Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Trouble Boys S00? [NKD] Retailer Edition Pre-Order

Brandt Peters x Ferg's Trouble Boys S00? [NKD] Retailer Edition Pre-Order is now available to pre-order at your favorite designer toy retailer.

TROUBLE BOYS S00? [NKD]: 6" vinyl, cloth and ABS - Includes 3 sets of eye lenses,  2.1 and classic arms, white pajamas with not so hidden clear axe, stovepipe hat (not shown) and a removable helmet.
Suggested retail $85

Son of Batman Premiere & Signing Info at Wondercon



Son of Batman," the 20th DC Universe Animated Original Movie, will have its World Premiere as the featured event at WonderCon on Friday, April 18 in the Arena starting at 6:00pm. The premiere will be followed by a panel discussion amongst voice cast and filmmakers, including several members of the stellar voice cast -- Jason O'Mara (Batman), Sean Maher (Nightwing), Xander Berkeley (Langstrom), Stuart Allan (Damian) -- and filmmakers James Tucker (producer), Ethan Spaulding (director), Phil Bourassa (character designer) and Andrea Romano (dialogue director).

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Warner Archive Collection Panels at Wondercon



Warner Archive Collection presents an incredibly eclectic quartet of panels at WonderCon this coming weekend, April 18-20, spotlighting everything from popular animated super hero TV series and kooky cartoon music to real-life heroes in animation (and back again) and the original transforming toy robots, The GoBots.

Shiprock & Anchordog Comic to Premiere at Wondercon

Premiering at Wondercon is Gregery Miller & Evan Currans's Shiprock & Anchordog Comic Book. More info below:
The comic, "Shiprock And Anchordog" is co-written and illustrated by artist Gregery Miller and creator Evan Curran. It is based on the adventures of two dogs as they travel through surrealistic and imaginative landscapes in the search for one thing: food.

The comic has already been receiving tremendous feedback from the Reddit community nearing upwards of 7,000 views in only a few days. The concept of Shiprock and Anchordog comic was built from the musical rock opera Evan Curran started in western Massachusetts in 2009. Hundreds of kids have already fallen in love with the characters and their story through the music and summer camps Curran runs. Here is a Huffington Post piece by Curran that gives some background about his inspiration for creating this work: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-curran/make-music-for-everyone_b_2287673.html
 
Stop by Gregery's booth at AA-018 in the artist's alley to receive a copy of the comic and to learn more. Gregery is also a traditional artist and professional illustrator having industry experience working with companies like Adult Swim, Disney, and Microsoft. His other work can be seen here: http://www.gregerymiller.com/

DC Entertainment Celebrates 75 Years of Batman at Wondercon

Attention Batman Fans! Check out the press release below of  DC Entertainment's events during Wondercon to Celebrate 75 Years of Batman.

DC ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF BATMAN 
AT WONDERCON 2014 WITH STELLAR COLLECTION 
OF TALENT AND EVENTS

All-Star Batman 75th Anniversary Panel includes Jim Lee, Kevin Smith, Kevin Conroy, Bruce Timm, Ralph Garman And Peter Girardi

Saturday, April 12, 2014

SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot at the Oakland Museum of CA

SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot at the Oakand Museum of CA starting Saturday, April 19th and the show runs until July 27th 2014.

Max Toy x Teresa Chiba's Kibunadon Fish Kaiju Pre-Order

Max Toy has up for pre-order Teresa Chiba's Kibunadon Fish Kaiju of the first painted USA release for $40 HERE. Teresa Chiba was the winner of the Kaiju Gals design a Kaiju contest. The size of Kibunadon is slightly bigger than Negora. Estimated delivery is late May 2014.

The Midnight Six Alavaka

The Midnight Six Alavaka will be released Saturday 4/19/2014 in the DHP Store.
As the sunlight fades a warm green glow burns like an ember from the inside out. Golden flecks shine like stars embedded in their skin as daylight dies giving birth to the purple haze of midnight. Clear vinyl with gold glitter and a double pour GID inner vinyl. Metallic blue, purple and gold sprays with subtle neon accents on the faces and horns. Made in Japan. Not intended for children under 14 years old. Saturday April 19th in the DHP webshop.

Dark Horse's Wondercon Schedule

Dark Horse announces their Wondercon Schedule for Signings and Panels. More info below from their press release:

Join us for free signings by visiting Dark Horse at booth #519 and come see our panels! Details are below!

