Rolling Around In New York Comic Con’s Best Exclusives Of 2017

Brian Goldberg went to Bleeding Cool. He came back hardly able to walk….

NYCC exhibitors really stepped up their exclusives game this year. The variety and uniqueness of coveted items seemed to have exploded from last year’s show. NYCC had the prescience to know that some items from brands like Funko and Lego would be so coveted that a lottery was held to avoid chaos. Lessons were learned from 2016 to 2017. Toy Tokyo exclusives were now sold through the Funko booth as an additional method to stop the swag madness before it started. There was such a wide array of products this year from so many brands. This article will showcase some of the highlights.

Funko James Gunn Pop Vinyl

Funko exclusives continue to solicit the greatest demand at the show. If you were lucky enough to win the lottery with a good time slot, you stood a chance of getting some great pieces. Some that didn’t win a spot or wanted extra pieces, swarmed the booth from show opening to closing. The brand does a great job of having a wide variety of licensed products, so there was something for everyone. The figure everyone was yearning for was the James Gunn Pop Vinyl figure. Only 500 were made and a limited amount Guardians of the Galaxy director of the were sold each day. Prices for this Pop currently range from $350 to $750 on Ebay. This figure was a shared exclusive on the Funko Shop website. When the figure was posted, it sold out in a matter of second. Congratulations should be given for anyone that was able to snag one.

Funko Cuphead 2 Pack Vinyl

Funko also took NYCC as an opportunity to launch their new line of vinyl figures based on the Cuphead video game by >StudioMDHR Entertainment>. This pair of vintage styled fighters was limited to a batch of 2,500 and sold out daily. The design of the figures and the graphic design of the packaging is outstanding.

Funko Lockjaw 12” Plush

The favorite pet of the Inhumans royal family had a fantastic plush made by Funko and sold exclusively by Toys R Us. This high quality plush brought a smile to many faces of all ages.

Mezco One:12 Collective Wolverine

Mezco came with a variety of figures 1/12 scale figures. Classic Red Skull and Wolverine figures were in great demand and sold out in the afternoon of the first day of the show. The booth had a showcase of figures to come. It’s hoped that production will increase to meet demand so fans of these high quality figures are not disappointed.

Valiant x Build-A-Bear Bloodshot Plush and Comic

A few brands collaborated with unconventional manufacturers. Valiant collaborated with Build-A-Bear to create a Bloodshot teddy bear that was paired with an exclusive variant comic. This fuzzy guy was limited to 250 and retailed for $40.

Marvel Jessica Jones Poster

Marvel had some great promotional giveaways at their booth. The Jessica Jones Season 2 poster by Joe Quesada is a beautiful piece of artwork that helped create some anticipation for the 2nd series airing on Netflix in 2018. The posters were plentiful and many was able to take one home.

Marvel Conest of Champions Minimates

The Conest of Champions annex of the Marvel booth that was exhibiting the fighting game had a great premium. Complimentary Minimates of Guillotine and Civil Warrior, characters created for the app, made by Diamond Select Toys were given out daily.

BOOM! Studios Rugrats #1 NYCC Virgin Variant

There were many exclusive variants being sold on the show floor. The Rugrats #1 virgin variant by artist Malachi Ward did an amazing job of capturing the spirit of the convention, the nostalgia of the Nickelodeon cartoon, and New York City.

Lego Star Wars Brickheadz

Lego was another brand that had a lottery for scheduled time slots to purchase an item limited to the con. The Brickheadz construction kit two packs of Boba Fett and Han Solo in carbonite added some life to this previously lacklustre Brickheadz line. There didn’t seem to be too many complaints that mini-figures weren’t handed out this year. The set retailed for $40 and now sells for approximately $100 on the secondary market.

ThreeA Snow Strike Black Widow Sixth Scale Figure Variant

ThreeA set up shop at the IDW booth this year, so this lovely lass may have been overlooked. The 13” figure was designed by Ashley Wood and created for NYCC. This figure is an artist’s interpretation and definitely captured the spirit of the Black Widow. The clam shell packaging will make this highly articulated difficult to display out of box.

