Unboxing the DC Legion of Collectors Green Lantern Funko Box

Always leave them wanting more. For what may in fact be the final DC Legion of Collectors Funko box, they gave us the best one that they have done. The Green Lantern-themed box is one that fans and subscribers wanted almost from the start, and anyone who picked this one should be more than happy with its contents. There were a lot of possibilities with a Lantern box — which Corps would be represented? Which characters? Which Corps leaders? Would we get a fidget spinner?! Thankfully no on that last one. Let’s take a look at what we got.

The box, of course, is just like the others. I will say that I have always enjoyed the silhouette artwork they used for these the most of any of the boxes. I will miss that.

Once opened, you see that the only Corps really represented is the Green Lanterns. Nothing wrong with that at all; this is a Green Lantern box after all. The Lantern stress ball is okay — nothing too exciting there. I do like the shirt, even though John Stewart is not looking his best here. I wish it had been a Pop shirt.

Anyone who has ever read any of my Funko articles on here knows how much I love the Pint Size heroes. And these became two of my favorites as soon as I laid eyes on them. Sinestro looks incredible, and the Hal Jordan is adorable. They even have little rings on their hands. Even the packaging is great. I only wish we got more exclusive Pint Size in other boxes.

Which brings us to maybe the best Pop exclusive in any of their boxes. This Pop three-pack Ch’p, Guy Gardner, and Kilowog are three of the best-sculpted, best-looking Pops I have ever seen. Each one has very distinct looks — Ch’p with his tail, Guy with the lapels, and the entirety of his figure. Kilowog is one of my favorite Pops in my collection already. He was always one of my favorite Lanterns, but man, does he make a great Pop.

If this is the last DC box, then it is by far the best one just on the Pop alone. While I have not always liked every DC box, there were more hits than misses. Let us hope that the DC Legion of Collectors box is not gone forever and does in fact come to be a retailer exclusive.

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Oscar-Nominated Film The Shape of Water and Guillermo del Toro Get Funko Pops!

The Shape of Water is the most-nominated film in the 2017 awards season, and the aquatic love story has hit a chord with fans the world over. The gothic beauty of a girl-meets-monster story was perfectly brought to the screen by del Toro via FOX Searchlight, and now to your shelf and desk by Funko.

That’s right — Funko has released a set of POP! vinyls featuring Guillermo, Eliza (played by Oscar nominated actress Sally Hawkins), and the Amphibian Man (played by the should-have-been-nominated Doug Jones).

Del Toro’s figure sports glasses, his facial hair (with a tiny soul patch of grey), his signature golden ring, and a book. The Eliza has the custodian with her trusty broom, and green uniform dress. The Amphibian Man is raised on one leg, as though floating in water, with an outstretched finger.

Check them out:

One of the most talented directors in the film industry – our friend
Guillermo del Toro –  will now be memorialized as a Pop!,
alongside characters from his Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water!

The unique relationship between Amphibian Man
and Elisa is dramatized in one of the stand out films of 2017.
Now you can collect Amphibian Man and Elisa who is shown with a broom!

No release date has been set for these figures, but we’ll keep you updated.

Don’t forget to see how many Oscars The Shape of Water takes home when the 90th Annual Academy Awards air on Sunday March 4th.

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Coming Soon from Funko: Guillermo del Toro & The Shape of Water Pop!

One of the most talented directors in the film industry – our friend Guillermo del Toro –  will now be memorialized as a Pop!, alongside characters from his Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water!

Please Note: Final Images Coming Soon.

The unique relationship between Amphibian Man and Elisa is dramatized in one of the stand out films of 2017.
Now you can collect Amphibian Man and Elisa who is shown with a broom!

Please Note: Final Images Coming Soon.

Add Guillermo del Toro and The Shape of Water to your Pop! collection this summer!

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Weird Al, M. Night, Ronda Rousey, and More: The Weekly Static s01e29

I know you wanna leave me, but I refuse to let you go. If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, I don’t mind cause you mean that much to… The Weekly Static!

A plague of locusts upon your homes if you didn’t know that was The Temptations  – and I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for you meddling…

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. So The Weekly Static (myself, Rocky, Trejo, Bat-Murr and Margot Staten) makes you three promises…free of charge (minus postage & handling)!

● Offer blunt, honest perspectives on five TV topics from the past week covered by Bleeding Cool’s team of news-thirsty writers. Just to be clear? My views are my views and don’t reflect on the writers. We own what we say 110%.

● Spotlight a news item that we missed when it first hit, but we’re pretty sure you’ll want to know about.

