New York Comic Con and Stargate Atlantis Series 3 Action Figures (photos too)

[wraithfodder]

I went to my first honest-to-gosh Comic Con in New York City today. I've done a ton of conventions over the years, some comic ones included, but have never been to one with thousands and thousands of people. It was held at the Javitts Center in Manhattan, and was, in my eyes, very well run. Creation Convention should take heed of how to run lines. We stood in line for about an hour but were never bored, as every once in a while, rather excitable and energetic volunteers in yellow shirts with boxes in hands would run around and toss freebies into the crowd. I'd say that overall, the crowd was predominantly male (70%?) and average age was 25 or so. Lots of black t-shirts of all kinds.

If you go to a Comic Con, be prepared to walk, and walk, and walk! The Javitts Center exhibition hall is HUGE! After three hours of going down aisle after aisle, my friend and I realized that we were only halfway done. Yes, you really  need one full day to prowl down every aisle and check out all the wares. I found Diamond Select Toys (DST)  fairly early on, after salivating after a huge Godzilla (original 1963 issue) which cost over $1,000, so.... quite a bit out of my paycheck. I took lots of photos instead. Anyway, I purchased Field Ops Sheppard and Series 1 Wraith, and Matt, the very nice guy running the booth when I went there, told me I was halfway toward getting enough barcode doohickes (ah, the term escapes my tired mind) to get myself a Steve the Wraith! Anyway, I stuffed the two toys in my knapsack and decided to prowl some more, as I wasn on the hunt for Daleks as well.

Check out the cut below for an exclusive picspam of the Stargate Atlantis series 3 Diamond Select Toys action figures :)

And there was LOTS of stuff, all sorts of cute toys, gazillions of comics and graphic novels and games and well, even though I'm not at all into comics, or games, I was kept quite entertained by the enornmous variety of wares, plus I was taking hundreds of  photos, and nobody minded if you took their photo if they were in costume, and always posed. If you bumped into someone, everybody woudl go "oops" or "sorry" or "excuse me." Sure as heck ruins the stereotype of rude New Yorkers (although folks came in from all around the tri-state area and probably further to attend this event). I plan to go back next year, and will also remember that they offer shuttles back and forth to Grand Central Station (which REALLY helps when you're dragging all your purchases with you). Only drawback were the hideous food prices, which always happens when you're stuck at one venue, so if you go, bring bottled water with you, and an apple or two ;)

I plan to upload the photos (200-300) to Flickr, as my Photobucket account would probably collapse under the weight. Anyway, back to Stargate Atlantis!

So I went back to Diamond Select, several times in fact, and would pick up another toy (it's less painful that way). Anyway, it seems the Sheppard and McKay dolls sell out the faster (no, really, duh!)  but I wanted a McKay doll and they said they usually wait until they finish off the stock on the shelf before restocking, but since I'd already bought three, and was prepared to buy two more, they were kind enough to crack open two more boxes. In the end, well, I just said, I'm here, I'll save on postage, and I want them, so I bought ALL of series 1 and series 2 (and even got DST boxes to take 'em home).

And, they had the series 3 set on d isplay, under glass, under lock, in the corner. Darn. Some booths were incredibly well-lit (usually on the cute Japanese toys, it seemed) while others were a bit dimmer, and DST fell under the category, plus there was glare the lighting to contend with, so, the photos didn't turn out perfect.


The complete Series 3 Staragte Atlantis Diamond Select Toys: John Sheppard, Wraith Drone, Sam Carter, Ronon Dex (lot of folks wanted him!), and Jennifer Keller.


Sorry, not the sharpest shot of Carter.




 Close-up of Carter, with better detail (I stuck the camera lens right up against the glass). Also, notice detail on Wraith drone's hand.


Full length shot of Carter, Ronon and Keller.


Full length shot of Keller.


Medium shot of Keller.


Close-up of Keller.


We now interrupt this picspam for a commercial interruption... ;)


Full length shot of Shepaprd. One can never have too many Sheppards...


Medium shot of Sheppard. Okay, a litle fuzzy (it looked so sharp on the digital camera, darn), but look, black band, watch. :)


Close-up of Sheppard. Better detail.


Full length of Ronon Dex.


Medium shot of Ronon Dex.


Close-up of Ronon Dex.


Tag for Ronon Dex doll.


The Wraith drone, full length.


Medium shot of the Wraith drone.


Close-up of the Wraith drone. Nice detail on the face, er, mask...

And that's it!

 

Comments

[a-pilgrim-soul.livejournal.com]

The boot thing was really bugging me but I didn't want to say anything and come across too anal. *lol* As for the side arm well it looks like he has the holster straps on his leg without the actual holster, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Where these just prototypes or the finished versions?

[justhere1971.livejournal.com]

Love the wraith drone! Does Shep remind you of this? http://www.flakmag.com/film/images/atlantis.jpg without the chin?

