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One of the things I love about the San Diego Comic Con, and no it’s not all the guys dressed up as Storm Troopers (although that is a close second) is the unparalleled access you have to so many of the artists, designers and toy producers, all in one crazy, cramped and chaotic place. At [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
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If you missed out on going to the SDCC or you just hate standing in lines like me, you still have a chance to get pert near any and all of the SDCC exclusives you’ve regretted not grabbing. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can purchase pert near everything from toy flippers or [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
I have no idea how I missed this one, but the blog The Art Collector claims this piece as being “Arguably the biggest toy curiosity to come out of San Diego Comicon 08”. It’s being called the “500 Years Later Companion” and is a customized Kaws (a take off of the 5 Year Later piece) [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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I love it when life provides you second chances. If you missed out on a) going to the San Diego Comic Con, b) didn’t get one the Erick Scarecrow’s new limited edition Kissaki or c) lost her in a poker game, if any or all of the above are true, now is your chance to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
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Mark your calendars and make it down to Japantown in San Francisco this August 9th. Why you ask? To cold chill with Koji Harmon and his River Children. Seeing the Green River Child at the SDCC, I personally need see more. They really are beauts. “River Children is coming to Super7 in San Francisco. New hand [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
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Okay, I took a pic of this behemoth at the Grass Hut booth at the San Diego Comic Con but I’m easily distracted and forgot to ask the boys what it was all about. The picture has been on my desktop all week like a mysterious purple enigma. But lucky for my Vinyl Pulse [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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So you’re obsessed with toys. And you have to go to a birthday party for your nephew, friend’s rugrat, or just one of your preschool aged pals. For those under the age of, like four, a kaiju figure might scare the bejesus out of them, you might offend the parents with a smokin’ labbit, you [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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tokidoki fever ravished the San Diego Comic Con, and it was h-o-t. Not only was the tokidoki booth one of the more crowded and popular spots in the toy ghetto, (I dreaded having to fight myself through the masses on this aisle) but the tokidoki releases at StrangeCo, Kidrobot and ToyTokyo also dispersed the Simone [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Jeff from At Arms sent me a better a picture of the Pink version of Daniel Johnston’s “Jeremiah the Innocent” that was released at Comicon (previously covered here and here).
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Sometimes bigger really is better. Spied at the San Diego Comic Con in the stunningly cool Strangeco booth was the epically large Smokestack by Mars1 statue, which clocks in at about three feet. The thing is way too big to be called a toy or a figure, this large piece is an idol to be [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
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Signings here and signings there, signings were just about everywhere at the San Diego Comic Con. In my haste to try to squeeze in as much as I could on my daily rehashes of all things SDCC, I neglected to post a couple of photos I snapped of some hot sketch and autograph action [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
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Strolling by the ToyQube booth at the San Diego Comic Con, some colorful creatures caught my eye, I mean seriously, how could they not? ToyQube let artist extraordinaire Brent Nolasco showcased some of his superbly fashioned feasts for the eyes on a couple shelves in their chalked full of wonderful display cases (check Jeremy’s write [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
Kaching Brands “The Good Life” company is finding their inner child. Seen at the MINDStyle booth at the San Diego Comic Con were the new series of Rody vinyl toys that are more for an adult’s toy shelf than for a kid’s play room. Inspired by the very popular and stylish bouncy horse for babies [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
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First off, I should let you know, I hate the Residents. There isn’t much music that I can equate with nails on achalk board, but this band makes my skin crawl. Perhaps you are a Residents fan? Well, I’m sorry. But your band sucks. I should also mention that the love of my life, the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
It’s incredibly rare for a site like this to ever have anything negative to share, but what happened at Comic Con was something that needs to get around. Last week at SDCC, one of the paintings from the Gargamel booth was stolen right off the counter. It was made by Katope and entitled [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 26, 2008
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Good goddamn, there was some big news today. If you’re a jerk, go ahead and skip to the bottom. Otherwise, read all the other great stuff that happened including Leecifer and Strangekiss, some big (and small) news for both mainstream toy companies Hasbro and Mattel, and even some Transformers updates that a couple people [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 25, 2008
And it begins. It’s day one of Comic Con, and already I’m overwhelmed. This is my first time to be out here, as I’ve never been able to justify the expense, but damn, what a day for seeing some amazing things. Let’s try and run down some of the list. Skeletal Carnival 3 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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It seems the gods do shine upon us sometimes. I wrote last week about Leecifer and Strangekiss appearing together at San Diego this week, and included an image of the Fire Yeti. Leecifer seemed to have gotten wind of it, and sent over a whole slew of images for his other SDCC work! [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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In addition to the already reported Benny and Red Bird, MINDstyle and Kathie Olivas are going to release two limited edition SCAVENGERS figures. Not only are they super limited, but they’re also going to take some hunting to track them all down. First piece shown is Masao the skull-faced cat kid. He’s [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
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I don’t know about you, but after a day or two at SDCC, I’ll be feeling pretty sluggish. Chris Yates’s brings that feeling to life literally with his figures in SLÜG form. He’ll be presenting, as a SDCC exclusive, twenty-one hand cast, hand painted five inch resin slugs. Red, black, silver, all these creatures will [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
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The Gargamel team has been working hard at prepping their SDCC exclusives, and at keeping them quiet. That is, until now! Peep the clear Deathra with guts. I know I say this every other post, but this guy may possibly be my favorite toy for Comic Con. The perfectly clear plastic and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
Good God, I can’t keep up. The guy is running laps around me. Just when I think there can’t be any more Ashley Wood Comic Con news, he busts out these pix of a fully armed and loaded Bramblebot. This heavy has been teased at for quite a while, and doesn’t disappoint. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
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I swear you might as well call Comic Con “Attack of My Childhood” with all the 80’s themed exclusives there. We’ve mentioned the Greyskull and Transformer stuff, but my Saturday morning flashback doesn’t end there. Next up is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles black and White set from NECA. It’s an [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
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I don’t know how we can cram in any more San Diego news, but there’s seven more days to give it a shot. In addition to Reactor 88 showing up at the Simple Pleasures art show, we’ve got one more reason to be excited for SDCC. There will also be some incredible pieces by painter [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Meet the army of Kappa as painted by Koji Harmon of Gargamel. He just put this image up of the SDCC exclusive Tokoji Seijin vinyl figures. These Tokoji boast seven (count ‘em SEVEN) different colors with the green and blue Kappa scheme. All the figures were “…hand painted with care at [...]
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