June 8, 2008 on 5:13 am | In Comic Cons, Comics, Life in NY, Toys | 3 Comments
Toys were around the con. I talked with Phil Nannay at Applehead Factory, who produces the Teddy Scares line of dolls, a toy line that I think it pretty neat.
One of the Applehead guys and I talked at NYCC two years ago and I like keeping up with what’s going on with the company. They’re pursuing a new zombie license to go with their new Vegan Zombie line (which looks hella cool, but was not in attendance for me to snap a photo). They did, however, have the 8″ Ned Kelly bear, which was an exclusive sold on a historic Pennsylvania prison’s Halloween tour.
Teddy Scares!
Sadly, there were other toys.
Belt buckles! Not the most conspicuous of items, at all. And I’m sure that when you’re getting down to it with a lady and she sees your 3-inch, blocky Darth Maul buckle, you’re in for a night of fun and games. Alone, with your XBox.
Oh, and there was this thing. I have no idea what it is, but it’s Star Wars, so it’s attractive to the aforementioned large guys with fanny packs. It might be a laundry hamper, but I’ll be damned if I can say that positively. But it’s Star Wars! Buy buy buy!
On the other side of the fence, there was this display of Heath Ledger shirts. The best Dark Knight shirt I’ve seen so far, and there was a wall of them!
The folks from The Comicbook Artist’s Guild were at the con.
Pictured are Lindsay Kraemer and Stephanie O’Donnell who were both panelists at the “Women in Comics” panel. The CAG hooks artists up with writers, editors with writers, artists with publishers, and all manner of combinations thereof. Good deal, I think I might be joining them for the $25 fee! Go CAG!
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“Oh, and there was this thing. I have no idea what it is, but it’s Star Wars, so it’s attractive to the aforementioned large guys with fanny packs. It might be a laundry hamper, but I’ll be damned if I can say that positively.”
That’s a folded-up windshield cover. So your car can look like an X-Wing. And then, after the first time you use it, it can look like an X-Wing with a broken window and penis graffiti.
Comment by Kit — June 8, 2008 #
Ha!
I considered it was one of those play tunnels that expand and kids crawl through them. But it’s too small.
Comment by Ethan Kaye — June 8, 2008 #
Hey, good meeting you guys! Glad you could stop by. Thanks for the blog shoutout. I read Wizard all the time growing up, so getting to interact with people from the magazine itself was a nice surprise.
Comment by Stephanie O'Donnell — June 9, 2008 #