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<\/a> SDCC is upon us yet again and with the IAT folk staying home this year, it’s time for our Armchair Coverage. We’ll be up late scouring the very best links with the best news and images and compiling them here for our readers. This article covers Preview Night displays and Day One Panels including Transformers!<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fill4.png?w=640\")
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This year, Preview Night caught some of us a little unaware. I’m used to the first night having one or two little nuggets with most of the reveals slated to debut later in the week. This preview night was different. Some sites got their images up extraordinarily early and there were plenty of gems for the rest of us to marvel at. Here’s what we liked for Preview Night… <\/p>\n
MOTU Classics<\/strong><\/span>: Throughout the day, Mattel used Facebook<\/a> to tease collectors with images of the setup. Between the Grayskull and Hall of Justice dioramas, it looked like they would have an incredible display. TNI was the first to show us the filled cases<\/a> and the displays lived up to expectations! Initially, the only new MOTU item in this awesome display was the reappearance of the blue-winged Zoar (top left) and a blue-winged Stratos<\/a> (weird), but an extra placard in one of the MOTU cases dropped a huge bombshell. In this picture<\/a>, a small sign for the subscription reveals the next six Club Eternia figures after Carnivus. It’s almost too small to read, but it lists the following figures: October – Roboto, November – Grizzlor, December – Buzz-Off, January – Bow, February – Vikor, and March – King Hsss.<\/p>\n Did Mattel leave this list out as misdirection (Vikor??) or has the list been revealed? We’ll know for sure on Friday at the Mattypalooza panel. Honestly, the list sounds almost too good to be true, but if the list is spoiled we’ve still got the subscription figure, and any non-subscription figures that we still don’t have the first clue about. We’ll have those answers in about a day-and-a-half. Until then, check out these pictures of Whiplash, Carnivus, & Grizzlor<\/a> in package from AFP. As some speculated from his backpack, Grizzlor appears to be loaded and ready for battle with four weapons. Poe has a great close-up<\/a> of Grizzlor on his blog.<\/p>\n Finally, we have an odd one courtesy of Pixel Dan<\/A>. On his Facebook page, he posted images of the special raffle item commemorating She-Ra’s 25th anniversary – a Silver She-Ra<\/a>. I’m not sure if her articulation works, but if it does, it looks like Spirt of KG has company in the ultra rare category!<\/p>\n DC Classics<\/strong><\/span>: Again, Mattel teased us on Facebook<\/a> with pictures of a fantastic Hall of Justice setup and ActionFigurePics has got some great pics of the the full display<\/a>. We’re loving the setup, and even though it’s a villain free-for-all on the left, we lament the lack of a Toyman in the Classics line – the Legion of Doom is incomplete…<\/p>\n There doesn’t appear to be any teasers in the DC cases like Zoar or packaged Grizzlor, but Michael Crawford brings us fantastic closeups of DCUC14 & DCUC15<\/a>. It looks like the GA Starman is sporting a green version of Obsidian’s cape there – let’s hope that gets fixed. We also see the variant Martian Manhunter<\/a> with his alternate hand (I don’t think we’ve seen it before) as well as the packaged GL 5pk & the Kyle Rayner 2up<\/a>. I’m still wishing for Kyle in his classic costume, but this 2up looks better here than it did in ToyFare! I’m more excited to see the rest of that line. The GL 5pk looks sharp in package, but we must not forget the figures contained therein aren’t going to be the best. Friday afternoon will be the big DC reveal for Mattel.<\/p>\n Other DC Lines<\/strong><\/span>: With this being preview night, there’s not much to see in some of other DC sections yet. The Retro Hero Wonder Woman<\/a> is on display as is a new Action League<\/a> poster that features even more characters – including a Starro! Speaking of Starro, the Brave & the Bold line appears to have been reduced to an all-Batman line called Total Armor<\/a>. Since it’s all-Bats, it’s looking more and more like Vault may never get those Starro accessories shown at last year’s SDCC. <\/p>\n There are small displays of JLU and DCIH in the Mattel booth, but I’m not seeing anything noteworthy in them just yet. Those pics can be found in the general album that TNI is using for Mattel\/DC product<\/a>.<\/p>\n AFI<\/a> has a pic of the DC Mez-Its. I’m going to have to try really hard to not be a sucker for these. I do miss Mighty Muggs.