While most of us were focused on SDCC last weekend, the Japanese toy industry was celebrating their own show-and-tell shindig at Summer Wonder Festival 2011. Our man in Japan, Robert Baldwin, was there to capture the latest and greatest from Kaiyodo, The Good Smile Co., and the other manufacturers who attended.
With Swamp Thing being available on Mattycollector later today, I figured I’d rush his review to the front of the line. I didn’t want to write a negative review about Swamp Thing, and I didn’t, but this article isn’t exactly glowing. Still, here it is, with the positives and the negatives.
As it has been in years past, the Monday after SDCC is a day for reflection, summary, and sleeping for about fourteen hours after this article. So, join me for a surely typo-ridden look back at the SDCC that was 2011 and then I'll be off to finally get some sleep...
While most of my time Friday evening and Saturday morning was dedicated to getting our three MattyCollector checklists updated, I was still keeping track of a few links I wanted to share when I had more time. With the San Diego Convention wrapping up today, I imagine now's good.