APE 2014 Recap

Forgot to post this and another event up from last month. If you follow us on instagram then these pics you have seen already.

This is the last year that APE (Alternative Press Expo) will be with Comic-Con International. In 2015, APE will return back to Dan Vado who founded APE back in 1994 and his SLG Publishing Team.

This year APE was held at the Fort Mason Center in the Festival Pavilion Building. The weather was very nice on the day that we went. Parking was scarce near the Festival Pavilion due to the Farmers Market that was going on that day as well.  There seems to be more exhibitors at APE this year ranging from indie comic publishers, artists etc...

Minions - Official Trailer Release

Chima Group to Debut New Soft Vinyl Panini Figure at Design Festa vol.40

Chima Group will be debuting their new soft vinyl figure, Panini who is a deep sea monster this weekend at Design Festa vol.40 at Tokyo Big Sight West Halls. If any is left over they will put Panini in their online store.

Mutant Vinyl Hardcore's Designer Con Saturday Releases Teaser

Check out Mutant Vinyl Hardcore's Saturday releases teaser for Designer Con.

Paul Kaiju's Releases for Designer Con 2014

Here's some of what Paul Kaiju will be releasing at DCon this weekend! Lots more not shown like the one-offs etc...

Cometdebris' Exclusives for Designer Con 2014

Here's what Cometdebris will have so far at Designer Con this weekend. Could there be more? Maybe? There's still a few days left to announce exclusives or releases. Make sure to stop by booth #1231 and pick up some of these awesome soft vinyl figures!

Super7's "Marbled Mystic" Earth Wolf & "Reptilian Rage" Caveman Dinosaur DCON 2014 Exclusives

Super7 will be releasing "Marbled Mystic" Earth Wolf and "Reptilian Rage" Caveman Dinosaur at Designer Con this weekend! Make sure to stop by their booth and pick these up!

DKE Toys - Scott Wilkowski x Brian Flynn Infected Dokuwashi DCON 2014 Exclusive

DKE Toys will have tons of resin exclusives at their booth and one of them is the Infected Dokuwashi available in blue or pink by Scott Wilkowski & Brian Flynn. Edition of 25 Blue and 25 Pink. These will cost $85 each. So make sure to stop by booth #1230.

Designer Con This Weekend!

Are you ready for Designer Con this weekend? Purchase your tickets now for $5 for one day or $10 for both days on their website here or you can purchase your tickets at the door for $7 per day. Doors open on Saturday at 9am! If you purchase a 2-day badge you can attend Designer Con's Pajama Party on Saturday night from 8pm - Midnight. They'll have snacks, drinks and games.

(BTW, for those who are elegible to purchase badges for next year's SDCC, the time to buy your tickets is unfortunately, the same time that DCon starts on Saturday.)

Pre-Order Glow in the Dark Predator ReAction Figure Exclusive to Entertainment Earth

Entertainment Earth recently announced that their Glow in the Dark Predator ReAction figure from Funko x Super7 is up for pre-order right now HERE for $12.99. Estimated release is January 2015.

REVIEW: Unboxing Loot Crate October 2014 - FEAR

A couple of days late but here is our Review & Unboxing of the October 2014 Loot Crate with the theme being FEAR. Our photos are intentionally dark as they were taken outside at night with minimal lighting. We didn't receive our crate early enough to add more spooky elements so this will have to do with the time that we had. We were actually traveling to cover shows on Halloween. Anyways, pretty sure you've all seen the contents of the FEAR Loot Crate. If not, well then sit back and relax and follow along as we unbox the October Loot Crate!

Congrats to the SF Giants! 2014 World Series Champions!

via SF Giants

What a World Series! The Royals were tough but somehow the Giants pulled it off when it counted the most. Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants on their 2014 World Series Win! Bumgarner was amazing and is in a league of his own. Who's going to SF for the parade tomorrow? It's going to be a party tomorrow with over 1 million people attending.

Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo Starts Tomorrow!

Who's going to Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo this weekend?!?

Hello Kitty Con!!!

Hello Kitty Con started today! See you soon Hello Kitty!

Jinja The Soapstone Lion for Charity

Jake Manion who works at Aardman and his girlfriend will be doing a charity bike ride in November from Uganda to Kenya where they will be raising money for The Kenyan Orphan Project. To help them raise money, they have had a ton of help from Aardman and decided to design a vinyl toy. Instead of the toy being made out of vinyl, they are being hand-carved out of soapstone by Geoffrey in Kenya.

People who donate money will get one of these back. Only 30 of these will be made available as of right now as this is how many they can put in their luggage and take back. If the demand exceeds 30 they will figure something out.

This Thursday, October 30th, they will be auctioning 8 customs Jinja The Lion in resin by the following artists on ebay:

• Peter Lord (Aardman founder) • Rich Webber (Purple & Brown / DC Funnest) • Merlin Crossingham (Wallace & Gromit) • Gav Strange (Aardman / JamFactory) • Sarah Matthews (Aardman / BernysPlace) • Sam Hadley (Slumberbean) • Danny Capozzi (Aardman / Hero73*) • Peskimo Sam

You will also find below is a video of Sam Hadley Painting his custom Jinja.

All proceeds go direct to the Kenyan Orphan Project, who are a great charity based in Bristol, like Aardman. 

For more info on the Jinja Hand-Carved Soapstone Toys, please visit http://jinjalion.com to see how you can donate or to find more information regarding Jinja. 

We've never seen Soapstone Toys before. Looks interesting and something definitely unique.