<\/p>\n FOUR HORSEMEN<\/strong><\/span>: Yesterday, we brought you the sneak peak<\/a> of the first Symbiotech release: Tygos & Tygolith. Tonight, AFI gives us a nice shot of two other Symbiotech prototypes<\/a>. Thanks to that shot, we finally get the name of the unknown prototype – it’s Bipedix & Bipedon! And check out the unpainted proto in that back – that’s none other Tygos riding around in the Tygolith armor recombined to make its own vehicle! How cool is that?<\/p>\n The Four Horsemen also have a print<\/a> on sale at their booth of most of their properties in one cool collage. This print will be available online at a later date. <\/p>\n Marvel Universe & Marvel Legends<\/strong><\/span>: Remember that little Marvel Legends poll from last year? Where all of the internet decided to get Deadpool & Black Widow v2s instead of a never-before-made figures? (I’m still bitter!!!) Well, our patience has finally been rewarded with those winners finally making their debut at this year’s SDCC<\/a>. I do have to admit that Black Widow looks fantastic and I love the variant gray costume. We also get Warpath in his traditional colors and his X-force costume, but can someone tell me what’s up with blue\/yellow Deadpool? I don’t get it! I can rest easy with ‘Pool and Widow, ML voters, because you did finally get me the Valkyrie that was I wanted from the Hulk line. Here’s a link to the ToyArk ML gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the smaller MU line, there was a a little more to see<\/a>. I need to spend some time on my MU Checklist<\/a> to get it updated, so I’m not completely sure what’s new here, but I’m loving the Thanos, Constrictor, Arno Stark, the tiny Ant Man, and I still can’t get over how HUGE that Galactus is.<\/p>\n For a look at the larger scope of Marvel products, TNI has a large Marvel gallery<\/a> already set up.<\/p>\n If you’re into video, AFP has a video walkthrough<\/A> of the Hasbro Marvel display.<\/p>\n Iron Man 2<\/strong><\/span>: Man I love this line, but there was so much going on I had a hard time understanding what I was seeing. It was like a never-ending sea of little metal men. Lucky for me, ToyArk had already stepped in and analyzed who was who. For Comic Series Wave 4<\/a> we can expect a Modern Whiplash, Mandarin, Dark Reign War Machine (cybernetic Rhodey!), and Ultimate Armor Iron Man. On the movie side of things, there were even more figures on display. Again, ToyArk sorted things out for us<\/a>. Wave 4 of the movie line looks like it will be full of the drones while the future waves will rely heavily on repaints – but there are some cool ones – I really like this black\/gold Mark V<\/a> for example. <\/p>\n GHOSTBUSTERS<\/strong><\/span>: Mattel wasn’t waiting for the Ghostbusters panel to show off some new Ghostbusters items. AFI has pics of the first three<\/a> Retro Ghostbusters in their RGB costumes. It’s nice to see the colors, but where are the 6″ figs?? Also on display, without Slimer and their Xmas hats are the 2nd movie Ghostbusters<\/a>. Peter’s back to his movie accurate costume, but Winston is sporting a first movie head with the mustache left unpainted. That’s annoying. Look for that pack at TRU this Christmas. Finally, in the “cool but surely expensive department” is the PKE Meter Prop<\/a>. <\/p>\n Sideshow<\/strong><\/span>: Sideshow is always out of my price range, so I can’t bear to look. Michael Crawford<\/a> looks to have an extensive gallery for this great company that’s broken up into sections for Hot Toys, Joes, LOTR, Star Wars, Marvel, and a couple miscellaneous categories to boot.<\/p>\n NECA & Mezco<\/strong><\/span>: TNI has a huge gallery<\/a> of NECA product up including product for Harry Potter, Gremlins, NBX, Watchmen, Christmas Story, Terminator, Jonah Hex, and more. I haven’t been checking in on NECA lately, but I know they’re the home of Heroclix now. Still I was more than a little surprised by Iron Maiden Heroclix<\/a>… <\/p>\n For Mezco’s offerings, including more shots of those cool DC Mez-Itz, look no further than the Michael Crawford’s coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Diamond\/DST<\/strong><\/span>: TNI has an small DST gallery up<\/a> while Michael Crawfrod spent some time photographing the Universal Monsters product<\/a>.<\/p>\n BATTLE BEASTS??<\/strong><\/span>: Man, this one took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at… Nestled in TNI’s DST<\/a> section was this awesome little Octopus dude<\/a>. I wanted him instantly, but what was he? The little card says Battle Beasts… but he’s not a Minimate! There looks to be a crocodile, a monkey, a rhino, and an iguana. Some are hit and miss, but I love the Octopus. <\/p>\n Star Wars<\/strong><\/span>: I haven’t had a chance to peruse anything for Star Wars yet, but AFI has a 5 page gallery<\/A> of Star Wars pics in their SDCC coverage.