● Feed my insatiable-yet-fragile ego with buckets of praise, adulation, social media shares, pizza, Superman Funkos, Eisner Awards, write-in votes for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (…damn right…) and a chicken parm hero.

But before we get to our “Top 5,” I think it’s time for a…

The Blacklist: Megan Boone Pledges No More Assault Rifles for Liz Keen

Heathers: Paramount Network Delays Series in Wake of Parkland Shooting

A.P. Bio: NBC Moves up Glenn Howerton’s Class Schedule by an Hour

John Oliver Victorious: Lawsuit Against Last Week Tonight Dismissed

Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Kurt Angle Welcome Ronda Rousey

Apple Lands Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Psychological Thriller Series as Wayward Pines is Cancelled

‘The Hamilton Polka’ from Weird Al Yankovic Is Here

Jennifer Carpenter & Morris Chestnut To Star In NBC Pilot ‘The Enemy Within’

“Written and executive produced by Woodruff and directed by Mark Pellington, The Enemy Within is a character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It focuses on former CIA agent Erica Wolfe (Carpenter), the most notorious traitor in modern history and most hated woman in America, who is brought out of a federal supermax prison by the FBI to help stop some of the most dangerous acts of espionage threatening the United States today.

Carpenter’s Wolfe is a highly intelligent codebreaker who learned her craft from her father and disclosed highly sensitive information to a former Russian intelligence agent. Chestnut will play Will Keaton, an FBI counter-intelligence agent who had brought down the traitor Erica Wolfe and whose fiancee had been murdered as a result of Wolfe’s activities.”

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Tom Holland is First Avenger to Deliver Toys to Kids as Part of the Marvel: The Universe Unites Campaign

Tom Holland surprised children at the LAC+USC Hospital in LA with the first of $1 million of toys donated to charity through the Marvel: The Universe Unites charity campaign today. Holland, Spider-Man for those who don’t know, showed up in an Amazon truck to give the kids toys donated by everyone’s favorite Pop vinyl figure company Funko.

Marvel’s Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland, made a surprise visit to LA County + USC Medical Center today to personally deliver the first of $1 million worth of toys donated by Funko to Starlight Children’s Foundation. Tom arrived in Amazon’s Treasure Truck to make the special delivery before spending time with children at the hospital.

The surprise is part of Marvel: The Universe Unites, an epic charity campaign combining the super powers of the cast of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War to help support children’s charities and count down to the launch of movie related products on March 3.

Tom commented, “These kids are real-life super heroes – it was an inspiring experience to spend some time with them and deliver the first batch of toys from Funko. I’m honored to be a part of such an incredible cast and to support this great campaign that aims to bring joy to the lives of hospitalized children and their families.”

The week-long event kicked off with a social media challenge for the stars of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War. Cast members received special toy care packages filled with new products celebrating their Marvel character to be donated to children’s hospitals. Their mission? To create a picture or video to reveal the new toys to fans and post on social media with the goal of collectively reaching a million likes. The Super Heroes moved at record speed with their #HeroActs posts and reached the goal in less than 24 hours, unlocking a $250,000 donation to Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Super Heroes lending their support in this campaign include:

• Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)

• Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier)

• Karen Gillan (Nebula)

• Paul Bettany (Vision)

• Mark Ruffalo (Hulk)

• Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)

• Dave Bautista (Drax)

• Don Cheadle (War Machine)

• Zoe Zaldana (Gamora)

• Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther)

• Tom Holland (Spider-Man)

• Pom Klementieff (Mantis)

Starting on March 3, Amazon will also be supporting the campaign with a special Amazon Wish List where donations will be directed to Starlight.

The campaign will culminate this Saturday and Sunday March 3rd and 4th when shopDisney.com and Disney stores in the U.S. will donate 10% of sales of all Marvel products to Make-A-Wish® to help grant life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Gets a New Wave of Funko Pops

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will indeed be getting a second wave of Funko Pops this year. The film hits home on March 27th, some point after you can collect this wave of creatures and character updates for the always-expanding Star Wars Funko Pop line. There are some cuties here; Luke gets another Pop, more Porgs, and two new movie moments celebrating the most iconic scene from the film (no matter how you felt about it). Let’s take a look:

First, the Movie Moments. These two sets will honor the spectacular Throne Room scene from The Last Jedi when, for a brief moment, all was right in the galaxy and Kylo Ren and Rey fought side by side to take down Snoke and his Praetorian Guards. I love the little light bursts where the sabers and energy blades are meeting. Both of these will be must-buys.

