Nerd (Un)Culture
ESC-Toy and Sony Computer Entertainment of America will release a run of limited edition Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Nathan Drake vinyl figures in the Fall of 2009. The 8″ tall figure is designed by Erick Scarecrow and will come in…
Background One of Patch Together’s newest On Demand figures is from artist Paul Taylor’s Wapsi Square comic. Monica and her Magic 8-Ball t-shirt have been turned into a limited run resin statuette. Monica has stopped questioning her own sanity and…
Toy Break is back at it with Episode 86 (Uncle Ben) where they actually 86 some toys. Well…only zipper pulls. I should have posted this well before Comic Con, since it has a number of useful tips. Nonetheless…it’s an entertaining…
Shocker Toys introduced us to their Mallows line of customizable (and licensed) figures. In total, they had the Phantom, Dr. Rockso, the SDCC Collector Version, and Black and White blank Mallows. And something I’m looking forward to – The Tick…
If you were walking through the SDCC exhibit hall and thought that you were transported to a tropical island with Lilo and Stitch…you were actually just walking past the MINDstyle booth. They had their custom Stitch show on display, but…
If I attempted describing all of the vinyl and plush goodness that was going on in the DKE Toys booth, one of two things might happen: my brain might explode or I might develop carpel tunnel from all of the…
If you like wrestling, monsters or monster wrestling…you’ll want to hit the Kaiju Big Battel SDCC booth. In addition to having a boatload of shirts and DVDs, they have a new vinyl figure – Cycloptopuss. And if that wasn’t enough,…
In addition to their fun clothing line, Fuzzy Balls Apparel had several handmade Raul plushies for collectors to cuddle up to. (Although, you might want to buy it before cuddling with it…cuddling in the exhibit hall would be a little…
We got our first glimpse of the Armodoc rotocast vinyl figure from Onell Design (notice the Frankenberry influence?) as well as the Callgrim figures from RawShark Studios and Onell (interchangeable with the Glyos Series). And speaking of the Glyos System…
George and Ayleen from October Toys (and Toy Break) introduced three new colors of their Z.O.M.B.I.E. mini collectible figures (Red, Purple and Grey). There was also an entire table full of individually bagged Custom Gwins. Plus…maybe they’ll be filming and…
If you wanted to pick up Attaboy’s Gooberry plush, you’ll want to make your way to the Hi-Fructose booth. Pull the string for a special surprise. Attaboy also has a number of custom pieces and artwork on display. And if…
Rocket World had their new IWG Movie Icons series for sale…featuring Titus, Affonso and Hannibal in their favorite action film poses. The incredibly cute IWG Sleepy Bear series are on display, as are the handmade plushies (Skulls and Titus) from…
Mezco’s newly revamped Mez-Itz took center stage at their Comic Con booth. I’m a little partial to the upcoming Hellboy Mez-Itz line, but they also have an upcoming Monsters Mez-Itz line featuring Jason, Freddy, Michael Myers, Dracula, Frankenstein and Zombies….
Mimoco is rocking out in two SDCC booths this year (Cultyard and Star Wars). The Luke Dagobah (Darth Vader) Mimobot is their SDCC Exclusive, but there were several other USB Flash Drive designs that we had yet seen in person:…
One of my favorite new vinyl pieces at SDCC would have the be BIll the Yeti from Strangekiss and designed by David Lanham. It’s tough picking a favorite out of the three designs (MAD, Lanham and Kozik). Also on display…