New Products & Post SDCC Recap...

After play catch-up for the last week, we were FINALLY able to update our website with all the cool new products & pieces that were previewed at SDCC this past week.

While there are too many new additions to list, all of our newly added products can be found by clicking HERE.

Now for my personal SDCC recap commentary...

After attending San Diego Comic Con for the 6th year in a row, I've come to grips with the reality that a person is going spend the first two days standing in lines waiting to buy products if they want to get them before they sell out for the weekend but this year seemed unusually bad. With that being said here's some personal thoughts that I would like to share with some of the vendors:

Mattel: If you're going to double your exclusives from previous years, you had better be prepared to deal with the crowds and stop allowing dealers to buy up all of your inventory in the first two days of the show. Adding a second booth just for sales isn't going to simply solve all the problems of offering too many exclusive products.

Hasbro: Crowd control & the limit of 4 of each item per badge made operations run a WHOLE lot smoother for you this year. I see you learned your lesson from last year!

Gentle Giant: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for loosing the huge Jabba statue this year that took up three quarters of your booth in previous years! Pre-orders were a breeze to pick up and lines were not bad at all!

Hallmark: Way to go on the exclusives this year! I would have liked to have seen some type of lottery system rather than a first come first serve style of selling your products. Had you not been set up close to a wall for lines to form, crowd control would have been a nightmare for you!

Lego: Once again... you have done a fantastic job of offering your products. The lottery/drawing tickets for a chance to buy your exclusives is the best idea I've seen in a long time! It gives everyone an equal chance while weeding out the dealers. Well except for that one guy who was always in your booth at the end of the line offering $10 bucks to people to buy their "winner" tickets.

OfficalPix: While I've always enjoyed your guests and autograph offerings, perhaps the middle of the exhibit hall isn't the best choice for a booth. Might I suggest the Autograph Area in the Sails Pavilion where EVERY OTHER individual with anything sets up for autographs???

Sideshow: Once again... in my opinion you've managed to steal the show with your booth set-up, customer service, product offerings & show exclusives/management.

Elite Security: While I'm sure some of you are really friendly and intelligent individuals, just there to do a job... most of you that I've ran into are just plain asses with a chip on their shoulder & a God complex! You know who I'm talking about. They're the ones that have to have the fancy earpiece attached to a $10 radio & the ones who wear the mirrored sunglasses 100% of the time while inside the building. This year I was literally shoved out of the way while walking through an open aisle by an employee to make way for Gene Simmons. Then on another occasion... threatened to be removed from the building for taking a break and sitting against a wall for five minutes. Yes apparently for the first year in a row it's now a "fire hazard" to sit on the ground anywhere on the floor inside the building on the first floor. Who knew?

Overall I had another great year. It was extra special to me as I was able to share my experiences with my 14 year old son who attended this year with me. I'm already looking forward to next year although it's my understanding that ticket prices will go up next year. Hey SDCC... here's an idea... I'll agree to pay more for tickets next year if you agree to reduce the number of passes you sell.... fair enough?