After the movie moments, we get a six Pop wave of figures. The sad Porg is going to be popular, as will the Vulptex. That one is one of the cutest Star Wars creature Pops they have ever done. The Ahch-To caretaker is immortalized, along with resistance pilot C’ai Threnalli. Rose Tico’s brave sister Paige gets a Pop of her own, and finally a Force projection Luke Skywalker from the Battle of Crait rounds out the six. Man, is that Luke awesome. He should be in the brush-off-the-shoulder pose, but I digress.

There is no firm release date for this wave yet. There is also no info on whether any of these will be exclusive, but I don’t think that’s the case — they usually note that right away. I would say these would be out sometime in May/June before the summer convention season really takes off. Keep an eye here for preorders to go up.

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Coming Soon From Funko: Star Wars – The Last Jedi Wave 2!

Now available for pre-order, more Funko products from Star Wars: The Last Jedi! Introducing two new movie moments and a new wave of Pop!

Pop! Star Wars: Movie Moment – The Last Jedi

Kylo Ren and Rey’s epic battle scene with the Praetorian  guards are now two different movie moments! Set them back to back to recreate the scene!

Licensor approval pending.

Coming in 2018!

Pop! Star Wars: The Last Jedi W2

This wave includes new characters and variants!
Gaze into the big eyes of a sad Porg, Poe Dameron’s wingman C’ai Threnalli,
a caretaker from Ahch-To and Roses sister Paige join Pop!
Rounding out the series comes a Vulptex and Luke Skywalker
from the final battle scene with Kylo Ren!

Licensor approval pending.

Coming in 2018!

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DC Comics Brings Jim Lee, Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, and Dan Jurgens to SXSW

Oh, look, DC Comics has a new logo, especially for the SXSW occasion next week!

Warner Bros. Television and DC are inviting fans into their SXSWXDC Super Hero lair for the duration of SXSW (March 9th–18th). The DC/WBTV bunker will not only feature the House of El’s origin story with the upcoming SYFY drama Krypton (premiering March 21st), but also Gotham City’s wheels, with a display of Batman’s iconic onscreen Batmobiles and Bat-cycles.

DC fans can also stop by to celebrate Superman’s 80th anniversary and to meet DC comic book writers and artists Jim Lee, Frank Miller, and more. There will be free Jitters coffee direct from Central City; exclusive beer tastings from Supernatural star Jensen Ackles’s local brewery, Family Business Beer Company; a look at how the Constantine comic has been resurrected as a digital series; photo-ops with Teen Titans Go! and the original creature from Critters; exclusive merchandise; cast and producer signings with WBTV’s Black Lightning, and more.

Located just a few blocks from the Austin Convention Center, the DC/WBTV SXSW Experience is located at 717 Red River Street (a pedestrian-only area between 7th and 8th Streets). An official SXSW Event, the DC Experience will be open to SXSW Credential Holders (and the public) from Noon–10 p.m. daily for the duration of the Festival. In addition to the centerpiece DC Pop-Up Shop, fans will be able to interact with the worlds of comics and Super Heroes within the dedicated space. Highlights of the Pop-Up Shop and DC Experience include the following:

