Nerd (Un)Culture
One of the more surprisingly busy booths in the Cultyard, was one I had never heard of. Conduct Happiness had their Pea plush and accompanying attire on display. And much like the Tokidoki booth, the hipster girls flocked.
We walked by the Toy Tokyo booth just in time to witness fans flocking around Erick Scarecrow to have him sign their SDCC Exclusive Sandstorm Kissaki vinyl. I barely made it out of there alright. But I did see one…
The Sideshow booth is always one that I venture by with guarded anticipation…it’s mostly guarded because I know the old bank account will be taking a hit in the coming months. This year, they announced what might be my favorite…
If you’re a fan of Hellboy, then you probably found your way to the Mezco Toyz booth. Mezco has the Hellboy II film license and they’ve put it to good use with a number of action figure based lines. And…
The Gargamel Comic Con booth is always one of the easiest to figure out what’s available. There’s a table, everything is laid out with prices and it’s all super-cool Japanese-made kaiju. O…and all of the pieces are really bright.
If you’re into big robot figures, then you probably already know about Supermodified Studios and their giant MOD-1 plastic pieces. They were at Comic Con showing off that first series as well as some metallic-looking figures.
Dark Horse had their SDCC Exclusive Domo flocked vinyl figure available for those who love the color yellow. They were showing off the upcoming line of mini (5.5″ tall) flocked Domo figures that will be released this coming fall.
Steve Forde and Go Hero were sharing booth space with Rocket World. The Buck Rogers figures were more impressive than my photos. They don’t do them justice. It looks like 3 versions will be made available. The red shirt is…
If you walked by the Rocket World booth during their daily toy toss, you had a chance of either being mauled by folks trying to snag free toys…or you had a shot of grabbing an IWG Airborne Series figure. The…
Shocker Toys had a number of SDCC exclusives including their Metalocalypse set, MC Chris Mini and The Maxx. The prototypes for the Indie Spotlight Series 2 were on display. I’m thinking The Tick will be a must-have when it’s eventually…
Scott Tolleson’s booth was way down in the 1000’s. But if you remembered to journey down there, you were probably excited to see the amazing Throwback Edition of his Tricycle Terror figure. There were only 50 of them available (and…
The Hi-Fructose booth was manned by Attaboy and featured a number of his one-off custom figures. There were also artist signings, which included free prints to the first 50 people who purchased a shirt or magazine during the signing. But…
The Squibbles Ink and Rotofugi booth had a number of Shawnimal products (Caliente Wee Sticker, Ninjatown Macho Micro Plush, Zipper Charms and Plushform). There were also a few new prototypes on display including the Tear Drips (Travis Lampe) and Marshall…
Mimoco might have set a record for the number of Comic Con booths (3) as well as total gigabytes (pushing a million?). Prominently on display was the Star Wars Series 2 line of mimobots. With the recently announced C-3PO, the…
The UNKL booth had a number of new products, which they were making available daily. The largest of them – Mak.Po – is one we have been eagerly awaiting. They also had a new lineup of HazMaPo, as well as…