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Hot Toys – MMS 106 – Alien – Big Chap collectible figure celebrates the 30th anniversary of the original Alien movie. The intricately detailed model is crafted based on Giger’s original design, and the fully articulated collectible is in scale…
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
Upper Playground, The Loyal Subjects and Sam Flores have teamed up to produce Kid Dragon – a unique 3-piece vinyl figure. Upper Playground put this exclusive purple colorway up for pre-order during SDCC (and it appears that it’s already sold…
On Saturday August 1st, Gallery SUBWALK in Arnhem, the Netherlands will have the opening of their Urban Paper: Book Launch and Paper Toys Art Show. The show will be a celebration of the European release of the Urban Paper book…
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…
Huckleberry Toys had a huge display hyping the release of several Con Exclusive Toffee dolls. The cute – yet slightly creepy – little ladies are available in three Summer Con Exclusive versions: Jessica, Hellboy Fan, and Witchiepoo (H.R. Pufnstuf). And…
I’m actually multitasking…watching My Name Is Bruce and writing this post. So it’s somewhat ironic that I’m covering the Dark Horse booth (they released the film) and their Bruce Campbell 1:6 scale figure (to be released this October). Who’s not…
The STRANGEco San Diego Comic Con booth had five special edition – SDCC Exclusive – Tokidoki characters (Skeletrino & Skeletrina, Bruttino & Carina, Captain Coco). Julie West was also at the show for a signing. Our favorite was the collection…
The Rotofugi and Squibbles Ink booth had the Lake Monsters Big Muscamoot rejects on sale (as well as two special versions of the orange variant). Their other SDCC exclusives included Shawnimals’ Pocket Devil Plush and Muttpop’s Tcho! mini series. Our…