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Applehead Factory Announces their San Diego Comic Con Exclusive for 2014!

July 2014 - Applehead Factory is excited to reveal the details of their Teddy Scares/2014 San Diego Comic Con exclusive! This year, for the first time a 12" Teddy Scare will be made available exclusively at the event. Teddy Scares are back!! A set of 3 new bears will be available in the "Collector's Series" due this summer. To coincide with this release a special Edwin Morose will be available only at Comic Con. The SDCC version will have a special scarf.

Edwin has always been a fan favorite and will disappear quickly. He is limited to only 250 pieces. He is packaged in the classic 12" Teddy Scare windowed box. In addition to our SDCC Exclusive the new "Collector's Series" will be available. Stop by and get them while they last.

The Teddy Scares will be at Booth #4923.

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Diamond Select Toys Turns San Diego Eatery into the DST Lounge!

July 2014 - Comic-Con International is an experience, to be sure, but sometimes you just need to get out of the convention center! San Diego's nearby Gaslamp District offers a variety of options for fun, food and drink, and Diamond Select Toys has always had their favorite for all three: Taste and Thirst on 4th. So this year, DST is taking it over and turning it into the DST Lounge from July 24-26!

DST Returns to San Diego Comic-Con, with Two Great Panels and Three Free Posters!

July 2014 - San Diego is the city so nice they gave it one name and decided to stick with it. But for one week out of every year, it unofficially becomes known as "Geek Paradise!" As the team at Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum are all geeks themselves, they are happy to announce that they will once again be setting up a booth at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, July 24-27, and hosting two panels for their fans!

Come by booth #2607 to check out the newest products, pick up the various exclusives, and fill some holes in your collection from the DST store! Build your own Minimate at the Build-A-Minimate booth, and pick up posters of original Marvel, Sin City and Jay & Silent Bob Minimates artwork that will be handed out throughout the weekend. Then come to two panels spotlighting DST's upcoming releases!

Bluntman & Chronic Minimates Return to their Comic-Book Roots at SDCC!

July 2014 - Look, up in the sky, it's Bluntman and Chronic! The comic-book heroes created by director Kevin Smith are living the high life, with a variety of products coming out from Diamond Select Toys based on their appearances in "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back." Now, they're getting a Comic-Con-exclusive 2-pack of Minimates mini-figures, only available through Toys "R" Us, and it's based on their comic book appearances!

With new facial expressions and paint schemes that reflect the costumes worn in their now-classic comic book mini-series, Bluntman and Chronic each stand 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and a variety of interchangeable parts. The two-pack comes packaged on a blister card, and will be available through the Entertainment Earth booth, #2343, at a price of $10. This set is guaranteed to move fast, so be sure to stop by early!

July 2014 - The Toy Pizza series on YouTube has a new episode up!

Click here to check it out! This episode features San Diego Comic-Con exclusive items.

Icon Heroes: 2014 Comic-Con Exclusives

July 2014 - Icon Heroes has announced their Comic-Con exclusives for 2014:

Hello we are pleased to announce 2 exciting exclusives for San Diego Comic Con, both to be sold at the Action Figure Xpress booth #3345!

Diamond Select Toys Announces Exclusive Products for SDCC 2014!

June 2014 - It's almost time for Comic-Con International in San Diego, and Diamond Select Toys will be hanging out at Booth 2607, showing off some cool new products and selling some amazingly cool toys! Check out the exclusives Diamond Select Toys, Diamond Comic Distributors, and various retailers around the show floor will be offering at SDCC!

Godzilla Burning Godzilla SDCC Exclusive Vinyl Bust Bank

Mezco Toyz Reveals Summer 2014 Exclusive: Living Dead Dolls 16th Anniversary White Posey

June 2014 - New York - Brush off that grave dust and gather around out under the moonlight as Mezco reveals a new Living Dead Dolls Sumer Exclusive: 16th Anniversary White Posey.

Just in time for her 16th birthday, Posey, one of the most popular Living Dead Dolls, gets a makeover with a new ghostly white look.

Standing 10 inches tall, she comes complete with a white rose and a special poly resin tombstone.

Posey come packaged in her own coffin with death certificate.

The original Posey was introduced in Series 1, so it is fitting that during the 16th anniversary of the Living Dead Dolls she would rise from her crypt with a new look.

Monogram International's NBC Eraser 10 Piece Display Set

May 2014 - Monogram International has announced the first of their Comic-Con exclusives for 2014:

Jack Skellington and all of his gang are here in this hauntingly beautiful collection of The Nightmare Before Christmas Erasers. This set comes in a nice black display box so you can enjoy Halloween all year long. Use them as erasers or keep them as display figures.

- Highly detailed and colorful characters!
- Great gift for Nightmare Before Christmas fans!
- Display unpackaged or packaged.
- One Gold Jack Eraser is included.
- One Silver Sally is included.
- One Bronze Zero is included.
- There are only 300 of these in existence, hurry and get one now!
- $25.00 Retail Price

May 2014 - The 2014 Comic-Con International convention in San Diego will be July 24-27. Preview Night is July 23rd. So much toy and action figure shopping to do, so many lines to stand in! How do you decide what to buy?

Our pal Matt over at AwesomeToyBlog.com has begun his annual listing of of the toy and action figure exclusives, so be sure to bookmark that link and check back as the convention grows closer.