Watchmen Mez-Itz Series 1 by Mezco Toyz

Yes, you read that right. Mezco Toyz has a new line of Mez-Itz vinyl figures based on the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s critically acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen in the works! I have no idea how Mezco acquired this licensing deal with DC Comics, but it’s pretty exciting that they did. Watchmen Mez-Itz Series 1 features Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan as you’ve never seen them before, as chunky cute designer vinyl figures.


Each Watchmen Mez-Itz stands 6 inches tall and can be pre-ordered as a two figure set from EntertainmentEarth.com for $21.99 here. These Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan Mez-Itz vinyl figures are expected to start showing up in retail locations worldwide sometime in June 2010. It’s begining to look like the summer of 2010 is going to be a very busy time for Mezco Toyz and its fans!

Watchmen Final Theatrical One Sheet Movie Poster

With news coming out that Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox have resolved their lawsuit over the distribution rights to the move adaptation of Watchmen, it is all but guaranteed now that Zack Snyder’s film will be allowed to debut in theaters on its scheduled release date of March 6, 2009. (link) It’s pretty amazing to think we’re just 5 weeks away from finally being able to see this much hyped and long talked about film.


Above is Watchmen’s final theatrical one sheet movie poster. It features all six of the film’s main characters: Rorschach, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Silk Spectre II and the Comedian. The poster is pretty standard, but I still can’t wait to watch this film in IMAX high definition. Here’s hoping Watchmen can live up to the high standards set by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic book miniseries (published by DC Comics).

Watchmen - An All New Set of Character Movie Posters

This latest set of Watchmen character one sheet movie posters blows away the previous set of character movie promo posters released last August. While the original character posters were photos of scenes taken directly from the Watchmen comic books, this set has more of a big budget movie feel to it. The marketing team has also done another fantastic job incorporating quotes from the movie into the posters. They have definitely built upon what The Spirit character movie posters started and taken it to a whole new level.



While I’m still not loving Ozymandias’ look in the feature film, the rest of the characters look spot on. Of the six posters each featuring a different main character, I think I like The Comedian’s the best, with Rorschach’s coming in a close second. What can I say…The Blot has to show some preferential treatment to the creator of the ink blot test, right?



I know I’ve said this before, but the more I see of this movie the more I like it. But, I am interested in seeing if the movie tries to show what it would be like if people with super powers lived among us or if this is a parallel universe totally different from the world we live in and more like the world author Alan Moore created in the comic books.



Watchmen opens in movie theaters across the U.S. on March 6, 2009.