NY Comic Con '13: Part 2 - Figures and such

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So, what was there to see? Every thing geek/fandom you could possibly imagine, for the most part. The vendors area was probably as big as two football fields and there were booths for EVERYTHING. Major production companies for anime, TV, books? Check. Toy, collectible, comic vendors? Check. Booths selling custom art prints? Check. Dance dance revolution on a stage? Check. An area where you can play video games with 15 other people on giant monitors? Check. Booths where you can buy artwork from famous people in the comic book industry and get it signed while you're at it? Check. Booths selling boxes upon boxes of hentai? ...Check.

Yeah, they had pretty much everything.


You probably don't know this, but I'm a big fan of figures, especially PVC anime figures. I only have 2 (which, coincidentally, I bought at this convention) but nevertheless, I think they're way cool. And boy was there no shortage of them at the con.

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These little guys were at almost every toy booth in the anime section of the con. They're called Nendroids and they are tiny 2-3 inch chibi figures. (small bodies, big heads) that go for $8-12 a pop.
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Yes, pony too...
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They also had some really intricate and expensive figures there, like these Iron Man suits. By the way, these are made from almost entirely die-cast metal parts and the SMALLER ones went for $610.
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There was also a booth set up by the Good Smile Company, which makes like 90% of anime figures, and definitely make all the best quality ones. They were showcasing new figures for 2014 that aren't even available for pre-order yet. And they are definitely the next generation of collectible figures, the intricate detail on these was astounding.
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They also had a lot of retro toys for sale, such as the power rangers you see up there, Ninja Turtle toys, etc.

But those are just figures, which barely scratches the surface of crazy/awesome/cool/weird merch they had available, which is what my next post in this series will be about. ^.^


So stay tuned for more!
Oct 17, 2013
  • Saikyo
    Saikyo Oct 18, 2013
    Grrr, did you see any K' or Ash Crimson cosplayers? Come on, there have to be... I need some KOF cosplay!

    These pics are also very nice. I can't wait to see more!
  • Frost
    Frost Oct 18, 2013
    If I did I probably didn't recognize it, I'm not familiar with KOF. :/
  • Saikyo
    Saikyo Oct 19, 2013
    That's alright, it's not really something people absolutely go out of their way to know about. Knowing Comic Con, there was probably an entire group of KOF cosplayers. They tend to meet and do KOF tourneys.
  • Frost
    Frost Oct 19, 2013
    I can't remember anything specific, but now that I'm looking at some of the characters, a few of them look familiar but I think I just chalked them up as Street Fighter costumes. :3
  • Derpy_alicorn
    Derpy_alicorn Oct 19, 2013
    were there whovians/doctorwho fans
  • Frost
    Frost Oct 19, 2013
    Are there trees in a forest?

    Haha, j/k - but yes, there were lots of Dr. Who fans there, although I don't really have any pictures of it cuz I'm not into it and because I probably didn't recognize even half of the Dr. Who merch and cosplay.

    For instance, I did see some people dressed as Dr. Who, but there are like 13 other doctors I don't know, so what I was able to recognize was probably only a small fraction of what was actually there. I think I did see some Dr. Who "monsters" as well, but I couldn't really tell. All I know about the show is snippets from memebase and the chatter I overheard from the people around me at the con. Does Dr. Who have monsters even...?
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