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Ben Spencer and Captain James T. Kyle return with Episode 140 of the Nerd City Podcast and a very special guest, Ryan Browne! They go over all the latest news, look back on C2E2, and catch up with Ryan, discussing his massively successful God Hates Astronauts Kickstarter project! Episode 140 of Nerd City is about [...]
Microsoft Unveils the Xbox One
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Today Microsoft officially revealed their next gen video game system with the Xbox One (odd name choice but maybe that’s just me). This new system will come out 7 years after the Xbox 360 launched in the US, but as of today all we know of a release date is “later this year” which will [...]
Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier Drops 05.24.13 at Noon CDT
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
From the planet Kabagiff, in the solar system that revolves around the blue star Anubis 5, comes Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier! Under the benevolent rule of Imperator Zog, the Kabagiffian are a heroic and militaristic race who rebelled against General Gorgax and his Evil Mutant Legion with the help of Galaxxor 001. Given [...]
8-Ball Coming Soon from Radioactive Uppercut
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
How cool is this? Revealed yesterday via Man-E-Toys was 8-Ball, the first of many Radioactive Rumblers 4″ fight figures from our friend, John Santagada, aka Radioactive Uppercut. This awesome little monster will feature 3 points of articulation, will be produced in rotocast vinyl and will be first available through the 8-Ball Kickstarter project (tentatively set [...]
Gran Turismo 6 Officially Announced by Sony
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Sony made a shocking announcement today in that Gran Turismo 6 will be released for the PS3, what makes this shocking is that they have set the release date for this holiday season with a demo available in June. For a series that usually gets a grand scale of hype when it is being developed [...]
First Gameplay Footage of Batgirl in Injustice: Gods Among Us
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Last week Netherrealm studios confirmed the rumored inclusion of Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, in Injustice: Gods Among Us. Today we get the first gameplay footage of her and it is nice to see that she will play differently than Batman. She is much quicker and looks to use more projectiles and fast combos. On top of [...]
Sgt. Krugg, Hippo Titan Soldier Prototype WIP
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
C2E2 was an absolute blast and an overwhelming success. Special thanks to all of my friends who came out to the Nerd City booth to hand out, support my figures, or bring their own awesome work to sell/show off. Speaking of showing off, I unveiled this sweet little WIP prototype of my first Hippo [...]
Brand New Character Trailers for Grand Theft Auto V
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Rockstar released a brand new trailer showing off the lives of the three main characters in Grand Theft Auto V. They detail the connection between Michael and Trevor but I’m still not sure how Franklin will fit into the group. These look to be cinematic trailers only with no gameplay so hopefully we’ll get gameplay [...]
Bullet Belt Paint Master Proto from Skinner
Monday, April 29th, 2013
One of the highlights of this past weekend’s C2E2 was having the opportunity to hang with our main man, Skinner! His booth was filled with a dazzling array of art, toys and oddities. One such piece that he brought along to show up was the stunning paint master prototype for his new Bullet Belt vinyl [...]
Lobo is Your First DLC Character for Injustice: Gods Among US
Monday, April 29th, 2013
He’s been rumored for a few weeks but this past week Netherrealm and WB officially confirmed that Lobo will be the first DLC Character for Injustice: Gods Among Us. Along with the announcement last week, they released the first gameplay trailer of him over the weekend. His play style seems to be a cross between [...]
Thor: The Dark World Trailer Debuts
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Marvel studios has released the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World. I was very pleased with how well Thor turned out so I have high hopes for the sequel and with the main cast returning to their roles and the way Marvel has been with their films, I’m sure this will be an entertaining [...]
Your Official Guide to Nerd City’s C2E2 2013 Toy Exclusives
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
With every passing year, we continue to raise the bar, in terms of C2E2 toy exclusives at the Nerd City booth. 2013 boasts a truly overwhelmingly impressive lineup of indie toys, ranging from basement bootlegs to full production action figures. Our booth guests, The Godbeast and ManOrMonster Studios will be bringing an amazing array of [...]
Gorgax, Devourer of Worlds C2E2 Exclusive from Galaxxor x Skinner
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Pretty much anyone who’s had the opportunity to chat with me for more than 5 minutes is probably already well aware of how much of a fan I am of the art of Skinner. As we began discussing the upcoming C2E2 and it became clear that Skinner was probably going to be a guest, I [...]
The Orc 2013 C2E2 Exclusive from Imagination Asylum for The Phalanx/Nerd City
Friday, April 19th, 2013
I am completely blown away by how great The Orc from Imagination Asylum has turned out! Expertly sculpted and hand painted, these guys are absolutely beautiful (in a dirty, battle-worn, pissed off Orc sort of way!). If you want to score The Orc, you’re going to have to come to C2E2, because Torix [...]
New Onell Drop 04.19 at 9:30 PM EST
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Our friends at Onell Design are set to launch another absolutely stunning array of plastic goodness upon the world with their latest drop, scheduled for Friday evening at 9:30 pm EST. You wont want to miss this extensive variety of builds in this sweet new color scheme, as well as hub and the brand spanking [...]
Today’s Nintendo Direct Announces a New 3DS Zelda Game, Earthbound Coming to the US, Virtual Console Updates and Much More.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Today Nintendo held another of their Nintendo Direct videos and once again they didn’t disappoint. First I’ll start off with the best news from the event and that is the announcement of a brand new Zelda game for the 3DS based in the world of the classic SNES game A Link to the Past. A [...]
Infection Galaxxor C2E2 Exclusive from Galaxxor x TGB x Onell Design
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Having had such an overwhelmingly great reaction to the NYCC exclusive Galaxxor 010, we always knew that we had to do another version of the figure sporting that expertly designed head by Onell Design’s Matt Doughty. Marty “The Godbeast” Hansen and I knew that it looked like he was going to be bringing back his [...]
Mystical Warriors of the Ring to Debut at C2E2
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
The highly anticipated mini figure line Mystical Warriors of the Ring is about to be unleashed upon the world, and it’s going to happen at Nerd City’s booth #967 at C2E2! That makes this line extra cool is the fact that this first release is not simply the figures, but also a wring and all [...]
Batman: Arkham Origins Revealed
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
There have been rumors the past few months in regards to the next Batman game, in the successful Arkham franchise, would be announced soon as WB had made some interesting trade marks over the past few months. Well those rumors can be laid to rest as Warner Bros announced, through this months Game Informer magazine, [...]
Glyos Infection Armorvor C2E2 2013 Exclusive from The Godbeast x Onell Design x Jason Frailey
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
The latest of our exclusive announcements for C2E2 2013 might just be the most exciting one yet! Our main man, The Godbeast will be bringing to Nerd City’s booth #967 an exclusive run of production Glyos Armorvors in his iconic Infection Colorway!!! From TGB: 2013 C2E2 Exclusive PRODUCTION “INFECTION” ARMORVOR will be available all 3 [...]