It's been a rather geeky few months...

Well, it has indeed been a rather geeky few months. I mean, I have had two geekfests and several pickups (toys-wise) since my last posting. The big news (and success) was the inaugural Denver Comic Con (DCC) that came and passed on Father's Day weekend. 

First off, I had a BLAST as my home city put it's best foot forward. Honestly, the only problem that I had was the fact that the con was taking place on a holiday weekend which kept me from experiencing the whole con. That was a different feel for me as I tend to attend all cons from beginning to the end. I'm really looking forward to seeing how DCC grows and if it can become a huge force in the Rocky Mountain region. As it is, there are many artists, writers, etc who call Colorado home and many of them were quite pleased with how it all turned out. I can't say that I blame them. 

Honestly, I'm not sure if there is such a thing as too many Iron Man cosplays...I mean, when it is done well, this is one of the better characters out there.

Wonder Man and Ms. Marvel. Very nice couple.

 I love this version of Nightcrawler and I'm always a sucker for a Jean Grey/Marvel Girl/Phoenix cosplay...

Black Widow times two with X-men movie version Sebastian Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior to DCC was the ol' stand-by, StarFest!

As a BIG fan of Red Sonja, I couldn't pass up this shot...of course, the lighting could be MUCH better...I'm no professional, that's for sure.

StaFest, once again, provided the geeky itch for my scratch as it always does. Plenty of cosplayers were around the building and I spent some good quality time in the Dealer's Room. I found some Marvel Legend figures that I was coveting (Havok and X-23) and a couple of t-shirts. 

Not all things were rosey, though. Comic Fest took place next door (actually across the street) from the Marriott at the Hyatt. The dealer's room there was a little bit of a disappointment as it was smaller than it was in the previous two years. As it was, I did find a couple of X-Men back issues that I was missing and I went back to the main convention at the Marriott. HorrorFest, a StarFest mainstay for me, was something of a disappointment this year as the good folks from "Not For The Squeamish" didn't make it out. Bummer.

Both of those disappointments aside, StarFest still provided me with several things to be thankful (and happy) for.

Let's see...cosplayers...

Lady Deadpool goofing around, of course...

I'm not sure what she is cosplayed as but, I loved the outfit.

...and then there were the guests....

Number One was in the house this year!!! Jonathan Frakes wasn't able to make StarFest last year so he made up for it this year. Very cool dude. His Q and A/panel was a highlight for this year.

I remember snapping this pic of Dark Phoenix just before passing out Saturday night...don't ask.

All in all, the springtime con season was fairly eventful in the Mile High City. DCC showed a lot of potential and, with the announcement of Patrick Stewart and Stan Lee showing up for 2013, StarFest looks like it will continue to be a big-time player.

Now, on to the Sweet 16 of Nan Desu Kan...

New additions...

I have, for quite some time, coveted Yamato Valkyries from Macross. The only problem would be their price and space in my home. You see, I don't let my geekdom rule me and many visitors to my home would never know that I am a closet otaku/fanboy. As such, the bulk of my collection can be found in my office and library. About a month ago, I finally went out on a limb and picked up a display case for my Macross toys. Since then, I have been filling said case with my new Yammy Valkyries from Macross 7.

First up was the VF-19S

This Valk is probably my favorite toy that I currently own.

The reason for the lofty praise is how solid this toy is. I mean, it has fantastic balance and a fairly good amount of die-cast to keep it solid. This beauty looks good in whatever mode you would want to display it in. My personal favorite is battloid but it looks good in all three modes (battloid, GERWALK and fighter) and has the good balance to pull off all three with no problem.

Next up is my VF-22S Miria's custom valkyrie.

While I'm not much of a fan of Red (blame Coach McCartney) mecha, I really dig this toy. I guess I like it because it IS Miria's mech after all.

Then there is my Max version of the VF-22S. I love this shade of blue. It is one of my favorite colors...then there is the fact that it IS Max's ship.

For the longest time, I did NOT like this mech because it was based on Guild's ship from Macross Plus and I hated his character. A lot. It wasn't until I read somewhere that the YF-21/VF-22 was a cross between the Zentradi Queadluun Rau and the traditional Valkyrie that I began to like this mech.

As this is something of a "catch-up" posting, I will go over my geeky con excursions soon...

