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MTV Hits Comic-Con With 'Teen Wolf,' Live Pitches and Tons O' Coverage!

Posted 6/27/12 5:24 pm EST by in San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC


Teen Wolf is coming to San Diego Comic-Con for the third year in a row, bringing along series stars Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden and Colton Hayne for a panel moderated by TV Guide's Damian Holbrook! Plus lucky Wolfians (can we call you guys that?) in attendance will get a sneak-peek at the premiere trailer for the U.S. version of the British series The Inbetweeners!

On the comics front, MTV Comics will host a fun panel called Creator Pitch LIVE!, moderated by Executive Editor Tom Akel where established and talented comic types Marc Silvestri, Kevin Eastman and David Petersen will each have 10 minutes to pitch an idea for a new comic book based on the same theme to the Comic-Con crowd, who will then vote for the idea they like best!
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Yes Virginia, There IS A SDCC 'Firefly' Reunion Panel! With Joss Whedon!

Posted 6/27/12 3:22 pm EST by in Comic Book Conventions, SDCC


(the sound of heads 'sploded across the interwebs)

As we reported yesterday, a rumor had been racing through the "Firefly" fan community that a 10th aniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con was immanent. Now it's been confirmed -- and both Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion will be attending the event!

Hosted by the Science Channel -- who has been re-airing the short-lived, but much loved, cult TV show -- the panel will reunite Whedon, Fillion, producer Tim Minear, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Michael Fairman, and "the rest of the crew of the Serenity."  In addition to the panel, there will also be a screening of never-before-seen footage...and, of course, a collectible bag.

The "Firefly" 10th Anniversary Panel will be on Friday, July 13 at 12:30 p.m. in Ballroom 20. Other SDCC panels the Science Channel is hosting include "Fringe," John Noble's "Dark Matters: Twisted But True," and upcoming series "Stuff You Should Know."

Via The Hollywood Reporter

'Firefly'  To Celebrate 10 Years At San Diego Comic-Con 2012?
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It's A Brave New Con World: Random Badge Checks, "Weapon" Inspections At SDCC 2012

Posted 6/27/12 10:26 am EST by in Costumes, SDCC


Not so fast, Mr. Stormtrooper! Do you have a wristband for that blaster?

Hey, is this San Diego Comic-Con or the TSA? While conventioneers this year won't have to go through a metal detector, they will be subject to "weapon" inspections and random badge checks. And don't forget to bring your I.D.!

According to NBC San Diego, badge security will be increased this year, with random checks occurring throughout the weekend to cut down on counterfeits. David Glanzer, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for SDCC 2012, explained the tougher security measures:

"Security has been very, very good about seeing counterfeit badges but at the end of the event, you may 10 or 15 badges with one person’s name used multiple times..."

But the new guidelines for cosplay weaponry on the con floor are somewhat more intense. For starters, if you intend to bring such a prop into the convention center, you'll need to get a wristband from security. There will be a "Weapons Check Desk" in Lobby E, and will have to confirm to state and federal law. Read More...

Mimoco Releases Star Wars Mimobot Series 8 Collection!!

Posted 6/26/12 4:16 pm EST by in Movies, SDCC, Star Wars, Woodsy's World of Star Wars


Mimoco is back with a new release of Star Wars Mimobots! The eighth series in the Star Wars MIMOBOT collection includes Jabba the Hutt, Slave Leia, Jedi Luke, Admiral Ackbar, and Biker Scout - a joint 2012 San Diego Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration VI exclusive - all sporting classic stylized MIMOBOT designs.

We're over the forest moon of Endor with this latest in our series of Star Wars MIMOBOT flash drives.  It's one of our best yet with a little something for every fan", says Scott Seraydarian, Director of Media at Mimoco. "There's cute, there's sexy; there are heroes, villains, and even sluglike gangsters. Series 8 continues the tradition of bringing our favorite Star Wars characters to the world of designer personal tech. Read More...

