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Thursday, February 26, 2009

IMAGE COMICS BRINGS IT HOME THIS WONDERCON WEEKEND!

Image Comics announces plans for their hometown show, including the greatest comic book cover of all time!

This weekend thousands of comic fans will flood San Francisco's Moscone Hall for WonderCon 2009 to meet their favorite creators and the publisher who brings it better than any other, the Bay Area's very own Image Comics!

"Its always fun to travel to conventions, but nothing beats the hometown show," Image Comics Founder and Illustrator of the WonderCon Exclusive SAVAGE DRAGON #145 Erik Larsen said. "It may not be the biggest, but its certainly one of the best! Plus, its a particularly important con for me as this week marks the big relaunch of SAVAGE DRAGON! Im excited to hear what the fans have to say about the big issue!

Throughout the weekend Larsen along with VIKING's Ivan Brandon, ELEPHANTMEN's Richard Starkings & Moritat, DARKNESS' Michael Broussard and Top Cow Productions Publisher Filip Sablik and will be available at the Image Comics booth signing autographs and selling exclusive items! However, the convention doesnt truly begin until Fridays Image Comics Show at 3-4 PM in room 103 featuring Larsen, Starkings, THE GREAT UNKNOWNs Duncan Rouleau and Champions Onlinewriter John Layman with the first word on an all-new project! In addition, the already much coveted SAVAGE DRAGON #145 variant featuring President Barack Obama taking on Osama Bin Laden will be available starting Friday for a very limited amount of time with a select few fans randomly winning a copy during the Friday panel. If thats not enough GODLANDs Joe Casey, PHERONEs Viktor Kalvachev, NEW BRIGHTON ARCHELOGICAL SOCIETYs Mark Andrew Smith and many more will stop by the booth!

Image Comics can be found at booth #407 during Wondercon, February 27 - March 1st 2009, taking place in the San Francisco Moscone Center.

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MEZCO REVEALS NEW TERRORS AT TOY FAIR

Mezco’s frighteningly popular line of horror stars returns with a terrifying new lineup. Making their debut at the 2009 International Toy Fair in New York, Freddy Krueger of Nightmare On Elm Street, Leatherface of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Jason Voorhees of Friday The 13th return to bring some fresh blood to the world of collectibles with six thrilling new offerings:

TINY TERRORS
Legendary monsters that fit in your pocket!
Mezco’s new Tiny Terrors will send fun filled chills down your spine!
These chunky mini versions of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface are ready to jump out of the shadows and into your toy chest. Each feature articulated parts and are packaged individually.

CINEMA OF FEAR 3.75 INCH FIGURES
Fear comes to 1/18th scale!
Mezco’s newest scale format is now part of the Cinema Of Fear collection. Reducing horror icons and keeping all the detail and articulation, each figures comes with film accurate accessories. Jason Voorhees has a machete, ax, and removable mask. Freddy Krueger has a removable hat and garbage can lid. Leatherface comes with his trusty chainsaw and mallet. Each figure comes packaged with its own display base.

CINEMA OF FEAR MINI PLUSH
Horror never looked so cuddly! Mezco recreates Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface as 100% plush figures. Each freestanding figure is approximately 7 inches tall and is complete with their famous accouterments; Jason with his machete, Freddy with his glove, and Leatherface with his chainsaw.

DELUXE 12INCH NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FREDDY
Mezco celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of A Nightmare On Elm Street with a deluxe 12inch Freddy Krueger figure. Featuring nearly a dozen points of articulation, this rotocast killer features a real cloth film accurate sweater. Lift the sweater to reveal the souls of Freddy’s victims imprisoned in his chest. Freddy features a miniature of the marionette as seen in his 3rd film, and a removable hat.

URBAN VINYL NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET FREDDY
Continuing their highly popular series with a third offering, Mezco gives Freddy Krueger the urban vinyl treatment and creates and instant classic. Featuring 8 points of articulation, Freddy comes with a scale Elm St sign and a removable cloth sweater, as well as the infamous tongue phone.

CINEMA OF FEAR HELL RODS
Mezco’s mash-up of Horror Icons & Monster Hot Rod art are a perfect fit.
Mixing its popular Cinema Of Fear line with custom car culture and Urban Vinyl, and the result is awesome! Cinema Of Fear Hell Rods feature three maniac drivers; Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface. Each is approximately 4 inches tall and feature insane detail. A must have for horror fiends, gear heads & collectors of the cool.

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LittleBigPlanet Action-Figures Invade Store Shelves This Spring

The very first LittleBigPlanet merchandise makes its 'littlebig' debut at Toy Fair 2009 with brand new action-figure lines from Mezco Toyz. The debut features an assortment of SackBoys, in a variety of sizes, and merchandise, in all his textured and stitched glory. Mezco Toyz will be displaying various SackBoy characters, poses, and costumes. LittleBigPlanet is a video game unlike any other! From Sony Computer Entertainment, and developed by Media Moleule. Available on Playstation 3, it is a community-based video game that allows gamers to play, create and share their masterpieces in a stitched-together, 3D-crafted material world. It's a world of vast imagination, charged with creativity, a world of ethereal dreamscapes. Players explore this world by controlling the iconic and infinitely customizable SackBoy™ in all his many textured and stitched personas. SackBoy is a next-generation icon that you can customize to fit your own personality. The video game lets you choose from hundreds of accessories and tons of costumes. Burlap? Leather? Yarn? Denim? You can design your custom SackBoy or SackGirl with a variety of fabrics, textures, and deigns and make it your own.

The customizability of SackBoy makes him one of the most dynamic and animated action figures to date; as with the game, the possibilities are virtually endless, and no one can bring you SackBoy like Mezco Toyz.

LittleBigPlanet SackBoy 4" Articulated Roto-Vinyl Figures:
Reach into the magical world of LittleBigPlanet and bring Sackboy to
life! Packed with interchangeable and customizable accessories the
only thing possibly more fun is the game! Look for the first assortment to hit retail shelves this spring, featuring Classic SackBoy in a variety of facial expressions, from sad to glad; Marvin the afro-clad hipster; Sky, the pig-tailed cutie, VooDoo, decked out in his tux and bow tie and there are many more SackBoys in the works!

LittleBigPlanet Zipper Pulls:
Add a little zip to your zippers with these cool, 3-D embossed mini
SackBoys. Dangle them from backpacks, handbags, wallets, and
keychains; express your SackBoy persona with classic SackBoy, Marvin, Marina and many more.

LittelBigPlanet Model Kits:
Create your very own SackBoy or SackGirl, interchangeable parts and accessories let you make SackBoy your very own.

LittelBigPlanet Model Kits:
Create your very own SackBoy or SackGirl, interchangeable parts and accessories let you make SackBoy your very own.