Good Holiday Purchase? Hands on with DC Comics’ DKIII Batman Mini Statue
If you’re like me and have been guilted to give someone more than just a homemade macaroni picture this holiday season, perhaps this Dark Knight III Batman Mini Statue will satisfy one of those...
Beckett acquires comic book grading service, CBCS
Guess it's acquisition week, as Beckett has just announced they are entering the comics market by acquiring Comic Book Certification Service, LLC. Beckett is a long running leader in the colelctibles market, mostly with trading...
Cryptozoic and DC to release Bombshells trading card set – and it includes men
DC Comics Bombshells line has, despite its name, turned out to be a saucy, retro Dieselpunk adventure rather than just pictures of half-naked girls. started as a line of statues it spun off into...
Kim Thompson Estate Sale – Today and Tomorrow
In sad news, it looks Kim Thompson's estate sale is this weekend in Seattle. The listing doesn't specifically say it's Kim Thompson, but it would be hard to be anyone else with that description....
SDCC ’17: Factory Entertainment Weathers the Toy Exclusives War on the Exhibit Floor
Just like the fortified walls of Mordor, one doesn’t simply walk through the San Diego Comic-Con exhibit floor. If you find yourself however either a hobbit or an avid collector of merch, this veritable...
SDCC ’17: Getting Pretty and Becoming a Unicorn at Hasbro’s Brand Preview Breakfast
Hasbro is without a doubt one of the toy juggernauts at San Diego Comic-Con, having a fairly-large slice of the collectible’s market. Just look at their line that wraps around their own booth like...
SDCC ’17: Does a Lack of Upcoming Movie Merchandise Say Anything for DC Collectibles?
On preview night of the widely hyped San Diego Comic-Con, DC Collectibles kicked off with a soiree of food, booze, and industry chatter. Some notables on hand were DC’s Jim Fletcher, Kevin Kiniry, and...
Gigantic Hasbro Decepticon Transformer Revealed and more on The Beat’s (Sort of) Weekly Funko...
After this weekend’s 2017 Toy Fair, ours and many other website have been a flutter with toy news. With such heavy internet traffic, there are a few thing that might have slipped under the...
ReedPOP and CGC to team up at C2E2 and ECCC
Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) will now be the official onsite comic grading service for the ReedPOP shows Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) through 2019.
CGC is the company that popularizied...
Image/Skybound offer B&W Lying Cat statue for Local Comic Shop Day
Local Comic Shop Day will be held this year on November 19th, offering exclusives and another chance for comics shops to promote themselves as mini comic-cons every day of the year. This exclusive 8-inch...
SDCC 2016: DC Collectibles Round-Up – The Rise of the Wonder Woman!
By Nicholas Eskey
I didn’t need to attend this year’s DC Collectibles' Press Room to know that this is an exciting year for both DC Entertainment and DC Collectibles. I did attend, though, so I...
The Beat’s Weekly Toy Review/Preview: Many things POPPING in June
By: Nicholas Eskey
Welcome back boys and girls to another exciting installment of the Beat’s Weekly Toy Review/Preview! Since there is just too many toys out there to wrangle into one medium sized post, I’ve...
