OG13‘s art director, graphic designer, and artist extraordinaire, Lantern_Lad, shows off his customizing skills with a beautiful repaint of the world’s favourite turtles.
This was something I did for the fun of it. I love the new TMNT figures, but the lack of paint apps disappointed me. I saw it as an opportunity to do some custom detailing! Tell me what you think (did I go too far?)!
Yep, we uploaded a new header today, and once again, Lantern_Lad has outshone the very sun that warms our solar-generated, server beacons!
His work is just brilliant, so I thought that it would be nice to say thank you to him here. The header_banner can be seen at the top of this page, so I will not duplicate it here!
Thanks Lantern!
From Lantern_Lad “Now these are fun little figures… but not quite what any of us were expecting. They are very rubbery, and include hard-plastic discs for stands (though they’re not really needed since the figures are very well balanced. Only problem I really see with them is the lack of completed paint-apps on some of them.”
From the desktop of Lantern_Lad:
“Yesterday I found this little gem and I wanted to take the opportunity to show you what it can do! Personally I think this is what a playset should be… with all of the debate on cost, and shelf space… Playmates has figured out a clever way to keep the cost down while providing a medium sized playset that takes up very little shelf space!
How much space?
In pizza box mode: 9.5″ x 9.5″ x 2.5″
In Anchovy Alley playset Mode: 10″ x 10″ x 18″
Opening the box:
Artwork on the inside flap shows the figures released already and figures coming soon: Snake Weed & Baxter Stockman are some awesome upcoming additions to the collection!”
Thanks to the eagle eyes of our fellow OGer, Lantern_Lad, we have your first look at the latest trailer for the upcoming Epic that is Man of Steel!
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From our own Lantern_Lad (yes, I need to get his reporting account setup!):
Overall thoughts on Comic-Con 2012…
Over the last 14 years the convention has grown too big. You can barely move from aisle to aisle as they squeeze over 100,000 people into the center, not to mention the people that invade downtown San Diego.
However this year it seems as though it was a kinder, gentler SDCC. The guards were polite instead of thuggish, the people were helpful, with the fellow attendees actually attempting to help one another obtain those precious sought-after items. You could really see a sense of community in this Nebula of Nerds (a phrase my wife coined). Everywhere I turned I was hearing, “Oh, I’m sorry”, “oh, excuse me”, “Have a great day!”, “Have a great Con!”, and even the occasional “please” and “thank you”… things that have not been heard in the convention center since the Hollywood invasion that began about 6-7 years ago around the time Van Helsing (yeah that pile of crap movie) debuted. Don’t ask me why it was that movie that really brought the Hollywood invasion in full force… I can’t explain it.
That being said, today, Sunday, was still better than usual, but you could see the fatigue starting to set in and the typical Southern California attitudes began to emerge. That’s when I left the convention floor, traveled upstairs (strangely enough running into Black Swan on my way up the escalator) and sat down for my only panel:
The DC Nation… moderated by Kevin Smith the Warner Bros animation team (who I learned some inside information from during lunch on Saturday… more on that in a second) where they showed clips from the upcoming season of Green Lantern the Animated Series (which is in grave danger of being cancelled), Young Justice, Teen Titans Go!, a new season of DC Nation shorts, and Beware the Batman… Which, though it looks promising, I don’t think the fans will get behind a show that WILL NOT feature ANY of Batman’s regular villains at all. No Joker, no Catwoman, no Riddler, no Penguin… none of them.
The insider information I learned at lunch on Saturday was that Thundercats is DEFINITELY cancelled… never to return. They had big plans, and HUGE… CRAZY twists… but it won’t happen. Why? Well, the studio executives blames us for not buying the toys. Yes, if we wanted more Thundercats, we had to shell over money for those shitty Bandai figures.
Additionally, if that weren’t bad enough, Green Lantern toys have been cancelled from Mattel, prompting the Warner execs to delay the start of production on season 3… unless we support the show. A season that would have featured a full out war, with a certain yellow ringed CORPS. Season 2 will feature the debut of Guy Gardner, the Manhunters, and their leader… THE ANTI-MONITOR. An odd twist, but very cool.
Hasbro: No new Joe’s on display, and no rep available to talk about Joes. Star Wars Vintage line has “run it’s course” and will not continue past the next couple of waves (if we’re lucky enough to see them at retail at all)… I can’t speak on Marvel Universe, or MOTUC, or DCUC, because, I am but one man and could not cover the entire convention. Especially since I was only there 2 days!
Black Swan or Lauren Luna may have some information on those fronts…
Now, I’m off to post photos in my other thread of scantally clad women, and nerdy guys in costume!
P.S. For those of waiting for HTS (Hasbro Toy Shop) tomorrow, be warned: They sold out of EVERYTHING Joe Saturday night. I know from experience that a complete sellout on Saturday usually means VERY FEW numbers of toys going up on the site the following Monday.
First thing this morning they were also sold out of the Super Carrier which no one thought would happen. If you want the Carbonite set, the Cliffjumper or the Marvel Villains set, you will be happy… otherwise, I think we’re going to have Jinx-gate.
Lantern Lad with my favourite picture from SDCC so far!!
 
Lantern_Lad has a ton of new pictures up and ready for your review!
Our own Lantern_Lad is at the 2012 Sand Diego Comic Con, having hit the road at 4:15am. As we receive pics/info from him, we will post them here!
 Lantern_Lad with the man responsible for bringing G.I. Joe into our lives, Larry Hama! Note the OG13 swag!
One of the most beloved vipers of Cobra. Lantern_Lad nails it with his favorite custom and its easy to see why!
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