seen@sdcc2008: go hero with buck, perseus, sinbad and ... flash?

GO HERO's display @ the recent San Diego Comic Convention showcased a variety of prototype 1/6th figures currently under development and slated for production releases, including Buck Rogers (shown in three colorways / last debut @ WWC) and two figures from their collaboration project with Bluewater Productions; Perseus and Sinbad! CLICK THRU for more mirrored pics and perhaps a "clue" at what's

seen@sdcc2008: rocket world

I don't know about you folks, but I reckon the wittle Panda in the sweet lady's hands (above-right) is just about the happiest toy-panda around at SDCC! LOL ... CLICK THRU to peep Rocket World's Booth @ San Diego Comic Convention and a list of what I.W.G. toys are available now!IWG Astro Krieg Mini FiguresThe Astro Krieg are ready to take the fight to space and beyond!  Keep the humans from

seen@sdcc2008: iron ape by dez einswell

Frankly, I'm not too sold on this "Iron Man/Mark 3"-influenced IRON APE by Dez Einswell x XLarge - as seen in SDCC [images by John "Spanky" Stokes] - but reckon it may appeal to some Iron Man-fans, as well as make for interesting blog-fodder, at the very least ... (altho the STD Toy-icon ring is a tad out of place too) ...but it may be a different story if this was an all-silver MARK2-inspired

hot toys' 1/6 iron man mark 3 @ sideshow collectibles

Looking at the by-now-iconic pose of the Iron Man statue by Sideshow Collectibles (above-left) - makes me wish somehow that the Hot Toy's 1/6th IRON MAN MARK 3 figure [tagged] could replicate the exact same pose (nobody said it couldn't, but nobody has posed it like that thus far) - becoz really, that's one hawt pose, innit? LOLBesides being on display @ SDCC (both versions), the HT 1/6th Mark 3

seen@sdcc2008: umbrella academy prototypes

Spotted @ SDCC [via Steve Talkowski's flickr] were prototype PVC figures of Dark Horse's UMBRELLA ACADEMY (height undetermined) - with characters created for a 6-issue limited-series comicbook written by Gerard Way (of My Chemical Romance) with interior art by Gabriel Bá and covers by James Jean - currently collected into a trade paperback "Apocalypse Suite" (the series returns in November

seen@sdcc2008: tamashii nations

In addition to the Movie Realization Batman & Batpod [tagged / pic courtesy of Steve Talkowski's flickr] on display at the Tamashii Nations' booth @ SDCC (altho I wonder why they are still showing the unpainted proto) included various rump-kicking hyper-insane'O S.I.C. Imagination Works Dioramas showcasing works by Takayuki Takeya and Kenji Ando - for which Kirkland of Toybot Studios has more

seen@sdcc2008: customed uni-formz batman for paint the bat

The last this blog saw of UNI-FORMZ's Batman urban-vinylized figure was SDCC 2007 - but and this year, they've gotten unto the customization-wagon with the aforementioned figure as the primary platform - with completed works by contest-winners of Mattel's PAINT THE BAT contest (with mixed results as far as I'm concerned, IMHO) - CLICK THRU for more custom-pics on display at San Diego Comic

seen@sdcc2008: customed oversized darth vader vcds

You've seen 1:1-scaled Vader helmets being customized, now Medicom Toy's Oversized 17-incher Darth Vader VCD [tagged] gets the custom-treatment, as seen on display during SDCC @ Sideshow Collectible's massive display booth. Reportedly to be auctioned off for charity (WHICH charity or WHO the artists involved are - are still a mystery to me :/). CLICK THRU to peep more.So is this Darth Maul an

seen@sdcc2008: masked karimbah & paul pope

Paul Pope at the Kidrobot SDCC signing (circa July 26) for the release of his MASKED KARIMBAH toy [tagged] = limited to an edition of 300 pcs @ a SRP of US$150-per set ... altho I'm waiting to see pics of the "secret vinyl toy" within, or even the 16-pager comicbook that came with the figure-set? (altho we do glimpse the cover via pic below)and yes, Busyphillys (the ride) does come anatomically

seen@sdcc2008: g.i.joe muggs

And there I thought the Optimus Prime Mugg would be my last Mugg-post for SDCC - when along comes a quartet o G.I.Joe-themed MUGGS! Featuring two from each "side": namely Duke and Snake-Eyes for the Joes, while Cobra Commander and Storm Shadow make up the villains-contingent.Seriously tho, with an entire catalog of characters - if Hasbro decides to make ALL of them into Muggs, collectors will

