He’s No Good to Me Dead: Tamashii Nations Reveals Star Wars Movie Realization Rounin Boba Fett

By Nolan P. Smith Tamashii Nations have produced some of the best, most interesting interpretations of classic Star Wars characters in action figure form. The samurai versions of Darth Vader and the Stormtrooper are both amazing, and we know a Sandtrooper and Royal Guard are in the future. But now, thanks to the Tamashii Nations website, we got a look […]

SDCC 2015: Square Enix- Play Arts Kai

By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith Square Enix showed off their latest offerings from their popular Play Arts Kai line of collectible figures. They showed off variations of the Dark Knight himself, Batman, as well as additions to the Marvel Comics line, including Venom, Captain America and Black Widow, all which had prototypes on display. Check out […]

SDCC 2015: Bluefin- Dragonball Z, Samurai Star Wars, Iron Man and More

By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Jason T. Smith and Nolan P. Smith Bluefin had two booths at SDCC (Bluefin and Bluefin/Tamashii Nation), featuring a load of various products the company is importing stateside. These include the popular Dragonball Z figures, the Super Mario Bros. figures, the samurai inspired Star Wars line, Iron Man figures, models featuring ships from One […]

Warner Bros. Consumer Products Licensees Take on Comic Con International; San Diego

By Staff Reports Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is heading to Comic-Con International: SanDiego (SDCC) 2015 in support of its licensing partners as they feature exclusive products and giveaways throughout the four-day event.  From Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to DC Super Hero Girls to Scooby-Doo and more, fun offerings can be found for fans of all ages.  “Year […]

Winter is Coming: McFarlane Toys and HBO Global Licensing Announce Agreement To Create a New Construction Line Based on the Critically-Acclaimed Series Game of Thrones

By Staff Reports McFarlane Toys, in partnership with HBO Global Licensing, announced today a new licensing agreement to bring the global television phenomenon Game of Thrones to the construction toy aisles this Fall 2015. In 2014, Todd McFarlane’s award-winning toy company, McFarlane Toys, revolutionized the construction brick aisle with its introduction of realistic and highly detailed construction sets. McFarlane Toys […]

DC Comics Meets LEGO Art at the San Diego Comic Con

By Staff Reports Creativity will reach Heroic heights as LEGO brick artist Nathan Sawaya unveils the first-look at select signature sculptures to be showcased in the global touring exhibition, The Art of the Brick: DC Comics. Attendees of the interactive DC COMICS MEETS LEGO ART Panel will witness the convergence of the world’s greatest Super Heroes with one of the world’s […]

This Was the Convention We Were Looking For: Star Wars Celebration 2015

By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith This weekend, the Anaheim Convention Center become Tantooine, Endor, and more as Star Wars Celebration landed in Southern California. The convention, held annually around the world, was a sensory overload for fans with cosplay, vendors, announcements, film stars and, of course, the reveal of the big one, […]

WonderCon 2015 Descends on Anaheim this Weekend

By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—Fans of comic books, movies, television series, cosplay and more will all be gathering in Southern California this weekend as WonderCon Anaheim once again invades the Anaheim Convention Center on April 3rd– 5th. In 2014, WonderCon brought in nearly 60,000 attendees to the Orange County area, bringing vendors, comic book publishers, television and movie stars, […]

Square Enix Play Arts Kai Boba Fett And Stormtrooper Figures!

Star Wars fans rejoice! Check out these amazing Boba Fett and Stormtrooper figures from Square Enix! These figures will be out this summer from the Play Arts Kai series. These updated designs look amazing! Pre-Orders are up now at Big Bad Toy Store and other fine e-retailers. For more pictures and details, go check them out at: http://news.toyark.com/2015/03/27/awesome-looking-play-arts-variant-star-wars-boba-fett-and-stormtrooper-156229

Black Cat Polystone Statue by J. Scott Campbell- Up for Pre-Order at Sideshow Collectibles

By Staff Reports What a tangled web love weaves! The Black Cat Polystone Statue based off of the work of J. Scott Campbell is the latest in the artists based Spider-Man Collection from Sideshow Collectibles. -Introducing a new addition to the fan-favorite J. Scott Campbell Spider-Man collection – and Peter Parker’s love triangle – Sideshow Collectibles is proud to present […]

Harry Potter's The Monster Book of Monsters Available for Pre-Order from Sideshow Collectibles

By Staff Reports Harry Potter fans, this one’s for you! The Monster Book of Monsters, the Harry Potter Official Film Prop Replica from Insight Collectibles, is now up for pre-order at Sideshow Collectibles! -This film replica comes packaged with a limited edition of Harry Potter: The Creature Vault, which provides detailed profiles of each creature including rare concept illustrations, behind-the-scenes […]

Batman Gotham Knight Sixth Scale Figure by Sideshow Collectibles- Now Up for Pre-Order

By Nolan P. Smith “I am the night – I am Batman!” Sixth scale figure fans rejoice, he’s here. Who? The Bat-Man! Sideshow Collectibles announced the pre-order release for their Batman ‘Gotham Knight’ Sixth Scale figure, which can be found at: http://bit.ly/GetBatmanGotham The pre-order, which started yesterday, let’s you reserve the figure with a payment plan as little as $50 a […]

Steve Niles's Criminal Macabre: Cal McDonald Bust Debuts at Toy Fair 2015

By Staff Reports (MILWAUKIE, OR)—Dark Horse Comics will reveal a new bust of Criminal Macabre’s Cal McDonald at Toy Fair 2015 in New York City. Steve Niles’s Criminal Macabre features one of the most hard-boiled protagonists in all of comics, a denizen of darkness and sketchy nightspots, the antihero’s antihero: Cal McDonald. Cal investigates crimes that others won’t touch. The […]

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is Diamond's #1 Book for 2014

By Staff Reports Dark Horse Comics has secured its place in video-game-art history with The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia™, which charted as the number-one best-selling book at Diamond Comic Distributors for 2014! Additionally, Dark Horse Comics’ The Sakai Project, which celebrates thirty years of Stan Sakai’s marvelous samurai-rabbit saga Usagi Yojimbo, charted as the sixth-best-selling book of 2014. In […]

AMC's Comic Book Men Returns Feb 15th

By Staff Reports AMC’s Comic Book Men returns for its fourth season on Sunday, February 15 at midnight / 11c. In the fourth season of AMC’s unscripted series master fanboy Kevin Smith and the charismatic men of Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash continue the antics and fun. Join, Walt, Bryan, Michael and Ming as they geek-out over rare pop […]

Deathwing Polystone Statue from Sideshow Collectibles

By Staff Reports “…All will burn beneath the shadow of my wings.” ■ Deathwing rises up over the towers of Stormwind City in a dynamic pose ■ Every detail of the magnificent monstrosity is captured with expertly sculpted detail and a rich paint application ■ The statue includes tremendous wings with translucent effects and rivulets of fiery magma beneath scorched […]

2014 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click […]