Contest
We will be running this for the entire duration of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.  To participate, simply come into the store and purchase any pack of hockey cards and open it in the store. If you get a player in your pack who is currently in the playoffs, you win a prize. If you can manage to pull out of your packs 2 players who are currently facing off against each other, you get an entry into our raffle for the All-Mighty Grand Bucket-o-Prizes. As the playoffs go on and teams get eliminated each round, it will become harder and harder to get players in your packs that are in the playoffs. So, as each new round of the playoffs begins, the prizes will get better!

Another great line-up of hockey stars will be showing up at this spring Expo 2011….Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, Johnny Bower, Yvan Cournoyer, Bobby Hull, Fergie Jenkins, Rod Carew and more.  Show date is April 29, 30 and May 1. Check out http://sportcardexpo.com/ for the full schedule.

With over 100,000 square feet of convention space, this is the largest show in Canada.  As usual, we will be there shopping.   Last year, we picked up some nice signed Ottawa Senators jerseys (Daniel Alfredsson, Nick Foligno, to name a few).   Admission is $12 for adults and $3 for kids aged 6 to 12.  The weekend pass is just $25 and well worth it for a weekend of fun.   We also have some McFarlane hockey figures that you can bring to the show and get autographs.

March Break Mega-Bowl '010

Toys on Fire is proud to announce the return (or “the revenge” if that’s cooler) of the March Break Mega-Bowl! Remember last year we had it at the movie theatre, and we had a bunch of Bakugan Tournaments? Well, this time we’ll be having a Bakugan Tournament AND the GoGo’lympics!

Here’s a run-down of all of the events:

Monday, March 15
Pokemon and Hockey Card Trading Day
1:00 – 2:00PM
Resident Hockey Fanatic and Poke-Master Dang will preside over this event making sure that trades are fair!

Tuesday, March 16
Transformers 2 Tuesday
1:00 – 3:30PM
We will be showing Transformers 2 at the store, as well encouraging anyone to bring in some of their Transformers collection from home!

Wednesday, March 17
The St. Patrick’s Day Bakugan Mini-Tournament(s)
12:30 – 3:00PM
Two 8 person mini tournament will go down on St. Patty’s day. Registration is $4!

Thursday, March 18
Tracksters Demo Day
1:00PM – 3:00PM
Gray will have a computer set up to show what Tracksters were made to do! Race kids from around the world online!

Friday, March 19
Star Wars The Clone Wars Day
1:00 – 3:00PM
We will be showing the Star Wars cartoon The Clone Wars here at the store! Bring in your Star Wars figures and enjoy!

Saturday, March 20
The GoGo’lympics
1:00 – 3:30PM
We’ve never had a GoGo themed tournament before! You’ll play 5 different games out of the GoGo’s sticker book, and the people who do the best out of all 5 events will win Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Regristration is $4 and includes a free bonus GoGo’s Booster Pack!

Don’t forget, you can register for either the Bakugan Tournament, or the GoGo’lympics on any day between now and the event. Also, each day, we will have other activities for everyone to do on each day, so we’ll try to keep everyone entertained!

Hope to see you all there!

I am sure everyone in Ottawa has been anxiously awaiting the new hockey season, if only to put the memory of last years horrendous season behind us, but with the new season, comes new hockey card products!

Upperdeck has released a brand new product (To Hockey collectors atleast, this is a familiar product for baseball collectors), UD Black! This is a very high end product, which comes with 2 packs, and 2 cards per pack. It’s a very big gamble, but some of the cards in this product are simply amazing, and well worth the money.

This product is not for everyone, but I know everyone likes to see what can be in one of these boxes, so, here are some of the cards on eBay that have already been pulled, some real nice stuff in this set:

It’s certainly out of my price range, so I will not be purchasing it, so, someone has to come buy the 4 boxes we received…

–Dave

Hey Peoples…

If Steve is done plugging his WoW card game addiction, I would like to take some time to write about a few random things while I have the chance.

As you’ve seen, our ever popular Hockey Card Trading Day is upcomming, infact its April 19th, yup, only 10 days away! I hope everyone is ready, and will have their traders with them. It should be a blast. I know I normally bust a box of something at our card days…Who knows what I will open this time…Last time, you guys saw me open a box of Black Diamond, and get nothing of note…Hopefully my luck will be changed this time around.

