SDDC 2007 Wrap Up: The Rest of the Toys
Holy crap balls were there a lot of toys at San Diego Comic-con. It was my first year going and due to the limited time I had there, I barely got to see all the toy sweetness I wanted. Ironically, I hardly got to look at anything comic book related at all. Ahh, such is life. Here are some are some miscellaneous pics of toys that didn’t get their own posts. There’s some great stuff in here (including some girl’s toys for the ladies), but I couldn’t justify stretching my SDDC coverage any longer.
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass had a really cool booth with props of the film and a huge fake armored Polar Bear beside it. I don’t know much about the movie, but I did see airships in the trailer and there is a talking polar bear with armor, so I pretty much have to see it. While I didn’t get pictures of all the figures, they all seemed to come with a animal buddy which is almost reason enough to buy them. Here’s a couple of the more notable figures:
Polar Bears rule.
If you ever wanted a toy Nicole Kidman, I believe this is your first ever chance of owning one for what it’s worth.
McDonalds
A toy company called Huckleberry Toys is re-making some classic McDonald’s character toys. I don’t have any plans on purchasing them, but they look pretty damn cool.
Well look here, we have my personal favorite McDonaldland character Grimmace and the Hamburgler. Oh that Hamburgler, the subject of so many jokes and ridicule for his obsession with hamburgers. Why is he so obsessed with them? He was inappropriately touched by a hamburger in his childhood. Not so funny now, hey?
This Ronald McDonald looks like he’s ready to come alive and stab you in your sleep with a pair of scissors, or at the very least try to get you to eat fries loaded with fat and cholesterol.
Mayor McCheese always bothered me because his head was made out of a food product. No joke here, I’m just disturbed.
If you remember Captain Crook, congratulations! You’re old!
My Little Pony
While my fiancee Diane isn’t a toy collector per se, I was in charge of procuring two exclusive items for her. The first was a Justice League Unlimited exclusive Hawkgirl and the other was the convention exclusive My Little Pony. The pony is notable mainly because they had a display case with the toy with two enormous ass versions next to it. I wonder if some lucky little girl got their hands on one of these when it was all over:
Capcom
SOTA has been making some pretty kick ass figures from Capcom games from awhile now. Here’s a character from Street Fighter. I’ll let you guess why she’s popular:
This chick is from Darkstalkers. She’s got wings on her head. Stupid, but not stupid enough to ruin the hotness of her character design:
DC Direct
DC Direct has some awesome figures that are way out of my price range. Here’s a few of some of the ones I liked the most at the show.
One of the coolest things about this Green Arrow figure is that he comes with a bunch of his trick arrows that can be placed individually into his quiver. Rock on!
Classic Batgirl > New Batgirl any day of the week.
I’m going to invent a working Holodeck so I can have… sessions… with Powergirl.
Other
Finally, I only included this because I think Hello Kitty is the coolest. Here’s some generic chick from some generic Nickelodeon show that’s a Target exclusive tie-in with Hello Kitty:
Is it just me or does this doll have the same face as Ronald McDonald sans make-up?
*Thanks to Shawn for a couple of these pics.
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August 24th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Knut in Armor, sweet. The heart nipple covers on the Darkstalkers chick was kind interesting.
Green Arrow is a superpimp, so you have to givr him big ups, just for that.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
What sucks about the Morrigan and Lillith Darkstalkers figures is that there’s a chance that they may never be produced if SOTA can’t get enough orders for the first series.
And sorry, Keith, but I have to get picky. The heart nip-caps are on Mika, a Street Fighter chick not a Darkstalker. Gotta look out for my Capcom women.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
The wee animals accompanying each Golden Compass figure are their daemons. Daemons are basically like spirit animal sidekick things. They can take the form of any critter they want until they reach a certain age, at which point they are stuck in one form. Presumably this is a depressing commentary on growing up. Or perhaps I’m projecting again.
Incidentally, the Golden Compass book, while wildly overrated, is indeed a splendid romp, and it’s got a strong anti-church theme which will be cut for the film, according to Kidman.
August 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Shawn, I don’t know why they wouldn’t get enough orders for those figures, they rule!
Thanks for the input on the animals Monte. I’ll stick to thinking of them as puppies, kitties, and Mr. Monkey Pants though.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Yes, they would indeed get plenty of orders for the sexpots Morrigan and Lillith, but these are the two figures they need to get orders for first:
http://www.sotatoys.com/itemdetails.html?products_id=93&categories_id=
http://www.sotatoys.com/itemdetails.html?products_id=94&categories_id=
As you can see they need a few thousand more yet.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Wow, Ronald totally needs to switch hair conditioners, eh?
August 28th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Hello Kitty *IS* the coolest.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
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