FIGHT! Hasbro Sues DC over Bumblebee trademark
Those of you who have been wondering how there was room in the pop culture firmament for both a car that turns into a giant yellow robot named Bumblebee, and a young African American...
You will want to have these Funko Golden Girls Dorbs
In a world where geeks have taken over everything, The Golden Girls are the mighty anti-geeks, the last bastion of culture where cheesecake outranks Star Wars. And that makes Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia...
Top Cow Has a God Complex In October
In October, Top Cow is launching God Complex, a comic based on a line of toys from the Jakarta company GLITCH and based on reimaginings of gods from several different belief systems.
GOD COMPLEX is set...
SDCC ’17: Factory Entertainment Weathers the Toy Exclusives War on the Exhibit Floor
Just like the fortified walls of Mordor, one doesn’t simply walk through the San Diego Comic-Con exhibit floor. If you find yourself however either a hobbit or an avid collector of merch, this veritable...
SDCC ’17: Getting Pretty and Becoming a Unicorn at Hasbro’s Brand Preview Breakfast
Hasbro is without a doubt one of the toy juggernauts at San Diego Comic-Con, having a fairly-large slice of the collectible’s market. Just look at their line that wraps around their own booth like...
SDCC ’17: Does a Lack of Upcoming Movie Merchandise Say Anything for DC Collectibles?
On preview night of the widely hyped San Diego Comic-Con, DC Collectibles kicked off with a soiree of food, booze, and industry chatter. Some notables on hand were DC’s Jim Fletcher, Kevin Kiniry, and...
SDCC ’17: The $150 Dollar Vampirella Action Figure
Dynamite has a special Vampirella action figure dropping in September. It will put you back $149.99, but this is a little higher-end than the old Super Powers action figure line.
This is a...
You will always remember where you were when you heard that Funko is making...
Marvel has tried and tried to make the Inhumans cool and this Lockjaw plush from Funko is the closest they've come yet.
The promo material released so far for the upcoming Inhumans tv show is...
SDCC ’17: Blitzway flashes a look at their 1/4 “Basic Instinct” Sharon Stone
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, then came Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, who made going commando a new method for avoiding suspicion as a crime perpetrator....
WB Consumer Products’ president Pam Lifford is selling a lot more superhero toys
Has the current Great Licensing Era crested or is it still growing? As The Beat's Taimur Dar wrote the other day, toys and other licensing items are a ever bigger part of IP farming....
Superhero toys aren’t just for adults any more
A recent article published by Inverse describes how the primary demographic for toys and merchandise related with superheroes and other major franchises has shifted away from children and towards adults. I'm inclined to agree...
On the Scene: The Five Points Festival welcomed “tastemakers, misfits and rebels”
by Zena Tsarfin
“Welcome home, tastemakers, misfits and rebels,” was the message flashing across the digital billboard at NYC’s inaugural Five Points Festival, held at Pier 36 in downtown Manhattan this past weekend.
And with that,...
