Funko has a new format for vinyl figures on the way — and they’ll only initially be found at one chain store, too.
They’re HeroWorld toys and they’re going to be released in several series of collector sets that will only be found at Target stores and via its website.
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is our finale for today.
The pack: 1983 Topps Superman III
The cost now: $1
The cost then: 25 cents
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
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The box: 2017 Cryptozoic DC Comics Bombshells
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24 plus one Golden Goddess vinyl figure
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 120
Base set completion:
64 of 64 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 3
Perhaps it’s just the countdown clock to Halloween ticking more loudly, but there’s something I’ve noticed more and more lately out and about and in the world of comic book and movies merchandise.
Candy bowl holders.
They’re apparently a thing — and they’re available for quite a few iconic characters in the comics and movies worlds. The Groot you see here? He’s not cheap — $68.96 at Amazon — and he’s not alone.
Simplicity, portability, affordability and the chase.
This collector found himself in the toy aisle of a chain store this week and noticed something relatively new that hadn’t caught my attention before. At a glance I was interested and instantly found myself scouring the pegs for something that ended up not being there.
It was a section of Jada Toys‘ new Nano Metalfigs that are available for a few different realms — DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Disney/Pixar, Street Fighter, Harry Potter — and they’re tiny metal sculptures that come in packages just like the big kids’ toys but they don’t come with a big price.
They’ve probably been around for some collectible genres I don’t watch all that closely, but the first wave of the new WWE figures caught my eye simply because they were so small … and so cheap.
We’re less than a month away from a new arrival from Cryptozoic — one that combines cardboard with even more.
It’s 2017 Cryptozoic DC Comics Bombshells, which celebrates DC Comics‘ stars with 1940s pinup-propaganda poster stylings and includes one Golden Goddess vinyl figure variant in every box.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Signed comics, big pulls, character collectors, non-rookie Rookie Cards, mainstream media card coverage & more.
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is about a month away and Funko has already started to tease its exclusive toys that will be for sale at the show of all shows for pop culture and entertainment.
The Everett, Wash.-based company is releasing its previews in waves with iconic characters from Star Wars, Scott Pilgrim, Marvel, cartoons, DC Comics and TV shows already among those teased.
“Huh, what was that?” The voices …
The voices said that you, too, can own Harley Quinn‘s baseball bat from Suicide Squad — and that’s true thanks to the creators at The Noble Collection. This replica prop will begin arriving via comic book dealer channels in the United States next month.
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long … and this is Hour 3.
The case: 2016 Funko Suicide Squad Mystery Minis vinyl figures
The cost: $12
Original cost: $83.88
What’s inside this one? Keep reading …
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The box: 2017 Cryptozoic Gotham Season 2
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 117
Base set completion:
72 of 72 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 3
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big board drama, big comic book covers and a big question after the retirement of Tony Romo.
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The box: 2017 Cryptozoic Arrow Season 3 trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 117
Base set completion:
81 of 81 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 7
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What’s Buzzing Today: Showing off comic art, big Plates & Patches pulls, other breaks and waiting for 2017 Topps Heritage.
The Bombshells are coming to a toy aisle near you.
Funko is readying a series of eight World War II pinup-style takes on iconic DC Comics characters that we have seen elsewhere but now they will be found as Pop! toys.
Collectively, they’re known as the the DC Bombshells.
The second season of The Flash on cardboard will include some notable names from the show but that’s not the only name game that matters here.
One of the signers revealed so far is Adam Copeland, whose signed plenty of autographs in the past — but all of them as Edge as he’s a retired WWE star now dabbling in television and movies after a Hall of Fame career.
How do we know? Cryptozoic has unleashed a gallery of the first 17 signers for 2017 Cryptozoic The Flash Season 2, which is due early next year.
Free Comic Book Day is still a few months away but it’s never to soon to see what the SWAG will include.
A dozen free issues made for the hobby-shop holiday were revealed by its organizers on Monday with titles from Marvel and DC a bit more secretive than others, which include books from Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, BOOM! Studios, ONI Press, Titan Comics, Valiant Entertainment and Viz Media.
The first trailer for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s Baywatch reboot has arrived in advance of its arrival on May 19, giving the world a new take — an R-rated comedy — at the life-saving crew that included C.J. Parker, Mitch Buchanan and Stephanie Holden.
Oh, and we’re sure we’ll get another character — The Hoff — with a cameo, too.
Check out the trailer and tell us what you think after the jump.
The iconic stars of the DC Comics universe are coming to the toy aisles once again with additions to three lines from Funko arriving next month.
There will be new Funko Pop! toys, a new line of Mystery Minis and new Dorbz — some with glow-in-the-dark capabilities — on shelves very soon.
A set of nine promo cards for the recently released DC Comics Justice League trading card set from Cryptozoic will only be available at San Diego Comic-Con this week.
The cards will be available at three different booths at the show while supplies last.
