Zayco, from the Spawn forums is sharing his Australian Pop Culture Expo experience with us.  Highlights from the report include meeting Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane and encountering Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere.  Let’s just say she wasn’t happy to be there.

Here’s Zayco’s full report.

Friday 4/3/05 – Preview Night:
I went to the preview night where they had a charity auction, which was… an experience.  So many greasy sweaty obese nerds dressed as everyone from The Crow, to the Merchant from Resident Evil 4, to Anime Characters.

Saturday 4/4/05
First and most importantly, I approached Todd McFarlane… …

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Our longtime reader, Paladin, hooked us up with some pictures of the movie Baroness figure he got off eBay.  This hasn’t been released in the U.S.  He got the figure for $15 including shipping from a Chinese seller.

I’m surprised how good the figure looks.  Love the outfit and her guns.  Still looks like old school G.I. Joe with a modern twist.

Movie Baroness owning old school Baroness

Closer shot

Here’s the original thread where Paladin posted the pictures.  It’d be great if you guys can share your thoughts and rants in our forum.

With Ravage

Thanks again to Paladin for …

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I accidentally found Sillof’s custom figures when I was googling for  Batman toys.  I noticed the figures on his site didn’t look familiar.  Upon doing further investigation, I found out that all the figures were created by him.

What I love about Sillof’s work is the little details he puts into each figure.  For example, the Victorian Era Aquaman.  Sillof gave him a scuba diver outfit.  But instead of wearing it on the ocean, he thought Aquaman should be wearing it on land because he has lived most of his life in the ocean.   There’s a reason for Sillof’s designs and …

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Our first ever vintage toy of the week goes to the living legend, Chuck Norris.  This toy came out when Chuck had his own cartoon tv show in the mid eighties called Karate Kommandos.  The show only had five episodes but Kenner still made toys out of it.  I don’t blame them, everyone loves Chuck Norris.

I had this toy when I was a kid and then I lost it. Didn’t think much of the figure until I saw it on Ebay and got it for less than $5. So sad that Chuck Norris isn’t worth more…but then again, I saved …

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Tformers.com has a review up for this cool looking Mickey Mouse/Optimus Prime action figure from Tomy. Oh man, I just wetted myself (I love Disney and Transformers). It’s available soon for just $50.…

Nothing much to say here except that Hot Toys is releasing a Terminator factory diorama. Honestly, it looks a bit ridiculous, and if that T700 is brand new, why is it so dirty already? This figure looks too plasticky, and the paint job doesn’t look that great. The T700 doesn’t even look metallic.

Here are some more pics so you guys can judge for yourselves. I believe that the estimated release date is April 2009, if anybody even cares. I assume that this will run for $180 just like the other movie lines that Hot Toys released.

Hey Hot Toys, ARE …

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Almost 2 years later and Michael Bay graces us with another Transformers movie. Over at Empire, they have new pics up of Soundwave and Bumblebee in toy form. Bumblebee is still a Camaro but with upgrades. But we don’t really care about that now do we?…

Vito Corleone, one of the most recognizable characters in American cinema, will be made into an action figure by Hot Toys. The press photos are up, but the figure won’t come out until 2nd quarter of this year. The Godfather is one of my favorite movies of all time, and based on these photos, this figure looks amazing.…

I went to my first ever “Doll” show at Royal-T in Culver City. I’ve heard people call these dolls “elfdolls” or “ball-jointed dolls.” Well, it wasn’t just a doll show, it was also a gathering of lolita cosplayers. I have to say that I was surprisingly impressed with what I saw. When I first heard of the event, I was expecting to see just regular looking dolls like Barbie and such. But these dolls were so much different. And NO, it’s not just for girls. Scott, the owner of Valley Of The Dolls, who co-promoted the event, is an avid …

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I am proud to announce that Toypit gave me the opportunity to be a guest reviewer for their site.  My Brute Chieftain review from the Halo 3 Legendary Collection is up on Toypit, so make sure to check it out.

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