Jarrett Kruse

Registration: 2017-11-22

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Jarrett began his career interning for Miramax Films, 20th Century Fox, Ted Demme's Spanky Pictures and Rolling Stone before venturing out into a freelance writing career. He has written for Den of Geek, Cinema Blend, Enstars, Mania, Night & Day & Go Figure News and more. After a car accident put Jarrett in the hospital, he started the Facebook group Action Figure Junkies. Not knowing anything about Facebook Groups, Jarrett decided to be proactive from his hospital bed and begin a page with the hopes that 25 of his friends and family would join while he recuperated and that would be that. However, the familial community that Jarrett developed resonated with an audience on social media looking for a safe zone that collectors could share with their kids. He began to flood the page with insider news, in-store & online deals, reveals, and a steady flow of original content and art from the “Junkieverse” co-created with his award-winning artist older brother Jason. Simple tenets were set up including no cursing on the page, no bullying or put-downs with a general air of relaxed and friendly flow of all things toys including a buying/selling outpost. The group has since grown to nearly 30,000 members and now supports a website, YouTube page, Instagram and Twitter accounts. In January of 2018, Jarrett passed away due to complications from his injuries. His family, friends, and collaborators are carrying on the AFJ brand with the slogan #ALLFORJARRETT as their mantra.

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AFJ’S TOP 10 SPIDER-MAN MOVIE ACTION FIGURES W/ BONUS PICKS!

Jarrett Kruse December 12, 2018 Action, COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES, Fantasy, Marvel, Marvel, MISC FIGURES, MOVIE ACTION FIGURES, News, Popular, Sci-Fi, Top 5, Top News, Toys, What's Hot

Junkies, when we lost our found Jarrett Kruse (Head Junkie in Charge) we lost a voice and a perspective on the toy industry that was completely unique. While going through the ...

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FUNKO’S VINYL IDOLZ MARTY McFLY AND DOC BROWN REVIEW

Jarrett Kruse November 4, 2018 Funko, MISC FIGURES, MISC TOYS, MOVIE ACTION FIGURES, News, Popular, Sci-Fi, Top 5, Top News, Toys

There are BACK TO THE FUTURE fans and then there is me. For 30 years I have obsessed over the minutiae of the McFly/Brown mythos studying the films far harder than I studied for ...

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AFJ REVIEW: BACK TO THE FUTURE ICED TIME MACHINE SET VEHICLE 1:15 SCALE!

Jarrett Kruse October 21, 2018 Fantasy, MISC FIGURES, MISC TOYS, MOVIE ACTION FIGURES, Sci-Fi, Top 5, Toys, Uncategorized, What's Hot

I have lived and breathed Back to the Future for over three decades. Don't get me wrong, I love those other trilogies, some so insanely famous they are simply known only as, "The ...

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AFJ’S TOP 10 ADAM WEST BATMAN FIGURES

Jarrett Kruse September 12, 2018 ABC, Action, COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES, DC, DC, Funko, Mattel, MISC FIGURES, MISC TOYS, MOVIE ACTION FIGURES, Top 5, Toys, TV ACTION FIGURES, WB

Nowadays when anew comic book, movie or TV character is a hit, we have come to expect as collectors, that we will get a solid figure from the property with accurate likenesses (if ...

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AFJ MOVIE REVIEW-SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING A SECOND OPINION!

Jarrett Kruse March 4, 2018 Action, Comedy, COMIC BOOK, Marvel, Marvel Comics, MOVIE, Movies, News, Popular, Science Fiction, Superhero, What's Hot

I am positively wired right now after getting home from a screening of SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING tonight. For a fan whose favorite MARVEL hero has always been Spider-Man, this movie ...

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AFJ’S TOP 10 ALTERNATE SPIDER-MAN ACTION FIGURES W/ BONUS PICKS!

Jarrett Kruse March 4, 2018 Action, COMIC BOOK ACTION FIGURES, Marvel, Marvel, MISC TOYS, MOVIE ACTION FIGURES, News, Popular, Sci-Fi, Top News, Toys, What's Hot

Junkies, when we lost our founder Jarrett Kruse (Head Junkie in Charge) we lost a voice and perspective on the toy industry that was completely unique. While going through the ...

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