Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 94

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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