Kotibukiya Spider-Man Artfx Special Edition Statue

Kotibukiya is another brand that understood the spirit of New York City. An exclusive winter-themed Spider-Man statue was their big exclusive for NYCC. Peter Parker is a native New Yorker and this statue displayed the essence of the city. The 1/10 scale statue is highly detailed and comes with some interchangeable accessories.

Tokidoki Black Panther Snapback New Era Snapback Hat

Tokidoki is a wonderfully curated and stylized brand. They have so many unique creations that are delightful and cute. The Black Panther hat merged the spirit of the brand and comics.

Cloak & Dagger Bodega Swag

Freeform set up shop outside of the Javits Center to market their upcoming tv shows. Their marketing team created a “bodega” for Cloak & Dagger where visitors would draw a tarot card and win a prize based on the card drawn and everyone left a winner. I hope the show is as brilliant as this marketing strategy. I made sure to make the stand my last stop each day of the con.

Topps/Santa Cruz Skateboards Blind Bag Skateboard Decks

Topps had more than trading cards as exclusives this year. Skateboard decks created with Santa Cruz Skateboards emblazoned with Garbage Pail Kids seminal Adam Bomb designs were sold in blind bags at the Topps booth. Each blind bag deck came with a chance to score a rare variant. Lucky skaters may have gone home with a board that had one of a kind artwork. They were packaged in opaque pink bags and their patrons stood out in the vast crowd.

There was something for everyone at NYCC 2017. I hope the 2018 show continues to propel itself forward with the same momentum.

Brian is a Senior Toys and Collectibles Correspondent for Bleeding Cool, writing about all Things geek in the world of collectibles and merchandise. He’s frequently to be found prying into exclusive mysteries at conventions. If you would like to speak Geek with Brian, please email him at your.dog@gmail.com.

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Rich Johnston

Coming Soon from Funko: Rick & Morty Pop! Tees!

Pop! Tees: Rick and Morty

Adult Swim’s hit series Rick & Morty might be over for the season but don’t worry we’ve got you covered – new Rick & Morty Pop! Tees!

This series features two different Pickle Rick Pop! tees!
Pickle Rick rat party, and the blueprint design of Pickle Rick – straight from the genius mind of Rick Sanchez!

Coming this Winter!

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Daniel Pickett

The Weekly Static S01E09: Scully And Scary And Sleazy…Oh My!

Welcome back to The Weekly Static on a very sunny and chilly Friday the 13th in the northeast, which is perfect weather for hockey mask-wearing and head of your dead mother-carrying — so here’s hoping you take advantage of it!

In case you haven’t drank the Kool Aid quite yet, here’s a little reminder of what we do here: The Weekly Static is my righteously desperate-yet-endearing attempt at finding the lighter side and an interesting perspective on the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets.

Our goal? Pretty simple:

● Offer a blunt, honest perspective on a handful of random TV news posts from the past week that also highlights your relentless team of news-thirsty Bleeding Cool writers and the quality work they do.

● Spotlight a news item we might’ve missed that you should find interesting.

● Feed my insatiable ego with humble offerings of praise, adulation, social media shares, pizza, Superman Funkos, and a plethora of Eisner Award nominations.

So here comes The Weekly Static (murderer)…it’s the lyrical gangster (murderer)…excuse me mister officer (murderer)…still recap like that:

Rick’s Memory Is Still The Only Place I Can Find Szechuan Dipping Sauce

Negan Gets “Only 2” F-Bombs This Season On The Walking Dead

Jason Aldean Performs Tom Petty Song On SNL For Vegas Victims

Gillian Anderson Confirms This Will Be The Last X-Files Outing For Dana Scully

Castle Rock Season 1 Plot Details Revealed, Now With More Shawshank

Matt Ryan Rumored To Reprise Constantine Role In DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow Season 3

Elijah Wood Seeks ‘Y: The Last Man’ Role

Steven Spielberg, Bryan Fuller Rebooting ‘Amazing Stories’ For Apple

Amazon “Reviewing Options” On TWC TV Series Amid Weinstein Scandal

Watch Linkin Park’s Carpool Karaoke, Featuring Ken Jeong

Julie Plec Signs New Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV (EXCLUSIVE)

“The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” executive producer Julie Plec has signed a new multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.

