I am on the show floor at New York Comic Con. To get you the pics you want as fast as I can, I’m hooking you into my Instagram feed. If you’re on Instagram, follow me at afpron – that’s for AFP Ron, not AF Pron :). Stay tuned for better pictures soon.
Hasbro held an “Early View” party at Studio 450 last night. I snapped some Instapics with my phone – check out the Marvel, G.I. JOE, and Transformers posts – but here are the shots I took with my camera. While the folks on hand were not completely certain on where these would land, but Black Panther, Hawkeye, and Phoenix are currently planned for the second wave of Marvel Legends in 2013.
I have resisted the DC and Marvel LEGO sets so far, but both of these sets look awesome.
Following the wildly successful 2012 launch of LEGO Super Heroes: DC Universe™, fans will preview the first construction set in the 2013 line as well as have a chance to see a LEGO Super Heroes: DC Universe 3-D mosaic featuring iconic images of Wonder Woman™, Batman™ and Superman™. Also the grand prize winner of the LEGO Super Heroes: DC Universe video contest will be announced on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a premiere of the video that garnered a prize package of $15,000 and a trip to New York Comic-Con premieres.
Attendees will also get a peek of a new LEGO Super Heroes: MARVEL™ set that launches in 2013, while a life-sized LEGO model of the Hulk™ – standing 7-feet high – will dominate the show floor. The grand prize winner of the LEGO Super Heroes: MARVEL™ video contest will be announced on Saturday at 5 p.m. with a premiere of the video that garnered a prize package of $15,000 and a trip to the show.
I hear the sound of VeeBee’s wallet emptying. These new LEGO sets from The Hobbit look like they will be awesome.
Following the first set reveal of the LEGO The Hobbit™ collection at San Diego Comic-Con, LEGO Systems will debut more LEGO stops on the “unexpected journey”, showing fans two additional LEGO The Hobbit sets on Friday, October 12th in advance of the entire collection launching this December. An exclusive minifigure giveaway will take place Friday and Saturday at 4 p.m.
Info on two sets we’re revealing on Friday:
Riddles for The Ring- Features Bilbo & Gollum in the cave. $9.99, 105 pieces
The Goblin King Battle – Features Dori, Nori, Ori, Gandalf, Goblins, Scribe and Goblin King in Goblintown. $99.99, 841 pieces
LEGO is bringing another fan favorite license to builders with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, based on the Nickelodeon series. TMNT joins The Hobbit, Super Heroes (both DC and Marvel), and the long-standing Star Wars lines in 2013. I tried to resist, but here it is… Cowabunga!
