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November 11, 2011 By 7 Comments

Toy Soldiers come to the Aid of Live Soldiers with “Heroes Helping Heroes”

Khanna Print Optimus Ultra Magnus

This holiday season, the Action Figure and Comic Art Community is taking time to honor the Men and Women who serve and sacrifice to protect their freedoms.

On December 7th, beginning at 6:00 PM EDT, TheBigToyAuction.com will be holding a Charity Auction to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The auction features donated toys, custom pieces, sculpture and original pieces of comic art. 100% of the Hammer Price of every item sold will go directly to the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a registered 501(c)(3) charity.

Since 2002 WWP has worked to raise awareness of the issues facing injured service members, to help injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members. In addition to delivering thousands of packs filled with essential care items to returning wounded veterans, WWP provides job training and education through its’ TRACK program, and rehabilitation through the Project Odyssey Combat Stress Recovery Program.
Andrew Bell Android El Poderoso

“We are really excited to be able to get involved with this and help out the WWP,” says Christopher Noon, auctioneer at TheBigToyAuction.com. “I grew up as an army brat, and know first hand the difficulties of family members coping with disabled veterans returning from the field. This was a great opportunity for us to get involved and give back, so I jumped at the chance.”

Contributing artists so far include Dan Khanna, Two Rabbits Studios, KidRobot, Brett Wolff, Tweeterhead, Andrew Bell, and Suckadelic. Donated works are still being accepted to be auctioned off at the December 7th event. Anyone wishing to donate any pieces, large or small, b&w or color, 3D or 2D, are welcome to do so and to urge friends and family to send in pieces or bid. Bidders are encouraged to spread the word about the event through blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. Links are available through the auction page to do so.

Tweeterhead Shaboott

“We welcome all works, by professionals and amateurs alike,” says Noon. “In fact, we encourage active duty and former servicemen and women to share their modern-day trench art with us and let their art share their stories.”

Bidders who can’t make it to the Live event can leave absentee bids or bid Live during the auction Webcast at http://www.TheBigToyAuction.com/WWP.html.

The online gallery will be continually updated as more donations are received. Bidders can preview and inspect items in the auction catalog, and register to bid through the Proxibid Platform at http://TheBigToyAuction.com/bidlive.html. Registration is completely free and open to all.

For more information on The Big Toy Auction, please visit http://www.thebigtoyauction.com/

For more information on the Wounded Warrior Project or to make a direct donation to WWP, please visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

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  1. jboypacman says

    November 11, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    I hope they make tons of money from this. : )

    Reply
    • Christopher Noon says

      November 18, 2011 at 3:07 pm

      Thanks!

      I do too!

      Reply
  2. Christopher Noon says

    November 18, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Thanks for the heads up on this, Brian!

    We’re hoping to make this a huge success – with some work, I’m thinking we can raise some good money for the WWP.

    In the meantime, I’m hoping to just get through this weekend’s Star Wars benefit auction in one piece! 🙂

    Reply
    • Brian says

      November 18, 2011 at 3:09 pm

      Good luck, Chris! If you want to do a post-auction report, I’d love to hear how things went.

      Reply
  3. Christopher Noon says

    November 18, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    Sure, that’s no problem.

    We finished up the first part last night, and while it didn’t go as well as I would have liked, it went better than I expected.

    I’m not sure how exciting any write-up of it might be, but I can let you know how it goes on Sunday, and maybe write something up. I’ll try to add a car chase and a Ninja to spice it up.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      November 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm

      Excellent! Ninjas always make it better.

      Reply
      • Christopher Noon says

        November 18, 2011 at 3:25 pm

        That’s what I keep telling the folks at CSPAN – they don’t listen.

        Reply

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