SDCC 2015: Mondo's 1:6th Scale Masters Of The Universe Figures

This weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, you can run right over to the Mondo Booth (#835 ) and see their 1:6th scale Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures...their insane 16 inch Godzilla statue based on their Phantom City Creative designed preview poster for the film...and maybe a Hellboy...if you're lucky....but what you won't see are the seeeeeekret things the crew is keeping hidden for their own MONDOCON!! This October, fans of awesome movies and killer collectibles will descend on a different kind of con, and there, their eyes will drink in a new 1:6th scale line of action figures based on the hulking He-Man and his Masters of the Universe!

SDCC 2015: Mattel's Exclusive Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Figure Set

THE TIME IS NOW!!! The countdown to San Diego Comic-Con 2015 has ended and preview night quickly approaches, ready to collide with the hordes of toy fans rushing in to be the first to buy up exclusive collectibles from their favorite companies. Mattel stands at the ready with the premiere action figure set from the much anticipated Warner Bros. DC Comics super hero mega battle; Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Mattel was kind enough to send one of these figure sets over so we could break out the warring titans and check them out from every angle. Let's see what we've got...

SDCC 2015: Colonel Sanders Goes to Comic-Con

Con-goers and Gaslamp Quarter visitors will experience a “little bit of Colonel-ing” in San Diego this week via three unique activations from Kentucky Fried Chicken. After all, Colonel Sanders, with his iconic superhero-esque all-white suit, black ribbon tie, and signature bling would have been the quintessential cosplayer.

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The colorful life of KFC’s founder was first immortalized this past May with a new, robust brand campaign featuring the interactive archive site Hall of Colonels, www.colonelsanders.com. The Hall chronicles the legendary chicken salesman’s life from sixth grade dropout and gun fighting gas station owner to fried chicken magnate. Now, KFC is bringing the site to life in the graphic novel “KFC Presents: The Colonel’s Adventure Comics,” a limited edition comic being distributed around the Gaslamp Quarter by costumed Colonels and Colonettes on Friday, July 10. Each limited edition Colonel’s Adventure comic will be poly-bagged with the Colonel’s iconic black ribbon tie and select packages will also include highly coveted collector’s edition comics. 

SDCC 2015: Science Channel's Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM

Fans will get to see exclusive clips and receive unprecedented access behind-the-scenes at Industrial Light & Magic, as science and creativity give birth to some of today's top films. The secrets behind AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, STAR WARS, JURRASIC PARK, and many more will be revealed during this once-in-a-lifetime panel. Join Science Channel as they celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Industrial Light & Magic at this year's Comic-Con like no one else can. Come see exclusive footage and hear from some of ILM’s finest featuring Lorne Peterson, John Goodson and Jeff White at this VIP experience where the science behind the movies is unveiled for the first time ever.

SDCC 2015: Capcom's Full Comic-Con Lineup- Panels & Exclusives

Capcom will be at San Diego Comic-Con this week (Booth #215, Hall A) with plenty of activities in store for fans including signing sessions, panels with special surprises, playable demos of Capcom’s upcoming games lineup, plus cool collectible merchandise available at the Capcom Store. Playable publicly for the first time at SDCC 2015 will be Resident Evil 0, a newly remastered version of the series’ origin story, and Mega Man Legacy Collection, featuring the 8-bit history of the iconic Blue Bomber. A playable demo of Street Fighter V, the newest entry in the legendary fighting game franchise, will also be available with a roster that features all of the currently announced characters, including the most recently revealed Cammy and Birdie. Other exciting Street Fighter V activities will take place on the tournament stage in the Capcom booth throughout the event.

SDCC 2015: San Diego Comic-Con Taking Shape

As we jump on that final stretch of track leading up to the biggest geekapalooza on the planet, work crews are buzzing around the convention center transforming this corner of town into a landscape of odd structures, infinite banners advertising TV and movies and giant building sized posters promoting the same. Hell, even the trolley is wrapped with adverts! Let's take a look around the outside of Comic-Con with our awesome photographer Emilie Noetzel to see how things are shaping up...

SDCC 2015: What's All This SUPERMANSION Business??

Seriously, you had me at "The Creators of Robot Chicken" and cemented the deal with mention of Matt Senreich executive producing. THIS MAN DOES NOT MAKE CRAP!! Sadly, the crew is being super-teasey and only offer this short outline on the show...

“SuperMansion”  follows Titanium Rex who leads a “seen-better-days” group of super heroes, “The League of Freedom,” in their increasingly difficult struggle to remain relevant."

Voiced by Emmy®-Award winner Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Seth Green (“Family Guy”), Tucker Gilmore (“Frozen”), Heidi Gardner, Tom Root and Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells (“Robot Chicken”)

Crackle, the television streaming network, announced a series of San Diego Comic-Con activities in support of the upcoming stop-motion animated comedy series from the award-winning Stoopid Buddy Stoodios – including the Comic-Con exclusive debut of the show’s comic book.