<\/p>\n Transformers<\/strong><\/span>: I haven’t seen much Transformers news for Preview night, but TFW2005<\/a> has a small gallery up. I’m not seeing that much exciting there, but if you’re into the Power Core Combiners there should be a few things for ya. I do have to admit I’m really waffling on my decision to pass on that reissue Blaster<\/a> I’ve got a childhood connection with never having him and he looks so cool in that pic.<\/p>\n G.I. Joe<\/strong><\/span>: For my Joe fix, I headed over to CoolToyReview<\/a> and checked out some nice pics of the seemingly modest Joe display. I don’t think there was anything I hadn’t seen earlier in the year, but Joes are still a bit behind from 2009 JoeCon so that’s not a surprise. All I know is that I still don’t have that awesome Arctic Snow Job…<\/p>\n For some close up pics of the new Joes, I recommend Hiss Tank<\/a> if you’re a member. If you’re not a member there (and can’t click to enlarge the pics), hit up AFI<\/a> to satiate your Joe needs.<\/p>\n Monster High<\/strong><\/span>: This one’s just for Vault. He assures me that Monster High is amazing. I’m somewhat skeptical, but MWCToys<\/a> has a gallery of these dolls up so maybe those two are on to something…<\/p>\n I think that gets us caught up on the good stuff from Preview Night. Special thanks go out to the great sites beaming back coverage from SDCC: ActionFigureInsider<\/a>, ActionFigurePics<\/a>, Articulated Discussion<\/a>, BattleGrip<\/a>, Cool Toy Review<\/a>, CriticalMess.Net<\/a>, Hiss Tank<\/a>, Jedi Temple Archives<\/a>, Marvelous News<\/a>, Mattel on Facebook<\/a>, MWCToys<\/a>, Open Your Toys<\/a>, Pixel Dan<\/a>, Poe Ghostal<\/a>, Raving Toy Maniac<\/a>, TFW2005<\/a>, Toynewsi<\/a>, & ToyArk<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MOTU Classics<\/strong><\/span>: The MOTU panel is tomorrow, but Matty had some MOTU news today. On Facebook, Mattel announced the sale<\/a> of limited MOTU prints. The images are available in this album<\/a>, but here’s the scoop:<\/p>\n Are you ready for an exciting MOTU announcement? You’ve seen the art prints, now here’s the scoop…At SDCC, four limited edition (only 500 of each made) Masters of the Universe art prints for $60 total, being sold and signed by one of the artists each day for one hour only at SDCC! And if you are one of the first 25 people on the artist’s signing days to purchase the art prints you will receive a free limited edition Masters of the Universe Classic art print (only 100 made). The original artists will be selling and signing the prints during the following times only:<\/p>\n Bill Benecke — Thursday, 7\/22 4:30-5:30 PM The pack of art prints contains 4 prints by the 4 artists listed above. One artist will be signing each day. If you have friends at SDCC who are MOTU fans, be sure to let them know!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In addition to the art prints & the Silver She-Ra<\/a>, Mattel also has another giveaway – Moss Man Deodorant<\/a>!<\/p>\n DC Direct<\/strong><\/span>: If you don’t mind scrolling past some pics of hot women and Marvel toys (tough choice for a DC fan, right??), CriticalMess has a comprehensive look<\/a> at the DCD booth. So far, it’s pretty much all been solicited, but one thing caught my attention: Brightest Day Deadman. I didn’t know that he he included an alternate Boston Brand head w\/ mask accessory, but he also includes a 1:12 scale White Lantern! Yes, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’ll buy that for the lantern. But at least it’s comes with a cool DCD fig!<\/p>\n Speaking of DCD’s that will later grace my home, AFP has a spotlight up on DC Direct’s Red Lantern Mera<\/A> and the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do any of you guys buy Ame-Comi figurines? I kinda want to, but I don’t know. The first ones weren’t that well done. I’m liking a lot of the newer ones – like the previously released Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman v2, the upcoming Joker’s Daughter<\/a>, and the SDCC-debuting Raven<\/a>. Well, I’m in-between on if I like Raven. Anyway, check out more Ame-Comis and some strange Blackest Night mini-lantern and ring sets towards the end of this ToyArk gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n Transformers<\/strong><\/span>: Transformers was the subject of one today’s panels, but with Botcon so fresh there wasn’t much to it. TFW2005 has a live microblog<\/a> and a few images<\/a> from the panel, but as I read through the names I heard next to nothing new. The push for Powercore Combiners is still going strong, but I’m just not feeling them. I like the idea of Combiners at a lower price point, I just wish the limbs were more than just spring-loaded vehicle\/limbs. TFW2005 has a small gallery of the wave 3 PCC<\/a> which look to be mostly repaints. <\/p>\n It wasn’t all humdrum though. Hasbro also had a panel on the upcoming Transformers: Prime series. TFW2005<\/a> has a round up of the news and images<\/a> that came out of that panel as well.