Tag Archive | "SDCC ‘08"
Vivisect Playset SDCC Edition at G1988 for Half eBay Price
Check it out. Gallery 1988 just got in a shipment of STRANGEco’s Vivisect Playset special SDCC ‘08 edition. The collector’s edition set features all ten figures by Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg “Craola” Simkins and Amanda Visell (including chases) in exclusive Comic-Con colorways. It comes packaged in a deluxe [...]
Continue reading...Alex Pardee CHADAM Posters and Hi-Fructose Prints at SDCC 08
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
There are four ways to prepare for CHADAM at SDCC: Start by reading my CHADAM blog post here. Read the CHADAM stories on MySpace here. Read the Warner Brothers press release here. Do nothing to prepare and just take it all in at the WBTV Booth #4329 at SDCC. The WBTV Booth will be showing the first ever CHADAM movie [...]
Continue reading...Jeff Soto at SDCC 08
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fresh off Jeff Soto’s blog: Jeff Soto will be sharing a booth with Murphy Art Books (Booth #4833). He’ll have two portfolios of small originals on paper, mostly drawings and color comps and will also be bringing some larger one-off monoprints (see above). He’s also bringing some prints: 5 artist’s proofs of his sold out [...]
Continue reading...Bandwa Gwins for SDCC 08
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Lately, everybody is jumping aboard the kaiju bandwagon, from Buff Monster’s series 2 figures to the upcoming kaiju Qee. So far, this is the best blending of a platform designer toy with the kaiju theme I have seen; it’s not just derivative and bandwagonesque–the paints actually suit the figures. Bandwa is the special edition Gwin [...]
Continue reading...MAD Sharpest Sprayer Mini Series
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
You often hear from designers how long it takes to get a series into production, but it can be hard (from the removed perspective of a fan or collector) to understand what/why it takes so long. Well, consider this: MAD’s Sharpest Sprayer mini-figure series debuted as a proto almost three years ago on Vinyl Pulse. [...]
Continue reading...Alex Pardee’s Batman Giclee at SDCC 08
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The story goes like this: Alex Pardee got one of his favorite super heroes, Batman, to sit for a portrait painting. The Dark Knight obliged, but during the sitting, a handful of Supervillains decided to parachute in. The portrait was painted, and Batman and his Rogues went on their way. And now, you can own [...]
Continue reading...ToyTokyo Exclusives Latest Updates
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives and this is the third installment of exclusives [tagged]. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous posts with new photos [...]
Continue reading...Japanese Kaiju Previews for SDCC 08
Monday, July 21, 2008
ToyTokyo has been cool about giving us slices of their sweet roster of SDCC exclusives, but for a couple of snaps of the kaiju, I had to go straight to the sources. Blobpus delivered on a full photo of the Blobpus DX & Dokugan Dayglo Green Version (above) and Intheyellow supplied a glimpse of the [...]
Continue reading...Hello, Brute Klepties for Cardboard Spaceship at SDCC 08
Monday, July 21, 2008
Jon Knox/Hello, Brute created a family of criminals for Cardboard Spaceship’s booth at SDCC 08 Booth #4737. Each 6.5-inch to 9-inch figure is unique, cast in polyurethane resin and hand-painted with acrylic. There are only 10. Based on the prices from Hello, Brute’s recent show at Schmancy, the Klepties would sell for $125 and $175 [...]
Continue reading...Where in the World is Jim Woodring?
Monday, July 21, 2008
Jim Woodring’s Schedule at SDCC 08 (mostly at Table AA-05): Signings at the Fantagraphics booth #1716 (handy map here): Wednesday, 8:00 - 9:00 PM Thursday, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Friday, 5:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday, 10:00 - 11:00 AM Sunday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Panels: SPOTLIGHT ON J.W.:PLEASE STAND BY: Thursday, 2PM - 3PM, Room 10 THE STORY OF AN IMAGE: Saturday 4:30 [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 6
Friday, July 18, 2008
Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. This concludes ToyCyte’s SDCC 08 Weekly Roundup of [...]
