I told Drew if you took off the boxing gloves and put a jacket on it, it could pass as an action figure of me. He said sure, or any other filipino for that matter. What a racist! lol j/k.

Manny Pacquiao Vinyl Toy Figure

So this past Friday we waited with my friend Drew for the Deph FatCap Vinyl Toy Comic Con exclusive at the Kidrobot booth. I personally broke my own comic con record for waiting in line previously held by Hasbro. Last year We waited in a three hour line for Hasbro exclusives. Well, Kidrobot smashed that record as we waited close to four hours.

The exclusive purple FatCap was limited to only 200 pieces and were only available to the first 200 people at the Kidrobot booth on friday morning. It sold out as soon as the doors to the convention opened.

The artist Deph was at the KidRobot booth and he was autographing both the toys and the boxes they were packaged in. His art has a high attention to detail as you can tell in the figures and also how he autographs each piece (which is why the line took so long).

From the photos released by Hasbro the exclusive looks very similar to the original (which you probably couldn’t buy without spending a small fortune). It’s my understanding that Soundwave will come with four “tapes”: BUZZSAW, LASERBEAK, RATBAT and RAVAGE. I’m feeling all giddy just thinking about it.

From Hasbro:
“One of the most recognizable characters from the TRANSFORMERS brand lore, SOUNDWAVE is making a retro-comeback for San Diego Comic-Con in honor of the brand’s 25th Anniversary. Hasbro is re-releasing the original 1984 edition of the figure that will include four of the SOUNDWAVE character’s cassettes, two of which have not been released since the 80′s. The cassette characters include BUZZSAW, LASERBEAK, RATBAT and RAVAGE. The four figures fully convert between robot and cassette mode and fit into SOUNDWAVE when in cassette mode.

It’s no surprise this particular Transformer was discontinued a long time ago. I’m pretty sure the target audience isn’t even old enough to remember what a “cassette” is. Maybe they should bring Soundwave back as an Ipod or an Iphone… that would be cool! Make it happen Hasbro!

Anyway, this year one of the Mighty Mugg exlcusives will be of Wolverine/Logan. From the stock photo he looks pretty awesome. For those that don’t know Wolverine is my favorite comic book character. I collected comics when I was in junior high and later on when I was in college. I was an avid reader of the X-Men and Wolverine titles.

From Hasbro, “This Righteous Rebel with claws coming to you in exclusive foil packaging for Comic Con. “Made from 100% Recycled AWESOME™!”, this X-Man sports a lovable sneer and retractable claws on both hands.” RETRACTABLE CLAWS??? SWEET!

I plan on buying a good number of these and will most definately keep one and open it. He’ll go nicely on my office desk right next to my Snake Eyes Mighty Mugg.

Hey, did I mention my son’s name is Logan? snikt!

For those of you with kids you’ve probably seen some of the Disney Car short episodes on the Disney Channel. One of those episodes has the loveable Mater telling Lightning McQueen of a time when he was a fire truck. This year’s exclusive is a 1:55th scale diecast carof Mater as that fire truck. I believe he will also come with the twins Mia and Tia skinned in dalmatian deco.

Rumor has it the set will run about $30 dollars. In comparison, last year’s Lightning Storm McQueen cost $15 dollars and came in an acrylic display case.

For those that haven’t seen the short episodes you can probably find them on YouTube. Oh, and while you’re there check out the short episode where Mater is an Import Drift Racer in Tokyo. It’s hilarious even for adults.

We still had a good time being at a different toy convention for the first time. Logan and Leia especially had fun.

Here’s the life-size Optimus Prime in Truck mode. The con was small but Optimus was huge and would be most impressive in robot mode I’m sure.

Like the Comic Con some fans at the BotCon came dressed in some pretty impressive costumes. Here’s my favorite costume of the day, Bumble Bee.

Sorry this photo has a lot of glare but here are some of the exclusives that Hasbro was selling at the BotCon. IMHO, way overpriced. $300+ for the boxed set. Nice packaging though. They were also giving a discount and a limited bonus figure away to those purchasing a membership.

For his birthday party Logan recieved a ton of toy cars as gifts. He’s nuts about cars. He got all kinds of cars… even ones that transform into robots. His favorite car is Lightning McQueen from the Disney Pixar movie Cars.

It’s no surprise that Logan’s favorite booth at Comic Con last year was the Mattel booth. They had a display of every car from the movie. They even had a large “Darth Mater” custom. It was his chance to see some of the more rare diecast cars toys such as the “Apple” Racecar and the Walmart big rig. The pictures below were taken at the booth. These are only a few of the large collection on display.

Darth Mater custom. Not sold in retail. I think it’s one of a kind.

I have yet to see the Apple car in stores. I’ll see if I can get one on ebay.

Here we see Logan trying to find a way to open the case. If you look close enough you can almost see the drool on his face.

Another toy you’d be lucky to find on the shelves. The Cars Walmart Truck, not surprisingly, is sold only at Walmart.

With the 2009 Comic Con just a couple weeks away I’m looking forward to see what Mattel has instore for us this year. I’m sure Logan will be even more excited.

• Lightning McQueen
• Mario Andretti (Italian Chase Packaging)
• Mini
• Patti
• Todd, Pizza Planet Truck
• Vitoline Pitty

Cases will also include many of the Piston Cup racers. These cars will have synthetic rubber tires!

1. Easy Idle
2. Lil Torquey Pistons
3. Mood Springs (2)
4. No Stall
5. Retread
6. Bumber Save (2)
7. Clutch Aid 
8. Shifty Drug (2)
9. Tow Cap

For those that show up at 11am you will receive a number and then you go in order of the number you were given. You can choose 5 cars to buy and then the next number will be called. If any cars are left after all numbers have gone they will be available to anyone that wants them.

My son absolutely LOVES these cars. It’s fun to collect them with him so we’ll probably attend this event and pick out a few of the exclusives.

From the SideShow Collectibles Website:
The Crimson Cobra Commander (limited to 1000 pieces) 12 inch Figure features:

* Fully articulated Prometheus male body with 30+ points of articulation
* Hooded Cobra Commander Portrait
* Shirt with Cobra emblem
* Pants
* Cape with silver COBRA emblem
* Boots
* Detailed belt with Cobra Command buckle
* Pistol with holster and 2 x ammo magazines
* Magazine pouch for Pistol Ammo
* MP-7 with short magazine, silencer, and 3 x long magazines
* Magazine pouch for MP-7 Ammo
* Dagger with scabbard and chain
* Cobra Commander gun
* 3 sets of interchangeable gloved hands
* 12-inch display base with G.I. Joe logo