seen@sdcc2008: unkl makpo

I'm not 100% sure when my preference for the color Orange started ... perhaps when I conceived the corporate look of one of my dayjobs years ago, or perhaps it had laid latent within my other fav color (or some may argue "non-color"): BLACK.Regardless, from the insert pic (courtesy of John "Spanky" Stokes) of the Orange colorway MAK.PO [tagged] debut by UNKL at SDCC - may be a tad "colorful" for

seen@sdcc2008: black in white by luke chueh x munky king

Peeped on Toybot Studios - Luke Chueh's preview of his BLACK IN WHITE figure on display @ SDCC Munky King - based on one of his drawings of a black evil bunny emerging from a pristine white bunny suit - sans the red blood as seen in the "Black In White And Red All Over" print by MK [www]. *cool*[additional pic used with kind permission of Jceballo]

seen@sdcc2008: captain coco by tokidoki x strangeco

The one thing I really liked about Tokidoki's CAPTAIN COCO figure, was the "Pineapple Grenade" accessory / friend = a literal translation of the MK2 frag-grenade LOL (I still remember making a variation of it out of a Yakult-bottle for Army training yonks back, but never actually got to throw a "live" one tho :p)Captain Coco is seen down the side of the display-box ala a "Missing Person"-notice,

seen@sdcc2008: bad robot

These days, EVERYONE wants to make a toy (which frankly, is fine by me LOL) and in some instances, in an attempt to elevate beyond the much-maligned label ("toys" = "kids"), products are dubbed "collectibles" - making them suddenly acceptable to the masses (IMHO). Hey, call it whatever you want, but a good design is subjective as everyone's tastes and opinions differ. I may find this BAD ROBOT

seen@sdcc2008: 20-inch dunny by touma x kidrobot

TOUMA signing his newly pre-released 20-incher DUNNY (and a huge purple beastie it is too!) @ Kidrobot SDCC on July 25th (Official release of Dunny on July 31st) - CLICK THRU for more pics of the masked-wonder signing, and of the nifty things on the table!What intrigued me the most as well were the Star Wars Keychains he designed for Celebration Japan, the various (Bandai) Gashapon Ultraman and

seen@sdcc2008: unicornasaurus by joe ledbetter x kidrobot

A trio of UNICORNASAURAUS colorways were made available @ Kidrobot on July 25th at the San Diego Comic Convention - with the prior mentioned YELLOW and GREY, as well as the SDCC-exclusive "secret-toy" Pink-on-Black LAVA Edition = limited to 350-pcs @ US$65-per. CLICK THRU for more pics of Unicornasaurus (darnnit, tis a killer to spell everytime LOL) as well as Joe Ledbetter signing his

seen@sdcc2008: ancient bob slug by frank kozik x kidrobot

And so the Kidrobot x Frank Kozik SDCC-Exclusive "secret-toy" was officially revealed to the adoring public be The ANCIENT BOB SLUG - limited to 450-pcs @ US$55-per. A suped-up warrior-version of the 5-incher tall Ride'Em Bob Slug - with a medieval-Labbit sporting spear, shield and helmet (man, it's gonna have such bad "helmet-ears" when it takes it off :p) atop a killer-Monger-slug (I wonder who

seen@sdcc2008: new mad*ls

Courtesy of SpankyStoke's SDCC-pics - we find out that MAD debuted a couple of new MAD*Ls: (above-left) a Frozen Empire x Andrew Bell exclusive 5-inch MAD*L - sporting what seemed like a milky-blueish head (or is it blue-GID?!) and trademark Bell-menacing-grin, and (above-right) a Mechanized exclusive MY BOY MAD*L (last seen as a sketch - with a tease of 500-pc limit store exclusive for a

seen@sdcc2008: da mincis, fighters & warriors by tim tsui

Tim Tsui's lupus.hope wolven-DA FIGHTER figure spotted @ SDCC (@ToyQube Booth#4837) going for US$100 - limited to 100-pcs (was mentioned before 50 at SDCC and 50 later online tho - so I'd suggest you grab it if you can, IMHO) - CLICK THRU FOR MOREnext to his customed-GOLD colorway DA WARRIOR (last seen @ TTF2008) priced at US$400 with 8-pcs available (anyone reading my blog score one or either?

seen@sdcc2008: sharkys & hammerhead

ToyQube's Booth @ SDCC was swimming with sharks - figuratively, I mean! Courtesy of Steve Talkowski's sweet-pics, we get to have a gander at Keith Poon's new HAMMERHEAD-proto, looming over the regular sized Sharkys (man, I wished I'd gotten a blank-DIY instead of a production piece for August's show tho :p) and right next to them were lil itty-bitty keychain MINI-SHARKYS! (and I could really do