Free comics, prints, or posters will be available at each signing. There will also be items available for sale. Certain restrictions may apply. Please note that signings will be ticketed or capped as needed. All events are subject to change. 

Comics featuring WonderCon exclusive variant covers are available in limited quantities.  All proceeds from the convention variant of The Witcher will benefit Sharon and Stan Sakai. 

Kidrobot x Soundwall

Kidrobot x Soundwall x Frank Kozik creates 5 Limited Edition, Signed/Numbered Smorkin Labbit pieces. The whole area of the art is a speaker. You can't tell that it's a speaker. Pretty cool and these cost $1599 and sold exclusively at Kidrobot.com or Select Kidrobot Stores. It looks like these are sold out online. Not sure if any stores got them but if you are interested you should give them a call.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Entertainment Earth's G.I. Joe Pimp Daddy Destro Wacky Wobbler Daily Deal

Entertainment Earth's Daily Deal is their Funko Exclusive G.I. Joe Pimp Daddy Destro Wacky Wobbler (Bobble-head) for $4 HERE. Limited Edition of 1008. 7" Tall. This deal is only good for today, April 11th!

Funko POP! Major League Baseball Mascots

Just in time for Baseball Season, Funko Announces the release of POP! MLB Mascots which will be available in May. The first 7 Mascots to be released are Mariner Moose, Mr. Met, Mr. Redlegs, Orbit, Phillie Phanatic, Swinging Friar & Wally The Green Monster.

Nerdist at Wondercon

Nerdist will be at Wondercon this year! Stop by Booth #1410. Besides having a booth at Wondercon they will have a bunch of panels to keep you busy. Check out their schedule below:

Friday 6:30-7:30 (RM 213)
The Indoor Kids - The Indoor Kids is a Nerdist Industries podcast about video games, sure, but it's also about all the other things that keep us from frolicking in the sunshine - games, movies, TV, books, apps, and more! Come watch as comedian/actor Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon ValleyPortlandiaAdventuretime) and writer Emily V Gordon (Flower Deranger) bring their podcast live to you at Wondercon! With special guests Kevin Pereira (Attack of the Show), comedian Jordan Morris and more! 

Friday 7:30-8:30 (RM 213)
James Bonding - Who doesn't love 007? James Bonding is the podcast where everyone's favorite MI6 agent gets analyzed and discussed by Matt Mira (The Nerdist PodcastAttack of the Show) and Matt Gourley (SuperegoDrunk History). Come watch as the pair get into the ultimate debate of who is the best double O alongside a panel of fellow Bond lovers fighting for their James. 

Saturday 3:30-4:30 (RM 213)
Nerdist News Live - Jessica Chobot (Mass Effect 3) and the Nerdist News team will catch you up on the latest in movie, TV, comic book, gaming and tech news. The Nerdist team is going to break down the days' news, interview guests and then turn some of the questions (and jokes!) over to you. 

Sunday 12:00-1:00 (ARENA)
The Nerdist Panel - Join Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central's @Midnight, AMC's Talking Dead) and some very-relevant-to-your-interests talent from across the growing Nerdist Empire. Chris and friends will engage in lively conversation about the big things to come for Nerdist in the near future. Surprises, big announcements and, of course, quemments await!

Sunday 2:00 - 3:00 (RM 207)
Cosplay 101- Come explore the ins and outs of cosplay with the fabricators and cosplayers leading the way. Join Chloe Dykstra (SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay) and Johnny Wickham (JustCosCosplay Confidential) as they find out how some of the best cosplayers around the world create their looks, exploring fabrication, design, and character. Are you a cosplayer? We want to see it! Come show off your work!

DST Announces Marvelstore.com's Exclusive Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America Figure

Diamond Select Toys (DST) Announced that Marvelstore.com will have an exclusive Marvel Select Unmasked Captain Americal Figure first starting May 19th. After May27th, these will be made available to DisneyStore.com and to Disney Store Shelves. 

Dark Horse Announces Wondercon Exclusives

Dark Horse just Announced their Exclusives for Wondercon!
"First up, Dark Horse brings an all-new variant cover for a critical hit and fan favorite, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with an exclusive Season Ten first-issue cover by Tomb Raider art director Brian Horton! Limited to 1,000 copies, these are sure to be scarce!

Second is a variant for Angel & Faith Season Ten #1, by Buffy cover artist Steve Morris! Again, with only 1,000 copies produced, these will go fast!

These two special WonderCon exclusives will retail for $5 and are limited to five per person."