Upcoming Convention Information – Cyphan 2 and Chicago Comic Con

SDCC 2011 may be over, but it’s still convention season somewhere! This weekend, ASM heads to Cyphan 2, a fan-produced sci-fi/fantasy convention in Rosement, IL. Cyphan is run by a friend of the site, and we like to support local conventions whenever possible. Will we see you there? And after a two week break, we head right back to Rosemont for Chicago Comic Con! We’re looking forward to seeing guests from Star Trek, Buffy, Firefly, Torchwood and more, plus see all the cool costumes, Artists’ Alley, the dealers… it’ll be another fun weekend! If you are at the convention, keep

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#SDCC – More Galleries Uploaded – eFX, QMx, and more Hasbro Star Wars!

Good evening! We’ve just uploaded what should be our last batch of new pictures! First, check out our eFX Collectibes and Anovos Productions gallery! eFX is the maker of fine prop replicas from Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and more, while Anovos makes replica clothing from Marvel Star Trek and other movies! These companies go hand in hand, and so do the pictures in the Gallery! Next we have Quantum Mechanix, featuring prop replicas and maquettes of Doctor Who, Firefly/Serenity, Star Trek, Warehouse 13 and more! Head to the Quantum Mechanix Gallery Finally, we have one final Hasbro Star Wars gallery,

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#SDCC – Mattel, Weta, Underground Toys and More Hasbro galleries!

Good morning! We’ve just uploaded a new bunch of galleries! First, check out our Mattel coverage! We have DC, Ghostbusters, Monster High, Masters of the Universe, Voltron, WWE and more! Go to the main Main Mattel Gallery or use the individual links: Mattel DC — Mattel Ghostbusters — Mattel Miscellaneous — Mattel Masters of the Universe — Mattel Monster High — Mattel Voltron — Mattel WWE Next we have Weta, featuring Lord of the Rings, Tintin and more! Head to the Weta Gallery After that, check out Underground Toys, featuring Doctor Who! Underground Toys Gallery Finally, we added a few

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#SDCC Friday Afternoon Gallery Update!

Got some more pictures for you from San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Hasbro – Star Wars – new Vintage, The Clone Wars, Star Wars Transformers and more! Hasbro – Marvel – ROCKET RACOON! Hasbro – Transformers – a second gallery of Transformers Prime toys and more. Diamond Select Toys – Minimates of all sorts Entertainment Earth – Doctor Who, Venture Bros. and more Lucasfilm Pavilion – costumes from Museum Replicas Sideshow Collectibles – Star Wars, DC, Marvel, GI Joe and more ThinkGeek – plush Portal turret, Star Wars Dark Side coffee beans, Space Slug Oven Mitt and more Keep following our Twitter

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#SDCC – Transformers Prime Panel

On Thursday, July 21, The Hub TV presented its Transformers Prime panel at Comic-Con. ASM was present at the panel in the form of Daniel and Amy Lipkowitz, and the following report is based off Daniel’s live comments, the folks at The Allspark, The Hub’s Twitter feed, and Phil’s own musings:

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Updated Convention Galleries Online

We’ve transferred a lot more of our old ASM galleries to our new format. Check out galleries for these conventions: BotCon 2002 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/BotCon-2002/index.html BotCon 2004 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/BotCon-2004/index.html Wizard World Chicago 2003 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/WizardWorld-Chicago-2003/index.html Wizard World Chicago 2004 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/WizardWorld-Chicago-2004/index.html Wizard World Chicago 2005 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/WizardWorld-Chicago-2005/index.html Chicago Comic-Con 2009 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/Chicago-ComicCon-2009/index.html Chicago Comic-Con 2010 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/Chicago-ComicCon-2010/index.html Wizard World East 2003 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/WizardWorld-East-2003/index.html Wizard World Philadelphia 2004 – http://www.asmzine.com/gallery/conventions/WizardWorld-Philadelphia-2004/index.html

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BotCon 2011: ASM’s Gallery Is Online

ASM’s BotCon 2011 Gallery is now online!  Thanks to fellow fans Daniel Suh and Gabriel Owens for providing the pictures.  Follow the links below for the full gallery or subsections: BotCon 2011 Main Gallery BotCon 2011 – Art Contest BotCon 2011 – At the Show BotCon 2011 – Con/Club Exclusives BotCon 2011 – Dark of the Moon Toys BotCon 2011 – Store Exclusives/Other Toys BotCon 2011 – Hall of Fame Displays BotCon 2011 – KRE-O BotCon 2011 – Rescue Bots BotCon 2011 – Transformers: Prime Toys

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