<\/p>\n Four Horsemen<\/strong><\/span>: ToyArk has a great Four Horsemen Gallery<\/a> up. Fans can find images of Alluxundra, Scarabus, The Outer Space Men (including the final versions of the Alpha Phase exclusives), MAGMA Corps, and Symbiotech. For Symbiotech, we get a nice upclose shot of Oxx & Levia-33<\/a> in particular. <\/p>\n Michael Crawford also spent some time in taking in all the 4H Product<\/a>. It’s the next to last picture that breaks my heart – I don’t know if I could be in the presence of MAGMA Corps Atrophus (both versions) and not get arrested for trying to smuggle them home…<\/p>\n Marvel<\/strong><\/span>: As I mentioned above, Critical Mess<\/a> has some great Marvel photos up, but they also have a quick update on the future of Marvel Legends<\/a> too. Click the link for the exact details, but it sounds like the brand manager would like to bring Marvel Legends back to its former glory. Couldn’t hurt to try, right?<\/p>\n I don’t know how well the 3 3\/4″ Spider-Man line fits in with MU, but ToyArk has a gallery of some cool figures<\/a> like Carnage<\/a> and this crazy Venom<\/A> – and look! Leg articulation! And since when are symbiotes clear blue<\/a>?<\/p>\n Star Wars<\/strong><\/span>: Star Wars seems to be the one line I’m having trouble keeping track of at SDCC, but that’s because I haven’t been keeping tabs on it before hand. I’m not sure what is new and what’s not. After I post this article, I’ll be heading to Jedi Temple Archives<\/a>. Their focused Star Wars coverage has been broken up into specific sections like The Vintage Collection, Geonosis 2pks, Hoth battles, etc.<\/p>\n DST<\/strong><\/span>: Long-time IAT fans might know that minimates are always on the cusp of my budget. While my heart lies in 6″, I would love to have a huge minimate collection. In CoolToyReview’s DST section, they’re showing the Universal Monsters ‘mates again<\/A> (use CTR’s next button to see all 4 images). I may not buy them all but I could never pass on a Minimate Sarcophogus. While you’re there, expand out to the CTR’s DST gallery<\/a> for more pics of those cool Battle Beasts, a sexy pirate statue, and some scary Trek Megos.<\/p>\n Ghostbusters<\/strong><\/span>: If you head over to ToyArk, you can see a small gallery of the upcoming Ghostbusters 4pk<\/a>. I know it’s done on the cheap (Winston’s head is inaccurate), but I kinda want it. I’m still not happy with the GB line and this display<\/a> says it all. Yep, just four guys on a roof shooting at nothing. And hey… proton streams? What’s up with that?<\/p>\n NECA & Mezco<\/strong><\/span>: AFI has a sideways, but still unbelievable shot<\/a> of an upcoming Neca toy. It’s cool, but don’t we buy toys so we can look at them??<\/p>\n Big Bang Pow!<\/strong><\/span>: I don’t watch Venture Bros (I’m a busy guy…), so I didn’t totally understand all the controversy that surrounded these figures being made like Megos (this was before my beloved RGB suffered the same fate). AFP takes a look<\/a> at the Mego styled Venture Bros figures. Looking at the AFP pics without knowing the characters, I’m intrigued by Phantom Limb. At least I think that’s him…<\/p>\n Voltron<\/strong><\/span>: This is from ToyArk’s Voltron feature<\/a>. I can’t afford a $200 one, so I’m counting on Mattel to make one<\/A> (sooner or later). I have little more than a passing interest in Voltron, but I had some type of “vehicle Voltron” as a kid and I miss it dearly…<\/p>\n Funko<\/strong><\/span>: Michael Crawford took pics at the Funko Booth<\/a> and there’s some interesting things to see including a shelf of bobbleheads – Sauron, Gollum, the Wicked Witch, and… Sarah Palin? What’s that trying to stay? The more interesting thing in the Funko booth though is at the bottom of the page – some small “Wacky Wobblers” of characters from the Batman family and Hal Jordan. I’ll say it. They’re cute.<\/p>\n Tron<\/strong><\/span>: AFI has almost 50 images of the upcoming Tron: Legacy toys<\/a>, but most of the talk is revolving around the The Tron: Legacy Trailer was shown today at SDCC. I thought it’d be fun to compare to the original trailer…
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\n If Preview Night was a deluge of info, day one seems like a trickle. Hasbro held major panels for Joe & Transformers today, but those panels focused more on the upcoming future of the properties overall than the toys themselves. There are still plenty of good galleries to check out though, including some we missed last night…<\/p>\n
\nBrandon Sopinsky — Friday, 7\/23 5:00-6:00 PM
\nScott Derman — Saturday, 7\/24 4:00-5:00 PM
\nRuben Martinez — Sunday, 7\/25 1:00-2:00 PM <\/p>\n
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