Acronym List

POA - points of articualtion

HC - Hulk Classics
SOTA - State of the Art (they make street fighter figures)

lol. I think we really covered all the acronyms. at least all the ones that I can think of toy wise. if there were planet of the apes or star trek toy collectors we could go into those.

Wow, this post took an unexpected turn...

Only one I plan on getting is the Nascar one with the mullet.

Stop acting like you don't like them, cause we all know you do. Michael Bay is your hero.

POS- most Transformer lines anymore, especially the Bayformer toys
SSC- Sideshow Collectibles

I just copied this from our local toy forum board... hope this helps.

srp - suggested retail price
TBA - to be announced
HU - Heads Up
BOTO - buy one take one
BAF - build a figure
CNC - collect and connect
ML - Marvel Legends
MISB - Mint in sealed box
LIB - Loose in box
LOC - loose on card
NM - near mint
FA - First Appearnce
MIB - mint in box
mip - toys mint in plastic for fastfood toy collectors
FO - Marvel Face-Off
MB - Mini Bust
LF - looking for
FS - for sale
YGPM - You got [a] private message
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
SOC- Soul of Chogokin
PF - Premium Form
WIP - Work In Progress(a term commonly used by customizers)
wave/assortment - also means series
chase - rarest figure of a series/wave or assortment
superposeable - has several points of articulation or can do as much poses
clamshell - the hard plastic cover attached to a backboard of a toy package
die cast - toy made of metal
otc - over the counter toys that you buy without a meal for fastfood toy collectors
STACTION - Statue action
NRFB = never removed from the box


HML - Hasbro Marvel Legends
ML - Marvel Legends
XMC - X-Men Classics
MU - marvel universe
JL - Justice League
JLU - justice league unlimited
DCU - DC universe
DCD - DC direct
SF - street fighter
SMC - Spider-Man Classics
AR - Alex Ross Series
LCBH - Legendary Comic Book Heroes
HW - Hot Wheels
SS - Sideshow Collectibles
GG - Gentle Giant,
McF - McFarlane Toys, variant TMP - Todd McFarlane Productions
RAH - Real Action Hero (Medicom terminology)
SDCC - San Diego Comic Convention
MOTU - masters of the universe
Wow - world of warcraft
DBZ - dragon ball z
TMNT - teenage mutant ninja turtles
TF - transFormers
ROTF - revenge of the fallen transformers

(characters)
UIM - Ultimate Iron Man
IM - Iron Man
GL - green lantern
OP - optimus prime
BB - bumble bee
SE - Snake Eyes
SS - Storm Shadow
BD - black dragon
MAZ - mazinger-z
GMAZ - great mazinger


(for lord of the rings collectors)
lotr - lord of the rings
fotr - fellowship of the ring
ttt - the two towers
rotk - return of the king

(for star wars collectors)
SW - Star Wars
anh - a new hope
tesb - the empire strikes back
rotj - return of the jedi
tpm - the phantom menace
aotc - attack of the clones
rots - revenge of the sith
DV - Darth vader
DM - Darth Maul
LS - Luke skywalker


(for pirates of the carribean collectors)
tcotbp - the curse of the black pearl
dmc - dead man's chest
awe - at world's end

ML=Marvel Legends
HML=Hasbro Marvel Legends
TFs=Transformers
WIP=work in proggress
DCUC=DC Universe Classics
LCBH=Legendary Comic Book Heroes
DCSH=DC Super Heroes
LOTR=Lord of the Rings
ROTF=Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
ROC=G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra
SMC=Spider Man Classics
FOML=Face Off Marvel Legends
MS=Marvel Select