Hasbro isn't attending NYCC this year. No Star Wars. No Marvel. No Joe. Nothing. They are doing a VIP party on the Wednesday before but no official presence at the con. I got the invite, but I suspect it will be a masturbatory exercise in all things Angry Birds Telepods.

Really?  Glad I didn't get a ticket in that case.  A Hasbro exhibit would've been my primary motivation for checking out NYCC this year.  But this makes not going okay by me.

Ewok Village Review

I saw the Ewok village on display last night at a local LEGO store. All I can say is WOW!  It really is one of the more impressive LEGO sets that I've ever seen.  Time and again LEGO just shows what impressive work they can do, and that their product line is so adaptable that they can do just about anything they want to.

There's definitely a lot of place-setting that took place in the first episode of Agents of SHIELD.  It's something that every television series is going to face, even with some of the storylines that have already been set up by the previous Marvel movies.  But the points of continuity between the films and the series are definitely going to help carry the show with fans of the movie universe.

The Coulson survival storyline is clearly far more complicated than even Coulson realizes.  I see a recurring storyline here.  And I also see a character development storyline happening with Agent Melinda May.  Her first scene just screamed foreshadowing.

I have to wonder about one aspect of this.  Boba Fett figured to be the central character in both this game AND the live action series, correct?  But since the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm, it's come to light that there will be the single character focused movies.  One of those is rumored to be Boba Fett.  I wonder if Disney/Lucasfilm decided to pull the game because of possible story conflicts with a movie plot?  There's the potential for a movie to make much more for Disney/LFL than a video game.

It was nothing.  Audio clips from The Avengers and an Ultron mask.  Poor quality.

Yeah, I watched it last night before it got taken down.  It was pure teaser fare, and nothing else.  The Ultron face was really the only new element.

Saw Abomination and Grey Hulk yesterday.  And I was definitely disappointed with the size of both figures.

Agreed.  Although it looks like a lot of companies are being very conservative when it comes to licensed product lines.  A full range of action figures can be a risky proposition from a financial standpoint.

Still, I'd be very happy if a company like NECA got their hands on this license.  They've shown that they can do some amazing work.

Somebody just seems obsessed with seeking negative attention, don't you think?