{"id":46649,"date":"2026-04-18T06:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=46649"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:15:05","slug":"well-toyconnj-sure-is-pathetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/well-toyconnj-sure-is-pathetic\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, ToyConNJ sure is pathetic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing says \"we're a reliable business deserving of your money\" like using A.I. garbage to promote a show-exclusive figure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/toyconnj.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"575\" alt=\"ToyConNJ using AI Slop to promote their exclusive.\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Mind, it's not as bad as <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=44024\">a company being run by a guy with white supremacist sympathies<\/a>, but it's still shameful loser behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>(Also, it's not the con itself using it, rather the parent company, but is that really a difference?)<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Mythic Legions presents: Father Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/mythic-legions-presents-father-christmas\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mythic Legions presents: Father Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Happy Canada Day!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/happy-canada-day\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Happy Canada Day!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Mythic Legions changing scales\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/mythic-legions-changing-scales\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mythic Legions changing scales<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #211\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-211\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #211<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Gothitropolis: Big Bird custom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/gothitropolis-big-bird-custom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gothitropolis: Big Bird custom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing says \"we're a reliable business deserving of your money\" like using A.I. garbage to promote a show-exclusive figure. Mind, it's not as bad as a company being run by a guy with white supremacist sympathies, but it's still shameful &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/well-toyconnj-sure-is-pathetic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,130],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-46649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-shows","tag-mythic-legions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46652,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46649\/revisions\/46652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}