SDCC 10 - Mattel AttiTUBES Vinyl Figures

For the second straight year, Mattel has had samples of a potential new line of designer vinyl figures entitled AttiTUBES on display at San Diego Comic-Con. Again this year, Mattel prototypes of this new platform toy on display, including a blank AttiTubes figure, two generic spacemen, a Mattel kid and three characters from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Orko, Mer-Man and Leech.


While these figures look great, what really got The Blot excited was the mock-up drawings of other potential characters seen in the background! Along with a generic professor/scientist and an unknown superhero, Mattel had designs posted for Batman, Red Tornado, He-Man and Skeletor AttiTUBES vinyl figures. How cool is that?

While He-Man and Skeletor would obviously be included in any line of MOTU AttiTUBES, I assumed any plans for a DC Comics line were scrapped once Warner Bros. announced its licensing deal with Mezco Toyz. To me, these AttiTUBES figures are way too similar to Mezco’s line of Mez-Itz vinyl figures to release DC Universe figures in both platforms. Then again, maybe AttiTUBES will be marketed towards young children, while the Mez-Itz line is going after adult collectors.

Click here to see photos of the AttiTUBES vinyl figures Mattel had on display at San Diego Comic-Con 2009.

RED Character Movie Poster Set

Coming soon from Summit Entertainment and DC Comics is RED, an explosive action-comedy starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren. The film is a live action adaptation of the 2003 comic book mini-series of the same name by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and looks awesome (if the trailer currently being shown in theaters is any indication of how good the film truly is).



Then again, any film with a cast that includes Willis, Freeman, Malkovich, Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker and Karl Urban better be good! The Blot’s particularly excited about this film because I really enjoyed the source material. Ellis is a comic book writing legend, and Hamner is one of my all time favorite artists. In fact, one of three pieces of original comic book artwork I own was drawn by Cully and is proudly displayed in my house.



For those of you unfamiliar with the RED comic books, here is the film’s official synopsis: Frank (Willis), Joe (Freeman), Marvin (Malkovich) and Victoria (Mirren) used to be the CIA’s top agents, but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.



RED is scheduled to premiere in theaters on October 15, 2010.

The Walking Dead Season 1 Cast Photo and Teaser Television Poster

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware AMC is about to premiere a brand new television show based on the extremely popular Image comic book, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. Next to TRON and Scott Pilgrim, I think the comic book property people seemed to be talking about the most at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 is the new The Walking Dead live action series.


While The Walking Dead comic book has been around for 75 issues now, the television show will start off with a six episode first season and will tell the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. Zombies have become the "it" monster in Hollywood these days and The Walking Dead is chock full of them! You can check out the show’s official Season 1 cast photo above, and The Walking Dead’s teaser one sheet television poster, by acclaimed painter and movie poster designer Drew Struzan, below.


The Walking Dead follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast members includes Laurie Holden, who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger, and Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Rick's wife Lori.

The Walking Dead Season 1 will air on AMC starting in October 2010.