Countdown to @Comic_Con: 34 Days
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @AdamReisinger
Note: This is part of an ongoing series looking ahead to San Diego Comic-Con 2011, as contributor Adam Reisinger prepares to attend the convention for the first time.
Holy crap, we're basically a month away from San Diego Comic-Con. That's insane. Somehow it seems too close and too far away simultaneously. I didn't really realize quite how imminent the show was until I started getting multiple "pre-order SDCC exclusives" e-mails this week.
Now, when I'd originaly planned my SDCC trip, I wasn't too focused on show exclusives for a few reasons:
1. The cost quickly starts adding up, especially when dealing with stuff like statues and busts
2. When you buy them at the show, you have to deal with transporting them back across the country
3. Many of them aren't really "exclusive" anyway; some can be pre-ordered for non-attendees while others don't sell out in San Diego and are available for weeks after
But eventually the reality of "I'm going to Comic-Con and I can easily buy all this stuff" sinks in. That happened for me a couple days ago, when I finally put in a pre-order for the SDCC exclusive issues of the "Dollhouse" comic from Dark Horse and the "Charmed" comic from Zenescope, along with the Emma Frost statue pictured up top.
As for what else I'm going to get, well that's going to take some planning -- and even with that planning I probably won't know for sure until I'm walking the show floor. Bleeding Cool has a nice list of Previews exclusives, and AwesomeToyBlog is keeping an updated list of action figures, statues and the like that is regularly updated as new exclusives are announced.
Perhaps the most impressive list I've seen so far comes from the SDCC Blog, which has an ongoing list of exclusives along with pretty good pictures of each. Among the ones I haven't ordered yet, here are the top 5 items I want to get (in no particular order):
- Ultimate Fallout #1, White Cover Edition
- "The Simpsons" Comic Book Guy Ornament
- Gremlins Gizmo Comic Con Edition
- Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man - Carol Ferris Barbie Doll (for my niece, I swear!)
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