We have not received any new hockey products lately, I am just as upset about that as you guys. But! There is good news on the card stock front in the store, I just re-filled the Ottawa Senators single cards in the shelf! I know you guys love the single cards, hopefully there is something for everyone. And, if not, remember, just ask one of the stff members if we have something, chances are, if we do not have it right then, I can find it for you. Remeber that for our card day.

We hope to have a brand new display of hockey McFarlanes before the trading card day, all you hockey lovers will be drooling over all the sweet pieces the store is hoping to get. I know I went nuts when I saw the list. If you want, check out of E-Store and look at the McFarlane hockey section, the figures are really well done.

Ok…Enough about cards, we had received the new Webkinz in late last week, and in no time, we sold out of the Lil Kinz mouse, it was like, not even 48 hours later, and we sold like 50, well done! Guess they were quite popular. I really like the chicken, doesn;t seem like a lot of people agree with me on that one though.

For you Littlest Pet Shop fans, we got a few new ones in today, I can;t remember exactly which ones, but their new, and soft. Buy them so I don’t….Seriously.

Let’s see…What else…Well, spring has finally arrived here, the snow is melting, and I see more and more people coming out of hibernation. I hope that we will be busy within the next couple of weeks as people purchase new summer toys and what not…

O yeah…While I am still going, we still have an abundance of Bakugan 3 packs, the blue and tan packs, at $24.95, which is a pretty good deal for 3 Bakugan. I can’t believe how popular these things still are! I guess it’s here to stay!

So, the Sens play their first playoff game tonight, no one thinks they can beat the Penguins, well, I think otherwise. But that is another rant for another day…There is no support in this city! GO SENS GO BABY!!! WOOOO!!!!

Well…now my hands hurt from typing all that out…So, in keeping with tradition, here’s another card from my collection for all to see:

Keep on living,

Dave

Hey Internet peoples!

I am not sure how to follow Denis Hamel, scoring his, I guess ONLY, NHL goal, Ha…Kidding, he had 2…

But, Grayson is right, our Hockey Card Trading Day is coming fast and I hope everyone has their traders ready, It should prove to be a great time for all. I will be there of course, and if asked, I can give out signed 8×10 photos of myself, I know how I am your favorite Toys On Fire employee, so, that’s the least I can do…Yeah…

Bakugan is still the hottest thing since sliced bread here, we sell more of that stuff than we can count. It’s crazy. I hope it is an awesome game for all you kiddies out their who’s parents are shelling out the money for it. I hope you all thanked them!

So..We also have new Ottawa Senators stuff in the store, including T-shirts and Ball caps for children. I know, were not a clothing store, but it is cool to have. Not sure how many people want the Sens stuff now, but that is another rant for another day.

Yesterday, April 2nd, we received the newest WEBKINZ toys, the chicken, lizard, American cocker spaniel, and the little mouse! They are $18.95 each, with the exception of the mouse, which is a Lil’ Kinz, and is priced at $14.95. I know they won’t stay on the shelves long, so rush over to get them!

For all you Hannah Montana fans, we received a 6 inch stand up figure of her, it’s pretty neat, we only have 2, so get them while you can before Grayson buys them both…He loves her.

I guess that is about it for me, but, keeping with the tradition of me showing off a card from my collection, here’s another sweet piece that I have in my collection:

Peace out!

-Dave

Dearest blog.

How long has it been since I last wrote? Never mind that, the reason I writing is because it is almost a month since our last hockey card trading day and I can hardly believe it is coming again so soon. Hockey card trading day just happens to be my favourite non-exclusive, all inclusive holiday of the year, and since it comes so often each year, I am a very happy little boy.

What is waiting for you at this next hockey card trading day? Well lots of course! You can show off your cards, make new friends who also love hockey and trade away some of the cards you don’t need for ones that you do need. We will even check out your coolest cards and tell you how much they are worth in the current market as well. Who knows I might even bring some sort of hockey movie to put on the TV.

This hockey card trading day will be coming a couple weeks from now, on Saturday, April 19th from 2 PM to 4 PM. I just cannot wait, and I hope to see you all there! Well in the meantime we can all watch former Ottawa Senator Denis Hamel score a goal. We probably should have kept this guy.

Seasons tidings,-Gray