Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat Statues from Pop Culture Shock Toys Booth at WonderCon 2015

WonderCon 2015 brought another amazing year in meeting some of our favorite comic companies, creators, artists, and exhibitors. Being a huge fan of everything in Pop Culture, it would only be fitting to visit the Pop Culture Shock booth. We first came across Pop Culture Shock when Sideshow Collectibles began offering some of their statues. They have created some of the best detailed 1/4 scales statues from Street Fighter. The Pop Culture Shock Toys booth would immediately grab my attention when I saw the Planet of the Apes statue.

The Planet of the Apes 1/4 scale Ursus on Steed was truly amazing! The detail in Ursus and his Steed brought the characters back to life from the original Planet of the Apes films. 

Masters of the Universe can never get old especially for someone who grew up watching He-Man as a child. He-Man would stand tall in a great pose holding his shield and the Power Sword. The Masters of the Universe He-Man is a 1/4 scale statue. 

We were first introduced to Pop Culture Shock Toys because of their Street Fighter statues. They did bring a couple of familiar characters along with Akuma and Sub-Zero. Any Street Fighter fan would want to jump on these to add them to their collection. Again, the details in Pop Culture Shock Toys statues are truly amazing that bring their characters to life. 

With the upcoming release of Mortal Kombat X, Pop Culture Shock Toys has joined in on the fun of creating our favorite piece at their booth. This is the 1/4 scale Mortal Kombat X Kotal Kahn statue. Kotal Kahn stands tall holding up a heart that he may have just earned from a Brutality. Kotal Kahn will be coming with an extra head without his highly detailed Headdress. He has a great color scheme, which helps the detail to his clothing also stand out. 

 We are definitely looking forward to seeing what Pop Culture Shock Toys will be creating in the next year. 

Funko Pop! Sesame Street Series is a Definite!

It was first announced at the New York Comic Con last October that Funko acquired the license for Sesame Street. Some lucky New York Comic Con attendees were fortunate to score the First to Market Super Grover Pop! from Toy Tokyo. During the New York Toy Fair this past February, Funko would reveal the first series of hopefully many more Sesame Street Pop! characters, which includes Super Grover, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, and Ernie. 

 

Growing up to the Sesame Street, the Funko Pop! Sesame Street series brings back great memories. This series looks terrific and great in the Pop! form. The Sesame Street series will be in stores this June. 

Sesame Street Joins the Funko Pop! Family

Funko is excited to announce a new license with Sesame Workshop to create a series of Sesame Street Pop! Vinyl Figures.
“Funko is excited about our new partnership with Sesame Workshop. As a company we feel that the Sesame Street license is a fantastic way to bring our older customers back to their youth, while at the same time introducing our fun new line of collectables to younger generations.”   Andrew Perlmutter VP of Sales.

The partnership will launch at New York Comic Con with a First to Market Release of Super Grover Pop! Vinyl Figure. The super stylized Super Grover Pop! Vinyl Figure stands 3.75” tall and comes in a window display box. Super Grover Pop! Vinyl Figure will be available at Toy Tokyo’s New York Comic Con Booth #101 for $15. A complete Sesame Street Pop! Series will follow in 2015. The Sesame Street Pop! Series will include Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Oscar, The Count, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover.

Sesame Street Comes to Ape Entertainment

Ape Entertainment announced today that they have entered into a licensing agreement with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, to produce a series of print and digital comic books featuring the cast of the beloved children’s show Sesame Street. The new and original comic book series will emphasize educational and entertaining content for younger readers.

From television to the comic panel, Ape Entertainment will portray the characters that millions of parents and children have come to know and love in a comic series that will be produced in full color and available in stores this fall in standard comic sized printed editions for $3.99 and digest sized hardcover comic book editions for $7.99. They will also be available as a digital comic book that will be available through Apple’s App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.



"We are excited about our new relationship with Sesame Workshop to bring the Sesame Street characters to comics, which is a dream come true for all of us here at Ape,” said Ape Entertainment COO Brent E. Erwin. “Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, and the whole Sesame Street gang have always been a part of our lives, now we feel like a part of their family, and that’s a great feeling."



“We look forward to collaborating with Ape Entertainment to create a series of Sesame Street comic books, for all ages” said Jennifer A. Perry, Vice President, Worldwide Publishing, Sesame Workshop. “The Sesame Street Muppets and comic books go together like Cookie Monster and snickerdoodles, so we can’t wait for Sesame Street fans to have the chance to learn and laugh in the unique way comics draw readers in and keep them turning the page.”



Ape Entertainment’s mission to grow the comics industry by increasing awareness about comics among a new generation of readers; Ape takes a step forward with the announcement of its new relationship with Sesame Street. Ape Entertainment hopes young readers and their parents will discover the exciting world of comics and start visiting a local comic book shop. Parents can find a local comic shop in their area by visiting the Comics Shop Locator service at http://www.comicshoplocator.com.


For more information, please visit www.apecomics.com or www.sesameworkshop.org.