It has begun...

Yes...it has, indeed begun...

With the addition of eBay on my iPhone, I have now moved back into the cel collecting arena...first up is the above cel from Macross 7 of Mylene Jenius. She is the daughter of Max and Millia Jenius from the original Macross series and is a member of the rock band, "Fire Bomber".

I love the kind of cels that show the face and shoulders of a character. I find myself drawn to them.

I also picked up a cel of the Jewel Princess from the Shin Cutey Honey OVA...I love this series as it has a very dark feel yet it is quite goofy at the same time.

I also picked up some figures from the newly re-instated Marvel Legends line from the good folks at Hasbro. First up is Hope Summers.I like what they have done with the packaging as it has a rather cartoonish looking board. Another cool thing is that they, Hasbro, have gotten into the Build-a-figure business. You know, what made the Marvel Legends line in the first place (besides the awesomeness of the sculpts and the articulation) was the build-a-figure. When Hasbro moved away from it, they found that to be a huge mistake. Taking Hope out of her blister pack I found that she is much bigger than the initial Hasbro ML offerings. I mean, she is almost as tall as my 2-pack Cable figure and taller than both my Marvel Girls (Jean and Rachel)...keep in mind that she is supposed to be a teenager....

Overall, I really like what they are doing this time around. This is a solid figure of a character that I have grown to like a lot. I have since picked up both a Dark Wolverine (Dakken) and Phantomex...man these figures are coming out fast.

Now, for how happy I am about the ML line, I'm a little disappointed with the Marvel Universe 4" figure line's latest offering.
I just got the Storm and Psylocke figures lately and color me disappointed. First off, they have done away with the stands that have come with the toys for the last 3 or so waves and replaced them with "mini comic covers"...really??? Are you serious? Then there are the extra-long necks that they have given both of these X-fan favs...ugh...and here I thought that was just an isolated incident...(cough) Wolverine (cough)...

Oh, well...while I will continue to buy them for completists sake, they will not be making their way into my display cases for a while...besides, I'm more of a fan of the 6-inch lines anyway...

Methinks this is going to be a good year...

Well....it sure has been a long time between posts but, as the title indicates, this looks like it's going to be a good year.

But first, I will give a little shout out to one of my favorite hauls from last year...my Menace from Revoltech's Queen's Blade line...

Isn't she a cutie? As I am a HUGE fan of the Revoltech line as a whole and I absolutely LOVE Queen's Blade (I am a lover of fanservice, afterall), picking this figure up was a no-brainer for me. Of course, the rest of the Krew all picked up Queen's Blade figures in this pre-Christmas HLJ order. We are planning on picking up more in the new year.

Looking at some hauls that the rest of the Krew picked up like these SH Figuarts figures from the Dragonball Kai series...

Now...these figures are AWESOME!!! (Darn you card for introducing me to this line!!!)

I REALLY want the Dragonball Kai (aka: DBZ) figures as they fit the criteria...6" figures, highly articulated and good sculpts.

They also did some figs for Kamen Rider Ryuki...WOW!!! Look at that detail!These figures are crazy sick!!!

The second wave of ThunderCats toys have come out...unfortunately, I haven't taken any pics of the figures that I have so far but I will do a review of them soon. The difference between this year and last is that the 8" line has been discontinued. In fact, they are re-releasing the Classic ThunderCat toys in the 6" mold. While there are rumors of the Classic Cheetara being a Comic Con exlcusive, I'm OK with the change as I am a big fan of the 6 inchers...This year, I am going to try my absolute best to NOT buy the 4" ThunderCat toys...We'll see how well that goes...

Somewhere around October (or so), we began hearing the rumblings of a new convention in the Mile High City. With me being an annual attendee at StarFest and NDK, I'm something of a regular con-goer in our fair city. So, the news of Denver Comic Con coming in 2012 was met with much anticipation from the Krew. In fact, I've already bought my tickets for the weekend. The only problem that I can foresee is that it takes place June 15th to June 17th which happens to be Father's Day weekend. Really DCC organizers??? Couldn't you have picked a weekend that I could have actually taken off from work? As it is, I WILL be there just...not all day everyday...

While it is still VERY early to see something like this, Indaglow,......with this con taking place in the Convention Center, there will be room to grow.

I can't wait...