— June 29, 2006
I decided to put Google Calendar to use and create a calendar with dates for comic book conventions and toy shows on. Google Calendar is a pretty neat online calendar application. You can view the Convention Calendar here to help you keep up with this years upcoming conventions. If there are any that I am leaving out for this year, please let me know. Thank you.
— June 29, 2006
It seems there is another multi-media event like Shadows of the Empire and Clone Wars planned for 2007. Tentatively called Star Wars: Darth Vader this is supossed to be post-Episode 3 and have something to do with the purge of the Jedis by Darth Vader. Check out the official Star Wars site for more details. www.starwars.com
— June 28, 2006
Blade the Series premiers tonight at 10 PM ET on Spike TV. The first episode is 2 hours long. I’m not sure if the other shows will be as long as the first one. It would surprise me if they are all 2 hours long. It is actually on right now, but I am recording it to watch tomorrow. It should be good though. I will be pleased if it is better than the last Blade movie. Check out the Blade site on Spike TV.
— June 27, 2006
The Fantastic Four series 2 from Marvel has been found in the US. A collector in Southern California found them at a show and posted pictures on Fwoosh.
The series is supposed to be the Ultimate comic book versions of the characters and includes the following figures.
Go here to see pictures of the Fantastic Four series 2 figures.
— June 26, 2006
On Saturday June 24, 2006 at Adventure Con in Knoxville, TN, Ray Park, the actor who played Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I - the Phantom Menace, demonstrated lightsaber techniques from the movie in front of a crowd with two fans dressed as Jedi using the actual FX Darth Maul replica lightsaber.
I was volunteering at the show and happened to get it on video. It is the coolest thing I have seen at any con. I feel very lucky to have gotten this video. I posted it on You Tube on Saturday and since then it has gotten almost 5,000 views. It was linked to from the Rebelscum and Sideshow forums and even the Master Replicas blog. Here are the links below in case you want to see it again.
Ray Park Lightsaber show - part 1
Ray Park Lightsaber show - part 2
Ray Park Lightsaber show - part 3
Update: I also posted the video on Google Video. You can now view my Ray Park video all in one file with higher resolution.
— June 24, 2006
TV.com links to a New York Post story on the return of Futurama to television. The story reports that Comedy Central has the rights to produce 13 new episodes of the show for 2008. Futurama is an animated sci-fi show that ran for 5 seasons before it was cancelled by Fox in 2003.
Futurama never found its audience when it was on, but after it was cancelled, Cartoon Network began to air the reruns on their late night animation block, Adult Swim. On Adult Swim, the show gained a huge following, and once episodes were released on DVD, sales were unexpectedly high. The same thing happened to Family Guy, which was also brought back to TV by Fox in 2005, something that was a first for TV.
This news comes after it was announced in February of this year that more Futurama would be produced for 4 straight to DVD movies. Billy West posted this in the forum of his web site and that production would begin in July or August for the movies. No word yet on how this will be affected. It was also announced that all the original talent will be returning for the show.
This is a very exciting time for Futurama fans. This is only the second time in TV history a show has been brought back. It just doesn’t happen. I think the reason for this is DVD sales. Financially, there is no other reason to keep a show like that on the air, let alone resurrect one from the dead. Family Guy was one of the biggest selling DVD’s of all time. TV studios are seeing that DVD sales can be highly profitable for these shows. For this reason, we may keep seeing this happen in the future. In addition, it could affect the way TV is done.
Futurama is one of my favorite animated shows of all time. I personally cannot wait for the DVD’s, let alone the return of the show!
— June 23, 2006
Sideshow previewed the Doctor Octopus Marvel Archive Set today. The time to pre-order this set has not been announced yet. Here is the description from this weeks Sideshow newsletter.
Marvel collectors will soon be able to display their own metallic tentacles of despair with our new Doctor Octopus Marvel Archive prop replica set! Preview the set through the following link, and take a look at the other Marvel Archive sets we have released so far!
I don’t own any of the Marvel prop replica sets from Sideshow. Seeing the Doc Ock set makes me want to though. I don’t know what it is but there is something about it that is really cool. Here is the link to the preview on Sideshow’s web site.
Click here to preview the Doctor Octopus Marvel Archive Set.
— June 22, 2006
“Heroes,” a new show about superheroes, will air this Fall on NBC, Mondays at 9 PM ET. I first learned of the show when NBC began airing commercials last week for it. It looks to be pretty interesting. Here is the synopsis of the show from NBC’s site.
Some people are born to be extraordinary.
They thought they were like everyone else… until they woke with incredible abilities. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can paint the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others. Elsewhere, a high school cheerleader discovers she is unbreakable and a single mom realizes she has a powerful alter ego. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be saving humankind.
The site has a trailer for the show. It also has this quote.
NBC.com weekly exclusives include an original, animated graphic novel that follows new hero adventures.
Not sure what that means exactly, but a weekly graphic novel based on the characters on the show sounds pretty cool. This could turn out to be a really good show from NBC next Fall. NBC has been lucky with new shows lately. “Earl” or “The Office” anyone?
It seems that superheroes are everywhere these days and not just for comic books anymore. I know I will be looking forward to seeing what “Heroes” has to offer this Fall.
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— June 21, 2006
AFTimes.com has pictures of the new Marvel Legends Icons. These figures are bascially the same as Marvel Legends, except they are twice as big. With the bigger scale, they will have more detail, but the articulation should be the same. They also include a comic book but not much else. The first series includes Captain America, Wolverine and Iron Man. Look for variants with these also, with unmasked Cap and Wolverine and a gold paint variant of Iron Man. I have not heard if the variants will be short packed or not. It would be nice if they weren’t, but I assume they will be.
One final piece of good news is that the price will be excellent at around $15 retail. You can view pictures of the regular and variant figures at the above link. I believe these will be out next month.
— June 20, 2006
There are 3 titles at the top of my current reading list of comic books, Astonishing X-Men, The Ultimates and New Avengers, every month. Astonishing X-Men and The Ultimates are bi-monthly, so they don’t even ship one a month, not including delays. Well, this Wednesday, Marvel somehow managed to ship all 3 of these books on the same week! How lucky am I? See what else is shipping this week from Marvel.
What books are you looking forward to this week?
| Item | Bids | Price | Time Left | |
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Ben 10 Alien Collection 17 figure lot complete mint set | 15 | $172.50 | 1h 24m 41s |
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Star Wars Applause Kid's Action Figure Lot Episode 1 | 7 | $15.50 | 1h 44m 48s |
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NINTENDO POKEMON Mini Figure Set Regigigas PIPLUP 20pcs | 5 | $20.00 | 2h 22m 12s |
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NEW NINTENDO POKEMON Figure Set Regigigas Shaymin 15pcs | 5 | $16.00 | 3h 22m 21s |
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Marvel Select Incredible Hulk Action Figure ***NEW*** | 15 | $20.00 | 3h 37m 14s |
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