San Diego Comic-Con is almost here and the crew at Funko has prepared more than 70 different toys, T-shirts and more that will only initially be available at the show this week.
There will be pieces from Star Wars, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney, The Walking Dead and so much more in the company’s Pop! line, Dorbz and, well, so much more.
San Diego Comic-con will undoubtedly generate some buzz for fans and collectors when it kicks off this week, but Heritage Auctions has some big books on the auction block that could spark some discussions, too.
One of them is a copy of Action Comics No. 1.
They’re coming to full-size vinyl. They’re coming to pennants. Now, they’re coming to packs.
Cryptozoic‘s line of DC Comics Lil’ Bombshells vinyl figures are coming collectors in blind-wrapped tins in miniature form in August, but they’ll first be found at San Diego Comic-con.
Inspired by 1940s pinup art with a cartoon twist, the first series of these miniature vinyls will include Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Catwoman and Batwoman among the 10 characters found inside.
When Superman first came to the big screen in 1948, Lois Lane was played by Noel Neill, a Minnesota-born actress whose father was a newspaper editor.
It tuned out to be a role that helped define a career.
Neill went on to appear in 78 episodes of the Adventures of Superman television series that lasted six seasons and then have cameos in other Superman films as part of a career that spanned seven decades. She died on Monday at age 95 after a long illness.
“Brave, smart, and witty. She embodied the very best qualities of Lois Lane. RIP Noel Neill,” read a message on the DC Comics Twitter account.
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The box: 2016 Cryptozoic Justice League trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 121
Base set completion:
63 of 63 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 9
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What’s Buzzing Today: Flawless breaks, Jose Altuve autographs, fake autographs, Brandon Nimmo, the NSCC & more.
The Flash is one of the newer comic book tales on television these days and Season 1 of the show is the latest that will come to trading cards soon from Cryptozoic.
The first autograph reveals for the set arrived on Monday from the company in advance of its release set for later this year (presently slated for a Sept. 30 release).
Eric Biunno
Also known as: Cyber Warrior on Blowout
Email: cyberwarrior2099@gmail.com
Location: New York
Work away from comics: Owner/operator medical transporter service
Collecting since: 2002
Main focuses: J. Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes & Artgerm comics, Sideshow Premium Format statues.
Favorite artists/publishers: J. Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes & Artgerm and Marvel, DC, Image
Current collecting projects: Hard to find Campbell variants.
Funko is all set for the arrival of the Suicide Squad movie and has new releases coming in several lines coming to prove it.
The Lynnwood, Wash.-based company revealed pieces in seven lines on Wednesday afternoon, including several of the characters in the DC Comics-created film coming on Aug. 5.
For starters, there will be a Vinyl Vixens figure for Harley Quinn and … keep reading to see them all.
We’re less than a month away from the arrival of Cryptozoic‘s DC Comics Justice League cards and the company has been busy teasing the sketch cards to be found in the product.
There will be two types of sketches to be found — standard and diecut cards cut to look like the Hall of Justice.
Update: The packs are now live and on sale.
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Preacher debuted on Sunday night and the AMC series’ trading cards will apparently debut today from Topps as part of a pack program via the Topps Now platform.
The cards have not yet been revealed or put on sale today, but the structure for the program can be seen here. The company tweeted about the series on Sunday night, teasing a forthcoming announcement, which comes on the heels of its recent deal to acquire the trading card rights to another AMC staple, The Walking Dead, which also was based on a long-running comic.
The merchandising of “geek films” has been as massive as the box office the box office for sci-fi, comic and other franchises in the last decade and beyond and the latest in New Era Caps are perhaps a perfect example of the eternal dilemma.
Do you use them or collect them?
In the case of the Batman vs. Superman Character Armor 59FIFTY caps from New Era, they’re unique and pricey, which might add to that debate even though they are hats with no packaging to worry about.
The final trailer for Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice arrived today in advance of its arrival next month. Check it out and take our poll.
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Ruh-roh, Shaggy.
Fans of Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, Space Ghost and other classic Hanna-Barbera characters will be able to revisit their old favorites in new ways as DC Comics revealed on Thursday that it’s bringing them to life once again.
How? In new comic books.
“I can’t think of anyone that doesn’t look back at these characters with anything but fond memories,” said Dan DiDio, DC Entertainment Co-Publisher, in a prepared statement. “With this initial lineup of titles and talent, we’re excited for fans to experience the reimagining of these Saturday-morning classics with a more modern and contemporary look and feel.”
If you don’t remember seeing anything about Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice on TV or anywhere else, you might need to check your pulse.
One more place you’re going to be seeing more of the DC Comics powers before the movie arrives is on the NASCAR track and on diecast cars from Lionel Racing, which teased the forthcoming cars this week. The No. 48 Chevy of six-time champ and NASCAR’s Clark Kent, Jimmie Johnson, will take on the role of Superman.
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