{"id":19682,"date":"2015-07-08T23:04:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T03:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=19682"},"modified":"2016-01-08T04:19:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:19:06","slug":"sdcc-2015-day-0-wed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdcc-2015-day-0-wed\/","title":{"rendered":"SDCC 2015  - Day 1 (Wednesday)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And we're off! After learning, again, that Southern Californian traffic can not be trusted I made it my business to hit the road early. While I did avoid traffic in San Diego, I still got stuck in some very annoying up near L.A. further proving there just is no escape from hassle. But, I made to the hotel and then downtown by 2pm affording me time to get lunch and catch a movie before the show opened up. after that, straight to the Convention Center went I to collect my badge and await entry to the hallowed halls of SDCC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_01.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"80\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><I>The milling crowd, awaiting the Exhibitor Hall doors to open<\/i><\/p>\n<p>As is often the case, Preview Night is a blur to me now - a convulted race to see everything in a single pass, then a incongruous dash to buy all the exclusives, to middling success. The coolest reveals of the night, for me, was the return of NECA's Bat Gremlin and the 'Ultimate' Sarah Connor figures, and DST's new <i>Ghostbusters<\/i> (including Janine!). I also have to confess I was, and am, pretty impressed by McFarlane's <i>Game of Thrones<\/i> Building Sets, not only will I definitely be getting those it is weird to be excited for a McFarlane Toys product after a decade of them being low-tier in my collection.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19682 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And then, of course, there were a myriad of other booth novelties. Like Adult Swim's perennially esoteric booth, this year a scary\/psychadelic cat with a prize-slide for a tongue which faced Weta's booth, cornered by replica's of the Dwarf Ironfoot on his battle-pig, one of countless eye-rolling bad gags from the awful <i>Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies<\/i>. Legendary Picture's booth had a giant, full-size Troll from the new <i>Warcraft<\/i> army (and by looks of things, he's about to pummel poor Weta Co-Founder Richard Taylor in my photograph below) and Lego had a wild, half-scale Hulkbuster Ironman versus Hulk diorama too!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-19682 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By the end of the show I was fully laden down with two massive bags of pure Haul, so after a quick drop-off at my car it was off to dinner (we went to the Mexican place that replaced my long-time Gaslamp fav Fred's and was sorely disappointed by the new places fare) with my hotel-mates before heading back for what would prove to be the longest sleep I'd get of the show - 7 hours. <\/p>\n<p><i>Wednesday's Haul:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sdcc_w_11.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"SDCC 2015 - Day 3 (Friday)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdcc-2015-day-3-fri\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SDCC 2015 - Day 3 (Friday)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"SDCC 2015 - Minimates Mini-Figures: From Ant-Man to Zombies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdcc-2015-minimates\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SDCC 2015 - Minimates Mini-Figures: From Ant-Man to Zombies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"SDCC 2015 - Day 4 (Saturday)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdcc-2015-day-3-sat\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SDCC 2015 - Day 4 (Saturday)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Marvel Legends Sauron\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/soon-forget-marvel-legends-sauron\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Marvel Legends Sauron<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"SDCC 2015 - Hasbro Marvel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdcc-2015-hasbro-marvel\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SDCC 2015 - Hasbro Marvel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we're off! After learning, again, that Southern Californian traffic can not be trusted I made it my business to hit the road early. 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