[lorr54.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the pics of the figures! I LOVE the miscles on Ronon!

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

And yet another con where I miss seeing having the chance to meet you. I think that's at least four or five. You'll just have to remain the mysterious fontain of knowledge to me.

Thanks for the photos. I was so busy just trying to get around that con that I missed a lot of photo ops because I was lugging around my figures before I found out there was a bag check. I didn't get all that I wanted because a) not enough money and b) I had to lug them on the train and I didn't have enough arms to carry them all.

I got Dr McKay, Lt Col Sheppard and Dr Weir, all dressed in their color panelled uniforms. I didn't like the Field Ops Sheppard. I checked them all and the bulky clothes makes Sheppard's head look like a turtle. Most likely I'll end up buying it anyway, but as I said, I didn't have enough arms to lug them all home Saturday. Oh, and that's because I also bought a Desert Camo O'Neill and a Lt Col Mitchell to carry home.

Do you plan on opening them up? The collector in me says no, but the fan girl says how can you not rip open the packages to play with them?

According to some folks I spoke with, San Diego is at least 3 times as big. Gulp! I'm going for the first time this year. I hope I make it back in one piece! Now that airlines are charging for a second bag, I'm going to end up paying the equivalent of postage just to get my stuff home.

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention that they have some real quality control issues with Dr. McKay's face. All the ones I checked, well, all 4 of them, had imperfect paint jobs. I think they were trying to for a slight 5 o'clock shadow, but the painting was uneven and looked like blue splotches. I dithered quite a bit over them before settling on one that had a pretty good overall paint job but with a blue line going across the lower left side of his chin. I'll just pretend it's a manly scar. :)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

When I got there, I thought, I'll use my polarizing filter - which of course, I left at home!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even noticed! but his arms can be twisted now, right? Heh heh.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Heh, Atlantis, where the lead character was so much like Daniel Jackson it was funny!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed he's got quite nice arms :):)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ha! You know, if I'd know you were going, we could have said 'we'll meet at DST's booth at noon' or something like that ;) The place was HUGE. NY Daily News said last years 49,000 people attended but they ran out of space, hence, renting the bigger complex.

I didn't realize there was a bag check until I was leaving!

I'm going to carefully open them as heck, no, can't leave 'em in plastic. I'll save the plastic in the boxes DST gave me. I want to do little dioramas with them ;)

Wow, going to San Diego. Take pictures!! :)

My friend and I plan to do next year's NYC con again, but this time bring a cooler with food in it and put that in the baggage check ;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, McKay's got that bluish 5 o'clock shadow going on my action figure as well. Maybe I'll pretend he's half cyanotic or been attacked by an alien fungus ;)

[hako-neko.livejournal.com]

stargatefigures of course!

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

Great pics, thanks for posting. I like the new Shep one, I have one of the Shep figures already. The Ronon one looks pretty nice. Sounds like you had a good time.

NY comic con

[sgafan33.livejournal.com]

Next year I'm bring some kind of shopping bag with wheels. I saw lots of folks with carry on suitcases. I bet they were hauling around comic books to get signed. Or comic books that they just bought.

I managed not to get any comic books or go to any panels that were comic book related.

Oh, and who decided what accessories to give the Atlantis figures? Dr. Weir comes with "War and Peace". That's Sheppard's book! (Not to be confused with Shepherd Book from "Firefly".)

[lamaudite.livejournal.com]

Oh, I so need to get me a Ronon!

And maybe a Shep just for the hair... LOL

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

They're just sorta... cute. Heck, if I'd had these instead of barbie dolls as a kid, I would have been thrilled!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, had a very good time :)

Re: NY comic con

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, saw a number of wheeled backpacks, etc.. Next year, an actual wheeled suitcase to stick in baggage claim and store stuff. But then I don't think I'll be buying a ton next year as I'll have the series 3 action figures.... so, maybe just a backpack, but definitely some kind of luggage/cooler to bring food. Eek, sodas for nearly $4!

As for the acessories, I just looked and went, why do half of them have TV remotes??

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I had no idea. Will go over there!

[(Anonymous)]

Fantastic details on Ronon and the Wraith drone... pretty sure these will be my faves of Series Three! :)

[parislove27.livejournal.com]

They look better than the previous ones that have been for sale here lately. :)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was pretty amazed how well those two looked.

[parislove27.livejournal.com]

Forget minor organ, I'd sell one of my lungs. :)

[novembersga.livejournal.com]

Hey. *waves* I just found this. Amazing pics! This series is very nicely done!

I would have thought they'd at least give us Beckett before Keller though. And how can you not have Lorne and Zelenka? :(

I know they've just released the third series, but is there any news on whether or not there will be more?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Third series got bumped to early '09, from what I've read. Sigh. Yeah, Beckett before Keller would make more sense, and I'd love to have a Lorne and Zelenka action figure as well :)