• The DC Pop-Up Shop: Measuring 40 feet by 10 feet, the high-tech DC merchandise shop features a free Jitters coffee bar by day/beer tasting station by night, but also interactive displays covering the history, art and influence of DC Heroes — from their earliest origins to the pop culture powerhouses that those Super Heroes represent today.
• Batmobiles: The Dark Knight will also have a presence in Austin with a display of Gotham City’s coolest wheels, including three of Batman’s iconic onscreen Batmobiles and two Bat-cycles. Fans can get up close and personal with Val Kilmer’s 1995 retro winged Batman Forever ride, The Dark Knight’s Tumbler and Bruce Wayne’s latest Batmobile from Justice League, in addition to Batgirl and Robin’s tricked out super cycles from 1997’s Batman & Robin.
• Superman’s 80th Anniversary Exclusive SXSW Book & Poster: Featuring new art by Jim Lee, this limited-edition book celebrating Superman’s 80th anniversary is only available at SXSW 2018. Comprising some of the best Superman stories, this latest edition includes new stories and custom artwork. Fans can also have the opportunity for legendary artist and DC
• Publisher Jim Lee sign the book at one of his appearances during SXSW. In addition, customers of the DC Pop-Up Shop who purchase $50 or more of merchandise will receive a limited-edition poster that highlights all 1000 Action Comics covers, featuring the Man of Steel. Click here to view the Action Comics #1000 poster video.
• Talent Appearances & Signings: Visiting talent from both WBTV and DC Entertainment will stop by to meet fans and sign autographs. The cast from WBTV’s Black Lightning is currently scheduled to attend, alongside noted DC writers and artists including DC Publisher Jim Lee (Batman: Hush), Frank Miller (The Dark Knight trilogy, Batman: Year One), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics #1000, Man of Steel) and Dan Jurgens(The Death of Superman, Action Comics). Tickets will be available on Eventbrite starting Friday, March 2.
• LED Megascreen & Giant Comic Panels:  On the back side of the Pop-Up Shop, facing the street, an enormous 15-by-9-foot LED screen will be running living art (motion graphics) of iconic comics and high-impact, super-powered video clips and trailers featuring DC Super Heroes from comics, film and television. Flanking either side will be a series of two dozen 7-by-4-foot flip panels featuring titan-sized reproductions of some of the most iconic comic book covers in history. There’s also behind-the-scenes looks at how comics are made and how the new animated digital series Constantine from Blue Ribbon Content and Warner Bros. Animation goes from script to screen. An amazing photo opportunity, SXSW fans can stand face-to-face with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and more as they look out from life-sized comic books, providing a wealth of social media interaction with Instagram-able moments.
• Exclusive DC Merchandise: Available for purchase will be some of the greatest DC graphic novels and volumes of all-time, including fan-favorites and cult classics such as The Death of Superman, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Killing Joke, Crisis on Infinite Earths and more. Also available for purchase onsite will be a selection of exclusive DCXSXSW-themed T-shirts featuring DC’s greatest Super Heroes and more. In addition, DC fans will be able to purchase a curated selection of DC Funko Pop! Figures, including fan-favorites from the worlds of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans, Batman, Superman and more DC Super Heroes. Limited edition 10th anniversary collections of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s DC Universe films will also be available.
• Batman X Superman:  The Man of Steel and the Dark Knight come together at SXSW with an epic billboard display using artwork from legendary artist (and DC Publisher) Jim Lee. Epic by day, the 60-by-12-foot mural also come alive at night with Batman’s Bat Signal and Superman’s S-Shield. Plus, fans can stand next to the monumental 16-foot statue of Superman seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
• Free Jitters Coffee: Any fan of WBTV’s The Flash (Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW) will be familiar with CC Jitters, the go-to coffeehouse of the extended Arrow-verse. Free coffee will be offered from Noon–6:00 p.m.daily. But when, darkness comes, this carefree coffee bar will become…
• Oswald’s (with Free Beer): The bar and nightclub featured on WBTV’s Gotham (Thursdays at 8/7c on FOX)is owned and operated by Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin. From 6:00–10:00 p.m. nightly, Oswald’s will be offering free beer tastings directly from local Austin brewery Family Business Beer Company, which was recently opened by Supernatural star — and local resident — Jensen Ackles.
• Evening Performances with Laserman: On Friday and Saturday nights, the SXSWXDC Experience comes alive with the out-of-this-world performance art of Laserman! The Italian dancer and his partner will each inhabit a pair of massive 12-foot crystal spheres and engage in a choreographed laser-enhanced performance to the epic Justice League soundtrack music from Danny Elfman. Justice League will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 29, 2018.
• Teen Titans GO! to SXSW and More: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Teen Titans GO! to the Movies will be released on July 27, 2018. But before the Teen Titans go to the movies, they’re coming to SXSW! Teen Ti-fans can capture a photo opp by joining the Jump City animated heroes in action. In addition, fans can vocally contribute to the upcoming Teen Titans GO! to the Movies by entering the “Scream Booth” and recording their best screams. These will, in turn, be used in the July release of the animated feature. Finally, if you haven’t had the chance to get up close to a Critter, now’s your chance. One of the cute and creepy alien Krites from the New Line sci-fi horror comedy franchise will be on hand to take pictures with brave fans (before they’re later eaten, of course).
• Interactive Sidewalks and Holograms: When fans enter the space, they’ll be surprised to learn that the ground they’re walking upon will come alive with an interactive sidewalk and holograms that activate with three-dimensional Super Hero logos from all six members of the Justice League.
• Blue Ribbon Content:  In addition to highlighting their new digital animated series Constantine (streaming on CWSeed March 24), Warner Bros. Television Group’s digital studio Blue Ribbon Content will have its own space to highlight upcoming projects and foster creative development in the SXSW community.

The DCXSXSW Pop-Up Shop and Experience will be open March 9th–18th, from 12 p.m.–10 p.m. daily and can be found at 717 Red River Street, Austin, Texas.

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