SDCC 2011 – Mini-mates panel

Another day, another few panels.  Up first today is the Mini-mates panel run by Diamond Select Toys.  The panel consists of Chuck Terciera (Director, DST), Digger Mesh (founder Art Asylum),…

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SDCC 2011 – MattyCollector Fan Panel

Next up on the panels is the MattyCollector fan event.  Keep reading below for all the latest on Mattel’s collector driven lines. DC Universe Justice League Unlimited Convention 3-packs Matty…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Star Wars panel

Another day, another couple of panels.  First up Friday morning is the Star Wars Hasbro panel.  We have marketing, design and sculpting and Lucas Licensing on the panel. So onto…

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Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace premieres tomorrow at 7PM Eastern

Just a quick reminder that the first full length Lego Star Wars adventure is set to premiere tomorrow on Cartoon Network at 7PM Eastern.  I had the opportunity to attend…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro Star Wars

Yesterday, it was tough getting to Hasbro’s Star Wars display, as its always a fan favorite.  Today though, I had full access to the cases, no shoving required.  The full…

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SDCC 2011 – Mezco Toyz

Featuring everything from their Living Dead Dolls to their DC Universe Mezitz, the Mezco Toyz booths were chock full of product, some seen at toy fair, some new.  One of…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Transformers Panel

It’s time for the my first panel of the convention, the Hasbro Transformers panel.  There’s not much new in the case, so hopefully the design and marketing teams have a…

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NECA’s SDCC exclusives on Amazon

If you’re not heading to SDCC this week, NECA is making their exclusives available on Amazon.  So far, I can find the Predator with Gort mask, but as more pop…

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SDCC 2011 – NECA

NECA has an impressive line-up of product on the floor for SDCC with their product lines ranging from ‘The Gremlins’, ‘Evil Dead’, ‘Robocop’ and ‘Gears of War’.  There’s a little…

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SDCC 2011 – MattyCollector’s Voltron

I’ll be honest, when a Voltron subscription was announced, I was skeptical.  When some details of the club were ‘leaked’ yesterday (5 combinable lions, 5 pilot figures), I was curious. …

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SDCC 2011 – Lego’s Marvel and DC Universe teaser

Earlier today, the news hit that not only would Lego be releasing construction sets based on DC Universe properties, they would also be releasing sets based on Marvel properties as…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Transformers

Hasbro’s Transformers display was heavy on ‘Dark of the Moon’, as one would expect just weeks the movie has been released and it’s making gobs of money.  Also on display…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Thor

With his feature film released just month’s ago, and wave 2 of of the toy line just now showing up in stores (slowly) Hasbro had some floor space dedicated to…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s Marvel Universe

One of the highlights of tonight personally was seeing the new offerings for Marvel Universe, which has quickly become one of my favorite lines.  Among the reveals tonight were a…

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SDCC 2011 – Hasbro’s GI Joe

With GI Joe Renegades wrapping up and production starting on the next GI Joe feature film, there wasn’t a ton of new product unveiled for Hasbro’s GI Joe line up,…

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