SDCC 2012: McFarlane and Skybound Bring an Exclusive Michonne Along to Manage the Zombie Hordes

Posted 6/26/12 1:00 pm EST by in McFarlane Toys, News, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC


Just as we were finalizing our Top Ten Coolest SDCC-Exclusive Action Figures List, this shows up as inconveniently as a group of Walkers when your just trying to mind your own business and take a leak out behind Hershel's barn! McFarlane Toys has produced a run of con-exclusive Michonne figures, based on Image Comics' The Walking Dead comic series, that will only be available at Robert Kirkman's Skybound booth during the big show. For fans who already own the comic series-version, this is pretty much the same deal-- with a ton of added blood and a sweet-ass poncho! Not only that, but the packaging features brand new art by series mainstay Charlie Adlard. Looks like our Michonne will be safe from the coming invasion--safe inside her plastic prison! Read More...

SDCC 2012: Gentle Giant Unveils Star Wars, Marvel, Pan's Labyrinth Exclusives, and more!

Posted 6/25/12 3:30 pm EST by in Gentle Giant, News, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC


Gentle Giant Ltd. recently showed off some exclusives that would be available only during the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International-- but we didn't show them to you. No sir (or ma'am), we waited, because we had the sneaking suspicion they were holding something back, and were they ever! Three more items were revealed over the weekend to Gentle Giant's Premier Guild Members (which you need to be in order to pre-order the exclusives), so today we're bringing you coverage on the entire lot of incredibly sculpted goodness! Star Wars, Marvel, Mars Attacks, and even Pan's Labyrinth are represented, so there's something for almost anyone's taste in collectibles.

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SDCC 2012: Kotobukiya Brings a Bevy of Marvel And Tekken Femme Fatales to the Big Show

Posted 6/25/12 10:00 am EST by in Kotobukiya, News, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Toys


At the San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, it looks like Kotobukiya has a theme for their exclusives with all four being variants of their insanely popular Bishoujo line of statues. Not only that, but they're spreading the love around the con with the gray costumed Black Widow being distributed by Shop AFX! So, that means standing in two long lines, but for four incredible statues. Not bad. Well, it IS-- but that's sadly just the way of SDCC. Read on for info on Black Widow, X-23, Storm, and Arisa along with plenty of photos from Kotobukiya!

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SDCC 2012: Square Enix Reveals Exclusive Black and White Batman and Joker Arkham Asylum Figures

Posted 6/20/12 11:00 am EST by in News, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Square Enix, Toys


Things sure are gonna be tough after San Diego Comic-Con International 2012. With our addiction love video games and action figures being put to the test, we'll probably be living on the street thanks to blowing all our hard-earned rent money at the show for things like these Black and White Play Arts Kai figures from Square Enix' Batman: Arkham Asylum line. Both Batman and the Joker will be available exclusively at the show. Both figures were previously released in regular game-accurate colors earlier this year, and we even reviewed Bats if you'd like some idea on just how incredible these toys really are.

Read on for more photos and info on how to get these two if you aren't able to attend the show!

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Diamond Select Toys Reveal More Con-Exclusives Than You Can Shake a Reanimated Corpse At!

Posted 6/4/12 5:00 pm EST by in Diamond Select Toys, News, SDCC, Toys


This year's San Diego Comic-Con International is shaping up to be the year that we're going to have to utilize UPS or Fed Ex in order to get all of our wallet-draining goodies home from the big show. Today, Diamond Select Toys has revealed eight different SDCC-Exclusives, including IDW's Battle Beasts #1 sporting a new limited cover! While they're going to have some very fine con-only collectibles on hand, or gut feeling is the Walking Dead Minimates two-pack and metallic "The Amazing Spider-Man" Bust will be the two that disappear the quickest. Looks like it's gonna be a race to the Diamond booths (#2401 & #2607) on preview night!

Read on for all the skinny from our friends at DST!

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SDCC 2012: NECA Brings Ash Out of the Past and Into the Con

Posted 6/4/12 11:30 am EST by in NECA, News, SDCC, Toys


"Groovy." That's the sentiment we had upon seeing the latest, and greatest, SDCC 2012 premiere on the NECA website: Hero From the Sky Ash! Yes, they're bringing Ash to SDCC as a con-exclusive action figure that embodies the classic cinematic masterpiece that that is the ending to Evil Dead II. While the photos of the prototype don't show it, the figure is listed as having multiple articulation points in the legs like NECA's previous Ash figures.

Read on for all the info from our Deadite-lovin' friends over at NECA, along with more pics of Ash in all his unbridled glory!

