BEAR-reakring news! The Kickstarter for Project BMOG is now over 50% funded! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1822390380/bmog-bio-mechanical-ordnance-gestalts-ursenal-vs-m Project BMOG (Bio-Mechanical Ordnance Gestalts) is a unique building toy system where wild robotic animal characters split apart into individual action figure accessories. The line’s first planned releases are URSENAL of the heroic AUGMENTOIDS (a robot bear that separates into four guns, a warhammer, battle-blade, scanner and bear-head crusher-claw) and MANTAX from the evil PARAXXOIDS (a manta ray that becomes a huge double-bladed axe-pick and a double-barreled hand-blaster). Now that BMOG is at the half-way point on Kickstarter, the creative team is hard at work on the
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Phil is the Owner/Editor-In-Chief/Chief Reviewer of ASM. He is a long time Transformers fan, having been involved in the online fandom since the early 90's. He resides with his wife in Wisconsin, but no, he doesn't like to eat much cheese.
2013 Wizard World Austin Programming Schedule Announced
Q&A Sessions With Stan Lee, William Shatner, Scott Bakula, Evening Parties, Meet-And-Greets, ‘Doctor Who’ 50th Anniversary Celebration, Marvel Movie Premiere, Costume Contests Highlight Programming At Wizard World Austin Comic Con Bruce Campbell, Robert Rodriguez, WWE® Superstar John Cena®, Jewel Staite, Ralph Macchio Q&A’s, Comics Creator Sessions, Film Festival, Evening Parties, ‘Kids Day’ Among Full Three Days Of Panels And Events AUSTIN, Texas, November 18, 2013 – Question-and-answer sessions with top celebrities like Stan Lee, Bruce Campbell, a dual panel with “Star Trek” captains William Shatnerand Scott Bakula, evening parties, a special 50th anniversary celebration of “Doctor Who,” a screening of the new animated film Marvel’s Iron
Continue readingValiant 8-Bit Digital Exclusive Now on comiXology
ComiXology Debuts Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: UNITY #1 Valiant’s First Guided View Native Comic November 13th, 2013 – New York, NY. – Comics and gaming fans prepare for a whole new level of Valiant 8-Bit greatness with the debut of Valiant’s first-ever digital-first Guided View Native comic – Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: UNITY #1. This all-new Valiant release is out now exclusively on comiXology – the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8, and the Web at www.comixology.com. Hot off the heels of Valiant’s best-selling 8-bit covers, Valiant is proud to debut its first 8-bit Guided View Native comic that has been created specifically
Continue readingValiant’s UNITY Launches on Amazon Publishing’s Kindle Worlds
Valiant is proud to announce that UNITY –Valiant Universe’s landmark super-team – is coming to Amazon Publishing’s Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that enables any writer to write stories based on a range of original works and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Pitching a star-studded roster of characters including Toyo Harada, Ninjak, Eternal Warrior and Livewire into battle against X-O Manowar, the launch of the UNITY World will coincide with the November 13th release of UNITY #1 – the oversized, 40-page first issue debut of Valiant’s newest ongoing series by New York Times best-selling writer Matt
Continue reading“Doctor Who” 50th Anniversary Celebration Event to Include Special Screening at Wizard World Austin Comic Con
“Doctor Who” 50th Anniversary Celebration Event to Include BBC AMERICA Special Screening at Wizard World Austin Comic Con on November 23 Highly-Anticipated 50th Anniversary Special Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor to be Shown at Austin Convention Center in Conjunction with Simulcast on BBC AMERICA and in Over 75 Countries NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, November 13, 2013 – For a half-century, TV viewers across the world have been captivated by Doctor Who, the longest running and most successful sci-fi series ever. In collaboration with BBC AMERICA, Wizard World Austin Comic Con fans will enjoy theDoctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Event on Saturday, November 23.
Continue readingBehind the Kickstarter – BMOG Toys
Most of you hadn’t heard of BMOG Toys until their Kickstarter went live last week. If you still are unaware, BMOG Toys is a new project headed by Trent Troop, Alex Androski, and Greg Sepelak, and the goal is to provide 5mm peg compatible accessories for a variety of toylines. These accessories are animals that are made entirely out of individual weapons, meaning you get weapons for your existing toys as well as a new animal toy. It’s awesome. You should back it. As I said, most of you hadn’t heard of BMOG until recently. So let’s step behind the
Continue readingMezco Presents Holiday Mystery Box Featuring Blue Krampus
New York – Both Krampus fans and Living Dead Dolls collectors are going wild over Living Dead Dolls Presents Krampus! To compliment the three standard colors and the one of a kind Red Krampus, Mezco now proudly reveals the final member of their quintet of holiday terror; the one of a kind Blue Krampus! The one of a kind Blue Krampus has been randomly packed in one of the 333 Holiday Mystery Boxes. Each Holiday Mystery Boxes will contain a full size 10 inch Living Dead Doll or another Mezco item, and one of those boxes contains the one of a
Continue readingASM Announces New Acquisition, Rebrands as ASMBaby
For Immediate Release ASM Announces New Acquisition and Focus With Change to ASMBaby October 22, 2013 – After nine months of negotiations, ASM has completed the transaction and acquired new BabyBot(TM). With this new addition, ASM will immediately become known as ASMBaby, to fill all your Baby News And Needs. This decision was made by both Editor-In-Chief Philip N. Zeman and ace writer Rogue Z. When asked about the change, Phil said, “… huh? Oh, sorry, wasn’t paying attention to you, was burping my kid. Yeah, we look forward to new BabyBot and the upgrades to ToddlerBot, KidBot, TweenBot, TeenBot and AdultBot, hopefully avoiding the
Continue readingThe Transformer Club Reveals Rough Art of TFSS Figures
Pete just sent over rough art of some TFSS figures. Take a look!
Continue reading#NYCC – Custom Jervis Tumblers
Anthony Brucale, the genius behind TFU.INFO, was at New York Comic Con Friday, taking pictures for us. Because of the amount of pictures, we’re going to post them in batches rather than have you wait for one long post to load up. Custom Tervis Tumblers Report by Anthony Brucale One of the more interesting and interactive booths at NYCC was brought to us by the folks at Tervis. For a moment it seemed out of place, a company that sells tumblers and drinkware; but as made my own Comic Con-themed tumbler, it started to make sense. What Tervis offered at
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