Under the agreement, Plec will continue to develop new original programming for the studio via her My So-Called Company production shingle. Plec has been based at Warner Bros. since 2009, when she co-developed supernatural drama “The Vampire Diaries.” The series, on which Plec was showrunner, ran for eight seasons on the CW…”

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Ray Flook

Guardians Of The Galaxy Telltale Game Characters Get Funko Pops!

Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series has expanded into a comic book, and now a dedicated line of Funko Pops. It’s a little surprising, because I was under the impression the game was just kind of OK. But I have yet to sit down and play it, so take my assessment with a grain of salt.

Guardians of the Galaxy Telltale Series Funko Pops

Funko is excited to introduce the hit video game
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series coming to Pop!

This series features a 2-Pack team up of Rocket and Lylla! Hala the Accuser,
and the galaxy’s most dangerous woman, Gamora, also joins the lineup!

I will say that I love, love, love that Gamora. It may be the best version of her out there so far. The yellow around her eyes really pops (ha).

Since I have not played the game, I do not have the slightest idea which part Lylla plays in the game. I do know it has been quite a while since she was in the comics. A quick check says about six years! They will always find a way to get those fringe characters done, though.

Hala the Accuser is the only one here I can probably live without. I have no attachment whatsoever to Hala, so I won’t be getting it.

All of the sculpts also look great. The dark colors make these stand out. Previous Guardians Pops were vibrant and full of life and color, rightfully so. And kudos to them for not just pumping our a Star-Lord and giving us a Gamora instead. These also join the Pops for Marvel vs. Capcom that were announced about a month ago under the Marvel Gamer Verse banner.

These Telltale Guardians Pops will be coming out in January. You can preorder them here.

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Jeremy Konrad

Pennywise And Georgie Get The Vynl Treatment From Funko

Pennywise and Georgie are reunited forever by Funko.

Pennywise and Georgie IT Funko Vynl Set

There’s no I in Vynl. – because there’s always two of them.
The newest Vynl. features characters from the terrifying film It!

Will Pennywise convince Georgie to float?

This Vynl. pair features Pennywise holding his enticing red balloon,
and Georgie – complete with his raincoat and SS Georgie boat!

I personally have not purchased any of these Vynl sets yet. I keep eyeing the Stranger Things ones, but have yet to pull the trigger. This one however will be a must-buy. It may be my favorite film of the year when all is said and done. I want to get my grubby mitts on as much merch as I can. Funko is scratching that itch big time.

There are five different versions of Pennywise in Pop form. But I need more! And hey, guys: make Pops of the kids, too. I need The Losers Club for my Pop collection. Just imagine all of the variants you guys can do! You love to do variants! And I will buy them all! Please Funko, please!

The Vynl set is releasing this January. You can preorder one now right here.

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Jeremy Konrad

Coming Soon from Funko: It Vynl.!

Vynl.: It – Pennywise and Georgie

There’s no I in Vynl. – because there’s always two of them. The newest Vynl. features characters from the terrifying film It!

Will Pennywise convince Georgie to float?

This Vynl. pair features Pennywise holding his enticing red balloon, and Georgie – complete with his raincoat and SS Georgie boat!

Add them to your collection this Winter!

Coming this Winter!

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Daniel Pickett

#StrangerThings Exclusive Products Coming to @Target

With Stranger Things frenzy in full effect ahead of the Stranger Things 2 premiere on October 27, Target and Netflix have announced the perfect one-stop-shop for fans to stock up on fun and exclusive products as they prepare for season two. With exclusive apparel, accessories and housewares inspired by the show coming to Target on October 15, these Stranger Things products kick off a unique partnership with Target and Netflix to create epic, exclusive items inspired by Netflix-original shows.