SDCC 2015: IDW & Top Shelf's Comic-Con Exclusives and Schedule

Get your San Diego Comic-Con International exclusive checklists ready! IDW and Top Shelf have some of the hottest exclusives and debuts for the biggest convention of the year! See below for a full list of your convention must-haves.

A few exclusives are available for pre-order from IDW’s webstore beginning today, June 22. Fans that preorder will be able to pick up their books throughout the show from the IDW booth #2743 and for the first time from the San Diego Comic Art Gallery located in Liberty Station in the Point Loma area of San Diego. Come seeThe Art of Kevin Eastman exhibition and pick up your pre-orders starting Wednesday, July 8 through Monday, July 13. For more information on the gallery and exhibit as well as directions, visit www.sdcomicartgallery.com

SDCC 2015: DKE's Comic-Con Exclusive Designer Toy Revolution

DKE are like the uber-keepers of awesome art toy projects, not only supporting this ever evolving movement, but pushing it up hill as if it were the proverbial giant boulder ready to roll back on them if they slip for an instant. It's a massive undertaking, and most likely one that few people know is even happening, so at least once a year, we get to thank them by showing off all their amazing San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives ....and I will start the slow clap!

SDCC 2015: October Toys Attack Comic-Con with Skeleton Warriors & More

Some companies bring hordes of new, exclusive toys to sell at San Diego Comic-Con...and that's awesome. Some bring a straight up artistic approach to the show and create hand painted plastics you can't find anywhere else and will never see again...and that's cool too. October Toys always makes sure their booth space reflects their kick ass attitude and presents a sampling of everything they've been working on all year, with plenty of those projects available to take home, even if you missed out on a killer Kickstarter like SKELETON WARRIORS!!! Now's your chance to snap up one of the best new toys of the year and shake hands with the fine folks who make dreams come true. Bony, awesome, retro cartoon dreams. My dreams.

SDCC 2015: BOOM STUDIOS MADE A WYLD STALLYNS CONCERT T SHIRT!! ..and some comics too!

Award-winning comic book publisher BOOM! Studios and its imprints, KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box, and Archaia, announced its panels and exclusives for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, to be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California July 8-12.

BOOM! will have a wide selection of exclusives available for purchase at its booth (while supplies last):

SDCC 2015: Entertainment Earth Has More Exclusives Than You Do

It's as if they are going for a world's record, or are just looking to outdo every other company on the show floor at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Whatever the case may be, Entertainment Earth sure does have a crap load of exclusives! Want to buy an entire wave of incredible looking Penny Dreadful figures the world has never seen before? They got you covered. Want to make your office chair feel more courageous? They've got capes for that. Eat lunch with Jake from Adventure Time? Check. Want to have Flash Gordon battle KISS for the salvation of the universe? THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED! All your geekiest desires will be on tap. Let's get into it so you can finish by the time the show starts...

SDCC 2015: Nickelodeon's Comic-Con Exclusives with Avatar, Power Rangers, Classic Nick Toons & More

THE MARCH CONTINUES!! SIX DAYS from now, the courageous reporters of Idle Hands will be on the floor, wading through nerd-stench to bring you back the most fun happenings of the show. Nickelodeon is always a killer photo opportunity, but after I've taken pictures, I usually run screaming, left I be talked into buying one of their exclusive T Shirts on hand. I STILL HEAR YOU CALLING, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE T SHIRT THAT MAKES ME LOOK LIKE A TURTLE!!! I resisted. It got awkward. Let's take a quick look at this year's lineup...

SDCC 2015: Hasbro's Comic-Con Exclusives Will Make Your Wallet Cry

San Diego Comic-Con is DAYS AWAY now. DAYS!! Holy crap. We have so much to post still. Hasbro steps up with a powerful selection of SDCC Exclusives insane enough to make you wana smack yo momma...not to mention give your credit cards a whipping that dirty little piece of plastic deserves. Sorry...I went too far. I know this now. Let's explore the psychotic Hasbro Exclusives lineup, packed with tiny little Ant-Men, a Marvel Legends set that is a MUST HAVE and a Devastator that will bring tears to the eyes of anyone WITH A SOUL. 

SDCC 2015 Preview: MONDO's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The 1st Hellboy & Comic-Con Plans

Ohhh Mondo. You are the ridiculously adorable kitten I can't help petting every time I walk past. Your movie prints are so damn cool, I'm positive there are power ballads out there singing their praises. Now you are getting into toys...and I want you to know...I love you. It's a real love. A manly love. Much like the love I have for pizza and the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. You showed me an art toy rendering of Michelangelo of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and my eyes grew wide with wanting. Then you showed me a massive Iron Giant action figure...and I wept openly...on New Jersey transit. It wasn't pretty sobbing either. It was the kind Peter Griffin rolls away silently from. Now, as San Diego Comic-Con 2015 approaches, we grab some time with Mondo's Creative Director for Toys/Collectibles Brock Otterbacher to see what they'll be unveiling at the biggest geek gathering on Earth...