Today is the first full day of the San Diego
Comic Con and that gives us a chance to see folks like
Kotobukiya and Fossil that we just could not cover in
3 hours yesterday as well as giving us more time to head
back to places like Sideshow Collectibles and Gentle Giant
to take extra detailed pictures of all the great new and
very highly detailed collectibles that will be coming
our way during the next year or so. The lines were long
but everyone came ready in full con gear to see what will
be in the future of collecting.
From Hasbro we have some more images of the 30th Anniversary
Commemorative Collector Tins since the backs of them are
as cool as the fronts and a few more close up shots of
the new Unleashed packaging...Hasbro has a bunch of stuff
under cover that we are dying to see, but it'll just have
to wait until tomorrow to see the surprises that they
have for us this year.
Kotobukiya had the
Princess Leia as Jabba's Slave, Bespin Luke Skywalker
and the R2-D2 with C-3PO on display and all three of the
sculpts are top notch...most notably the droids with their
very shiny and fantastically detailed sculpts. Look for
a few more Kotobukiya
2 figure sets to come out in the next few months including
a very special 2-pack the commemorate the 30th anniversary
of Star Wars with, as coincidence has dealt them,
will be their 30th Star Wars sculpt. We could not
figure out what the pair would be, but just think Star
Wars and famous scenes with out favorites and you
can narrow it down to a few sets without a doubt! We have
been told that the other 2-pack that we'll see before
the 30th piece will be very impressive without a doubt.
And finally, at long last Kotobukiya
has unveiled their web site for English users and it includes
the entire line of Star Wars statues...keep an
eye out at www.KotoUS.com
for news of future releases!
LEGO was on hand and although they did not have the brand
new UCS AT-ST on display they did have some very cool
new LEGO dioramas to display their awesome lineup of Star
Wars vehicles this year...check them all out by clicking
the images below!
At Master Replicas today they had the Boba
Fett blaster on display that didn't quite make it
for show last night. This blaster is much larger than
I had imagined it would be and the detail and weathering
on it have me sold that this is the coolest blaster released
by Master
Replicas to date! Just take a look at the images
below for a small sample at how truly impressive this
piece is, and don't forget to head on over to Master
Replicas web site to place an order for yours before
they are long sold out.
Fossil was at the con this year
to show off a number of their very popular Star Wars
watches. Each watch comes in a specially designed case
that matches the theme of the watch such as General Grievous,
Yoda, the animated Clone Wars, Vader and a very sharp
looking ladies watch with the imperial logo.
What more can be said about the Sideshow Collectibles
Star Wars lineup...not much as these statues, 12"
figures and full scale busts and figures have such a level
of detail and perfection about them that the best way
to appreciate what is on tap for the next 9 months is
simply to click on an image and stare at it for a while...and,
don't forget to check out our exclusive
interview with Scott Klauder and Corie Clayton where
you can learn about where Sideshow wants to take the Star
Wars collector and plenty of behind the scenes information
on just how all this great stuff comes to life!
Gentle Giant slipped some product past me last night including
the curious addition of Saesee Tinn and a good number
of Clones to the bust-ups that represent the animated
series line. Will these be chase figures or a whole additional
wave? Stay tuned to find out! And just check out the Han
Solo on his Tauntaun....Gentle Giant could not leave
Luke out in the Hoth tundra with no hope of rescue could
they?
Comic-Con
Images
Hasbro
Kotobukiya
Lego
Master
Replicas — Boba Fett's Blaster
Fossil
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