October 12, 2017 –Already have the perfect sweatpants and spot on the couch picked for your fall Netflix binges? Or counting down to the season two debut of their cult-hit “Stranger Things” (just two more weeks!)? You’re going to love this news. (And not just because we told you to.) Target and Netflix are teaming up for a unique partnership to create epic, exclusive products inspired by your fave Netflix-original show. There’s lots to come, but first up: We’re turning your world upside down with special “Stranger Things” gear.

“Netflix and the wildly popular programs they create have become part of our culture and our guests’ everyday lives,” says Mark Tritton, Target executive vice president and chief merchandising officer. “This unique partnership offers guests access to merchandise they’ll find only at Target, and while we’re getting started with ‘Stranger Things,’ our plans to expand deeper into the Netflix lineup will provide guests with ongoing newness and even more reasons to shop with Target.”

And the Netflix team is pumped, too: “We’re excited to connect fans with the shows they love,” says Shauna Spenley, Netflix vice president of marketing and consumer products. “The launch of our ‘Stranger Things’ merchandise with Target is part of a broader marketing approach that reflects the overall Netflix experience and we couldn’t imagine a better partner than Target.”

So if you Seriously. Can’t. Wait. For “Stranger Things 2,” coming to Netflix Oct. 27, we’ve got some Target-exclusive stuff to tide you over—including a retro-inspired Season 1 Blu Ray/DVD set, apparel, accessories and more. So toast up some Eggos, pass the popcorn—and get ready to revel in out-of-this-world “Stranger Things” gear, coming to Target next week…

Throw-back to the first season
Remember VHS? We do—and we’re throwing back to help you relive the drama and suspense of the first season, only at Target. The packaging is cool and retro, but no need to dust off the VCR—there’s a Blu Ray/DVD set inside. Available starting Oct. 17.

Your fave characters get a Funko Pop! makeover
Eleven with Eggos, a Demogorgon, Joyce, Barb and more! Available starting Oct. 15.

Or, go old-school with collectible action figures
We’ll have two character packs—one starring Eleven, Lucas and Mike and the other featuring Dustin, Will and a Demogorgon. Available starting Oct. 15.

You need this apparel
The perfect longue-wear for your “Stranger Things” binge? These cozy, only-at-Target creations (plus many more), for sure. Men’ and women’s styles available starting Oct. 15.

Mornings are for coffee…
And we’ve got the perfect Target-exclusive mugs for you to contemplate. Barb, we’ll never forget you. Available starting Oct. 15.

Cue the music
Get ready to play this one on repeat! The soundtrack’s packed with music from “Stranger Things” and 80’s gems from The Police and The Bangles to Duran Duran and more. Target.com pre-orders start Oct. 13, and the soundtrack drops Oct. 27.

Hurry in to Target or Target.com next week to grab these—and many more—“Stranger Things” finds before they disappear.

 

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Daniel Pickett

Coming Soon: Thor: Ragnarok Lanyard, Mug, & Pop! Pens!

The upcoming film Thor: Ragnarok has even more items coming to our previously announced line.
Introducing the Hulk lanyard, Thor mug, & Thor: Ragnarok Pop! pens!

Lanyard: Thor Ragnarok S1 – Hulk

The angry green hero the Hulk, featured in his powerful gladiator gear is now your favorite lanyard!

Sport the Hulk around your neck, and take him on the go!

Coming this Fall!

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Coming in November!

Pop! Mug: Thor Ragnarok S1- Thor

Thor prepares for a gladiatorial contest with his former fellow Avenger the Hulk!

You can now enjoy your favorite beverage with Thor, wearing his gladiator gear! Now featured as a Pop! mug!

Add Thor to your collection this Fall!

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Coming in December!

Asst: Pop! Pens – Thor Ragnarok 16pc PDQ

Thor, Loki, and the Hulk are now featured as Pop! Pens!
Perfect for your home or office!

Coming this Fall!

© MARVEL

Coming in November!

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BBTS Sponsor News: Disney, Star Wars, Destiny 2, Overwatch, Pacific Rim, DBZ, GI Joe & More

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