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Batman, Battlestar, and Star Wars Ornaments Light Up Your San Diego Comic-Con Tree

Posted 6/1/12 1:30 pm EST by in San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Toys, TV


It's beginning to feel a lot like Geek Christmas... And even if the regular Holiday doesn't arrive for another six months, you can officially break out your Doctor Who themed sentient pine trees, because San Diego Comic Con is fast approaching. And with CCI comes toys, knick-knacks, and exclusives, including these tree ornaments from Hallmark.

Spotlighting three very different geek properties - Batman, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars - they'll nonetheless brighten up your tree... Or at least days at Comic-Con. The ornaments are only available at the Hallmark booth at CCI from July 11-15, 2012 in limited quantities. Here's the official breakdown, and a larger look at the Keepsake Ornaments: Read More...

Tr!ckster Returns to San Diego Comic-Con For A Second Year

Posted 5/29/12 1:00 pm EST by in Comic Books, SDCC


If you're like us - and we think you are, give that you ended up at this site - you love all the non-stop entertainment at San Diego Comic-Con, but could also use a break... An alternative, if you will. Last year, Tr!ckster, an art salon that provided an indie comic equivalent to SDCC opened across the street from the Convention Center. Turns out, that was such a popular idea that the creator-owned showcase store will be back for a second incarnation.

...Though granted, it's called Tr!ck2ter, which gives us hot flash sweat reminders of the Fast and the Furious series. If that naming continues, we imagine a few years down the road, it'll be called T'!©k2t3r. But we digress. Read More...

SDCC 2012: Entertainment Earth and Bif Bang Pow! Deploy an Exclusive Brock Samson Figure!

Posted 5/22/12 4:00 pm EST by in Bif Bang Pow!, News, SDCC, Toys


During last year's SDCC, Entertainment Earth had the prototypes for Bif Bang Pow!'s 3 3/4" "The Venture Bros." figures on display for all the drooling public to see. While a pre-order system was put into play in order to see if producing the figures would be possible, fans have been unsure as to the fate of Doc Venture and his cadre of heroic (although sometimes idiotic) warriors. Well, it looks like your G.I. Joes and other 3 3/4" figures have a new mercenary to battle with and/or fear in the guise of this SDCC 2012 Exclusive Brock Samson figure! Covered in the blood of his enemies, Brock also comes packaged with a knife-- cause that's all he'll need in a gunfight!

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SDCC 2012: NECA and WizKids Have a Colossal Heroclix Exclusive

Posted 5/21/12 12:30 pm EST by in Hobby Gaming, NECA, SDCC, Toys


Dr. Henry Pym's screw-ups far outweigh his successes, what with that whole spousal abuse rep, and by creating the Ultron A.I. which is pretty much on a course for one day ruling the entire planet. However, there's no denying that Pym Particles are pretty cool and using them for growing to enormous sizes has advantages, and now NECA and WizKids are showing how useful that can truly be-- in the realm of Heroclix, at least! Yep, hot on the heels of the Marvel Galactic Guardians set of Heroclix, comes Chaos War with the advance SDCC-Exclusive Colossal Heroclix figure being none other than Henry Pym a.k.a. Giant-Man!

Read on for all the info and photos of Giant-Man!

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SDCC 2012: This Con-Exclusive S.H. MonsterArts Figure Proves Godzilla Hates Cosplay!

Posted 5/17/12 11:00 am EST by in Bandai, News, SDCC, Toys


Looking at that painting, we think that Godzilla trampling the San Diego Convention Center, while looking awesome, would considerably wipe out some of the best and brightest creators of comics, toys, and film. On the other hand, his fiery breath would effectively nullify the stench that permeates the con floor by day 2 of SDCC from the sweat-filled costumes and overly-packed bodies. We guess there really is a silver lining to every catastrophic situation! This year, you can play out the scenario for yourself on the sidewalk, in the convention center, or even in your hotel's bath tub (creepy!) thanks to Bandai Japan's San Diego Comic-Con exclusive S.H. MonsterArts Godzilla in his fiery orange "Comic-Con Explosion" color scheme! This Godzilla uses the same sculpt as their previous S.H. MonsterArts figure, but has been molded in faded, semi-translucent plastic. While this version of the destroyer/protector of Tokyo stands roughly 6 inches tall, he is almost 15 inches long from head to tail!

Read on for all the info on this SDCC exclusive, only available at the Bluefin booth!

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