Continue reading...Scrappers Stash of Kaiju Customs for SDCC 08
Friday, July 18, 2008
Scrappers is bringing his stash to SDCC 08. No, not that kind of stash, well maybe in the hotel after the event, but I’m talking about some drug-themed kaiju customs. He’s used Bwana Spoon’s paint and gone all anthropomophic on Weed, LSD, Ecstacy and Shrooms. Speaking to the diversity of this year’s Comic-Con, now [...]
Continue reading...Erick Scarecrow’s Kissaki Sandstorm Exclusive for SDCC 08
Friday, July 18, 2008
The banner Erick just dropped on his blog says it all. He will be bringing this Sandstorm version of his Kissaki figure to SDCC 08 in an edition of 300 pieces (available at ToyTokyo Booth #5237). Erick will be signing on Friday July 25th from 10AM -1PM and Saturday, July 26th from 10AM-1PM. No word [...]
Continue reading...Toyqube SDCC 08 Exclusives
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Here’s the roundup of Toyqube (Booth #4837) exclusives: Tim Tsui’s “Game Of Death” Da Sharky and Lupus Hope of Da Fighter series [pics here] Huck Gee’s British Spitfire MK1 Shark Frank Kozik’s Nachthai “Kempfe” German Sharky NVC’s NYKIOTO MAD’s 5″ Black Ninja Mad*l [pics here] MAD’s 10″ DIY Blue GID Mad*l [pics here] Tristan Eaton’s Blue GID Billy Banana FILTH’s [...]
Continue reading...Tim Tsui’s Lupus Hope
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tim Tsui may have gone apeshit with all the apes, but this time he’s got Lupus Hope, a kind of liken-looking werewolf. He’ll have 50 figures available during SDCC 08 at the ToyQube booth (#4837). Lupus Hope of Da Fighter series is an edition of 150 pieces. The first 50 sold out within hours at [...]
Continue reading...Le Merde Sneak Peeks for SDCC 08
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Le Merde has been giving us a few glimpses of what he’s brewing up for SDCC 08 on his blog. The latest sneak peak is a tease for a new Ripper figure. This was preceded by word of an SDCC 08 exclusive Hollis Ghoul T-shirt (although technically, this shirt dropped as part of Monsieur T’s [...]
Continue reading...Gama-Gold Deathbot for SDCC 08
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
GAMA-GO has just added a new Deathbot to their lineup for SDCC 08. At 5.5-inches tall and made of wood, the Gama-Gold Deathbot is worth its weight in gold. For a limited wood piece and a gold colorway, the price isn’t too bad: $40 each in an edition of 400 pieces. This another Gama-Go / [...]
Continue reading...Tokyoplastic x mphlabs Koguma
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
First glimpsed at myplasticheart’s NYCC 08 booth, mphlabs now has a splash teaser that indicates we’ll be seeing the finished figure at SDCC 08. Tokyoplastic (Booth #4837) will reveal their anatomically equipped sleeping bears on black speaker chairs to a flurry of pent-up eager online anticipation. Red speaker chair bears will follow in a full [...]
Continue reading...Dril One x I.W.G. Customs and Original Jellyfish
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dril One just sent me this pic of some I.W.G. customs he’ll have at the Rocket World Booth (#4633) at SDCC ‘08. There will be 7 one-off large size I.W.G. customs for $150 each. He’ll also have 4 minis and 4 large vespas for sale. Beyond recent customs, commissions, and the four Day of the Dead [...]
Continue reading...Super7 SDCC 08 Exclusives UPDATE
Monday, July 14, 2008
Super7 added an update to its SDCC ‘08 Exclusives web page, revealing previously shadow-cloaked limited SDCC versions of Stomp, Zombie and the 4 mini figures (Mutant Head, Mutant Evil, Mutant Chaos and Mutant Bigaro) forming the RealxHead Mini Set. They kick things off Thursday at 4PM with a Pushead event, back by popular demand. This is [...]
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