Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 94

COLLEC collectibles SAN DIEGO COMIC CON I unashamedly envy those that were lucky enough to score a ticket to this year’s San Diego Comic Con, because they definitely got to see in person some of the most amazing prototypes and teaser announcements from some of the world’s leading companies in pop culture collectibles. Some of my favourites from the likes of Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Pop Culture Shock Toys, and Kotobukiya took the opportunity to showcase the figures and statues that they have been working on over the past few months. And what was on display was absolutely stunning! For me, Hot Toys and Sideshow really stepped it up this year and their announcements were breathtaking. Sideshow started off with their teasers for their new classic Star Wars figures, including the long-awaited the new C-3PO, and it looks to have a pretty nice weather paint app to complement Artoo’s dirty desert look as well. ing the whole Justice League in this style displayed together would make for one awesome centrepiece in any collection! Other great classic trilogy figures on show included another fan favourite trooper in the TIE Pilot. Other companies had released versions in the past, but they didn’t scale well with other 1/6th scale figures. But this new one from Sideshow looks like it will fit in perfectly. But their biggest teasers were for the Marvel line, with Deadpool and Wolverine shown as the first characters to be released from that Universe. And they look incredible! The classic cartoon style has been really captured by Sideshow on these ones! Deadpool’s outfit looks to have lots of texture and molded detail, and the headsculpt snarl on Wolverine, along with the classic brown and yellow outfit just screams iconic! After their previous release of Bossk the bounty hunter, speculation was that the Rebel pilots would be next as the outfits were very similar. And sure enough, Sideshow announced the new Luke Skywalker figure in his classic orange Rebel pilot outfit from the Battle of Yavin. The helmeted head and outfit detail looks awesome. For gamers, Sideshow also showed off their new Starcraft figures with Raynor and Tychus shown. The attention to detail in the Terran armour is a sight to behold! The fig- “..BUT THEIR BIGGEST TEASERS WERE FOR THE MARVEL LINE, WITH DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE..” Biker Scout and Speeder Bike from Return of the Jedi. Fans have been begging for that for years, and Sideshow have finally listened! They recently listed a new R2-D2 for preorder, so the obvious question was where was the droid’s partner in crime? Well, the finally showed Aside from Star Wars, Sideshow also showed off some amazing new figures in their comics lineup, both from classic DC and Marvel lines. Their comic styled Batman and Superman figures are coming out soon, but at SDCC they showed prototypes of Green Lantern and Flash that looked very nice togther! Hav- ures might be about 16” tall, which will make them dominate pieces in any gamer’s collection. Hot Toys was not be outdone of course, and they pulled off so many surprises, going back to some classic action flicks with prototypes of the long-awaited Back to the Future