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Merit International’s San Diego Comic Con booth featured figures are artwork from Dez Einswell’s Doodle Barn. While we’ve seen several of the products before, the little figures in the glass cans were something new to me. Our SDCC Merit Int’l…
The Sideshow booth was yet again one of the busiest at San Diego Comic Con. The booth featured a number of popular Sideshow lines (Star Wars, G.I. Joe and Indiana Jones), a custom Stormtrooper display and several new Hot Toys…
If you were looking to be greeted by a topless Marilyn Monroe with Mickey Mouse…accoutrements, you’d obviously want to walk to the aisle right up against the wall at SDCC. If you’ve ever been to Comic Con before, you’ll know…
On Saturday of Comic Con, we strolled by the Tonner booth to find that they had surprisingly unveiled three new Twilight Tonner Character Figures – Laurent, James and Victoria. I only had my cell phone with me, so the photos…
The Cardboard Spaceship San Diego Comic Con booth had a bunch of amazing customs from artist Scribe. There were also several signings at the booth as well as small run limited edition resin releases. Our SDCC Cardboard Spaceship Photo Gallery…
The Holy Grail of San Diego Comic Con might have been the Bronze Koibito at the Munky King booth. Limited to only 30 pieces, your chances are snagging one were slim. But t hey had several consolation prizes…and a bunch…
If you saw our pre-SDCC coverage, you probably noticed the number of exclusives that would be at the Super7 booth. But one of them garnered the most interest was Big Sal by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters. Our SDCC Super7…
The Grass Hut booth is always one of the most colorful (and trippy) places at San Diego Comic Con. It’s your own personal – legal – acid trip. All of the artists (APAK, Bwana Spoons, Le Merde, Martin Ontiveros and…
The fine folks at Flapjack Toys had two lines of collectible figures on display at Comic Con. The Spooky Kookys and Symptoms are both made of PVC plastic and made by Mike Becker (the founder of Funko). Our SDCC Flapjack…
As with most years, the Diamond Comics booth was loaded with the toys that they distribute to your local comic book shop. Among our favorites: Tonner’s Previews Exclusive Catwoman, the Bunk Bots and the Watchmen Kubrick Set. Our SDCC Diamond…
Supermodified Studios had their newly designed MOD:zero and MOD:two wooden robots. Actually made from recycled tables, these are a little different from the ABS plastic constructed MOD:one line. Which is your favorite? The smaller MOD:zero or the large, complex MOD:two…
The ToyQube booth included a number of SDCC Exclusives: Mini Sharky (Keith Poon), White Moko (Muttpop), Bone Ghost Agency (Sam Fout) and Brooklyn Headz (Lou Pimentel). But our favorite might be KaNO’s limited edition Boba-DEF vinyl. Our SDCC ToyQube Photo…
The folks at the Mr. Toast booth had their San Diego Comic Exclusive Ninja Joe the Egg plush available to collectors of the entire World of Mr. Toast. Our SDCC Mr. Toast Photo Gallery SDCC 2009 coverage sponsored by Strangekiss.com
If you are a fan of long lines and crazed collectors, then you probably visited the Kidrobot booth on several occasions. There was the above pictured Wood Labbit (Amanda Visell and Kozik), two Holy Roller FatCaps (DEPH) and Shane Jessup’s…
The Applehead Factory San Diego Comic Con booth had both their Teddy Scares plushies as well Tofu the Vegan Zombie on display. But their SDCC Exclusive was the Messenger of Mayhem bag set. Our SDCC Applehead Factory Photo Gallery SDCC…