SDCC 2022 Recap

Super late post but a lot of our pictures can be found on instagram. We will have a link at the end of this post so you can view our pictures from SDCC 2022. 

Recap- 2022 was the first year back in full force since the pandemic. What was different this year was that we had to get a wristband that showed we were vaccinated or had a negative covid test prior to attending. We had to stand in a line to show proof to get the wristband in order to get inside the convention center. For those of us that were there for 4+ days had to wear the wristband, the wristband took a beating lol. You probably could get a new one but why waste more time in another line when there was more important things to do. Everyone was required to mask up which was good because it was just as crowded inside the exhibit hall pre-pandemic.

Exclusives? Of course there were exclusives. A lot of companies like Neca and Mattel had pre-orders to have them shipped after the show. Others, you had to enter a lotto via the comic-con portal to get a chance to get a time slot in order to purchase exclusives. Towards the later part of the day when all the groups that got their chance to purchase exclusives, anyone could get in line to buy what was left that day such as Funko, Mondo etc... Hasbro had their exclusives released differently this year where you had to go to their booth to get a QR Code to be able to purchase their exclusives. Those were gone in a flash once the exhibit hall doors opened. 

 

Noticeably absent from SDCC this year was the massive WB Booth. Some booths that were usually in their same spots year after year moved to different parts of the floor. Funko had a huge presence and turned their huge space into Funkoville. Funko consisted of Loungefly and Mondo which they acquired a few months before SDCC. They also had huge POP! Statues of Squid Games characters.  

There were a lot of outside activations that required reservations in advance or if you were dedicated enough to stand in line really early to check them out. We spent a good amount of time navigating all the outside activations. There were lots of freebies. Wonderful Pistachios gave out a lot of great freebies such as t-shirts, tote bags, large bags of pistachios & personal sized pistachios. Bob's Burgers x Hulu gave out free burgers and drinks. Multiple sites gave out free ice cream. Monster was out giving away free energy drinks. Inside the exhibit floor, Fox was giving away poster tubes which they do every year. They also gave out posters throughout the day. 

We experienced Mooby's Pop Up and had that reserved before SDCC since time slots sold out fast. You were able to buy merchandise from Jay & Silent Bob etc... it was a pretty cool and interesting experience.

One of the best pop-ups this year is Super7's Cobra Recruitment Center. Super7 always go all out every year depending on the pop-up theme. 

There were a lot of activations of fun things to do and see that there's really no way to do them all unless you go with a group of people. Dragonball Z exhibit, FXX, Petco Interactive Zone, The Grey Man, Amazon, Disney, Marvel, Bob's Burgers, Cookie Monster, Fox, Peanuts, The Walking Dead and many more.

Check out our SDCC 2022 Photo Album here. See you next year (July 19-23, 2023)!