As part of yesterday’s “Star Wars Day” celebration, Hasbro revealed two new figures in their popular 6″ The Black Series line. First off, as announced by voice actor Tom Kane on the Star Wars Instagram channel, we will be getting a figure of Yoda: And for San Diego Comic Con 2014, we will get a 6″ scale Jabba the Hutt with Salacious Crumb!
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – Overall Convention Thoughts
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! This is the fifth annual C2E2 show, and we’re proud to have been at every one of them. When the show first started in 2010, it was a much smaller affair, one that we easily could see in a day. But the show showed promise of growth, and boy did it grow. By 2012, we decided it was large enough to warrant a weekend trip, and our instincts were proven right. Each year C2E2 has been bigger and better,
Continue readingFree Comic Book Day Returns Tomorrow – May 3rd
Yes, it’s time once again for the annual Free Comic Book Day event happening at a Local Comic Book Store near you! If you don’t know where one is, here’s a handy Comic Book Store Locator. They may have special events going on – check out How to Love Comics’ Directory of FCBD Events and see if your local store is doing something cool. Is it difficult to participate? Heck, no! You go to your comic store. You get at least one free comic from a special selection of free comics. You leave happy. See, there’s even a video explaining how easy
Continue readingDark Horse Digital Announces “May the 4th Be With You” Sale
Free starter bundles for new readers, plus a galaxy of Star Wars comics for $30 or $100: reader’s choice! MAY 2, MILWAUKIE, OR—Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fan in your life! The Star Wars May the 4th MegaBundle places over 3,700 pages of Star Wars comics goodness
Continue readingFunko Announces Hikari and Weekly Hikary Friday Contests for Exclusive Figures
Funko Introduces HIKARI & HIKARI FRIDAYS! What is Hikari? Hikari, meaning ‘light’, is a highly collectible line of clear Sofubi Vinyl Figures. These will be ultra-limited and piece runs will range from 500pcs-5000pcs depending on the treatment. Each Hikari piece will include a hand numbered card to prove authenticity and rarity. What are Hikari Fridays? Each Friday Funko will be announcing a new Hikari Japanese Vinyl Figure! To start off Hikari Fridays, Funko is announcing the first Hikari figure — the Metal Mix Leonardo Hikari Vinyl Figure. It’s limited to 500 Pieces Worldwide and will be available for purchase in June.
Continue readingFunko Reveals Series 6 of Star Wars Pop!
In honor of “Star Wars Day”, Funko has sent over pictures of Series 6 of their “Star Wars” Pop! Line! Featuring a huge (relatively speaking) Wampa pop vinyl figure that stands at 6″ tall , this line will also bring you bobble heads of Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear, Bossk, Emperor Palpatine, Hammerhead, and a Biker Scout. Yes, that Wampa is as awesome as you think it is. You have to wait until June to get these, though.
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – The Diamond PREVIEWSworld Booth
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! Diamond PREVIEWSworld was at the show, displaying products that you can order through their magazine. We took some pictures of things that caught our eyes.
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – Full Coverage Round Up
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! This sticky will let you find all our coverage in one handy place. Overall Convention Thoughts The Anovos Booth The Diamond PREVIEWSworld Booth The Diamond Select Toys Booth The Kosart Atelier Booth The Saturday Costumes The Valyrian Steel Booth
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – The Anovos Booth
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! One of the booths we spent a lot of time at was that of Anovos. When we had seen pictures appear that showed they had new Star Wars costumes, we knew we had to have a talk. You see, here at ASM, we love costuming and we love Star Wars costumes. We have costumes, we are members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion, and we have made many great friends through those organizations. So, now Anovos is going to make high-end Star
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – The Saturday Costumes
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! We love costuming here at ASM, but unfortunately we didn’t get to see as many costumes as we would have liked, since we were only at the show on Saturday. Still, we enjoyed what we saw, and we hope to spend more time at the show next year. Here are some of our favorites from Saturday.
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