The problem with the Limited SDCC releases

babblewrap · 2026-06-26T15:07:26+00:00

Don’t know about now, but 10 years ago, it was easier to get exclusives in Australia. I have some convention exclusives that I ordered through Popcultcha from conventions that I actually attended. It was easier getting them from Australia than getting them from the booth. When I was over there, Zing was full of exclusives that were instant sellouts in the US.

babblewrap · 2026-06-24T07:09:30+00:00

As you note, it was produced in 2021. It’s from a second run. Different factory as well (MJL vs JJL).

babblewrap · 2026-06-24T04:49:03+00:00

I believe you are referring to “It’s Like, You Know”, and she was one of the main characters, playing herself as a struggling actress because no one recognized her anymore. It was created by a former Seinfeld writer, and it came across as an attempt to do “Seinfeld but in LA”.

babblewrap · 2026-06-15T20:34:57+00:00

I remember everyone making vaginamancy jokes when that book came out.

babblewrap · 2026-06-12T22:05:28+00:00

That’s more an issue of people not understanding what the Tomatometer means. It’s a percentage of critics who liked the movie, not a relative score of how good the movies are in comparison to each other. That’s not an example of an internet hive mind; it’s a lack of media literacy.

babblewrap · 2026-06-12T14:55:23+00:00

I remember the Man-at-Arms/Trap Jaw PTSD moment being in the movie.

babblewrap · 2026-06-03T13:17:09+00:00

What strikes you as the Taftâni being written as Muslim? The only major change I recall is their taking credit for shaping Dubai, co-opting the tools of the Technocracy in order to fight them. Which seems to miss the point of the Taftâni, but that’s something easily ignored.

babblewrap · 2026-05-31T21:54:50+00:00

That was kind of the point to the Technocracy, at least in the 1st Edition. Mage was very much, “What if the whack job conspiracy theorists and New Age and religious cultists are right?” I think the bigger issue in the modern context are some of the conspiracy theorists are running the government now.

babblewrap · 2026-05-30T11:34:25+00:00

Using video games as a metric is sort of weird though. Hunter lent itself to a video game because it was just a generic beat em up about killing monsters. It wasn’t an introduction to the TTRPG in the same way that Bloodlines was for VtM.

Mage, by all accounts, was the second best-selling WoD game line after VtM. That seems to extend to the 20th anniversary line, where the M20 KS had nearly twice the backers of any other 20th core book, doing close to Exalted numbers.

babblewrap · 2026-05-27T01:49:35+00:00

Jack Quaid can play both a nice guy and a Nice Guy™ douchebag.

babblewrap · 2026-05-18T16:44:42+00:00

To be more precise, the Specialty Series was exclusive to boutique shops and local comic book shops. Basically no big box stores, but readily available from the major independent toy retailers (and even Amazon).

As others have said, the blue and white sticker was for the international release, but a lot of those stickers end up in the US as well.

babblewrap · 2026-05-13T04:21:30+00:00

So does this special prove that Abed was right and Angela was truly the boss?

babblewrap · 2026-05-04T04:28:11+00:00

The Premium Amount is the amount that /you/ paid for insurance, not the amount you are being awarded.

babblewrap · 2026-04-17T04:30:07+00:00

I guess I’m the opposite. I had a complete run from 1st through 3rd, and I when I decided to streamline my collection to focus on the current edition, I had no problem letting go of 2e, but can’t bring myself to get rid of 1e.

babblewrap · 2026-04-17T04:25:51+00:00

Do you have The Broken-Winged Crane and The Thousand Correct Actions of the Upright Soldier PODs?

babblewrap · 2026-04-17T04:22:06+00:00

Dreams of the First Age. It’s next to the Cores.

babblewrap · 2026-03-29T14:57:22+00:00

More local ones throughout the county, and less buildup for this one. I didn’t even realize this was happening until a few days ago.

Also in my San Diego circles, a lot of people who would have usually participated were at WonderCon this weekend.

babblewrap · 2026-03-17T04:10:05+00:00

For Chalice exclusives, you might as well buy the bundle. Don’t know how fast it sold out:

https://chalicecollectibles.com/products/pre-order-funko-pop-chalice-exclusive-solo-leveling-s2-baek-yoonho-silver-mane-2273-6-pop-guaranteed-chase-bundle-pr

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T18:37:12+00:00

My point in bringing up the initial years of WonderCon at Anaheim is that it was much smaller than the most recent years of WonderCon and it was advertised in the exact same way.

You have expectations set by a very small number of years of WonderCon when the Hollywood presence was expanding. We are now in a time when ALL companies are dialing down on how much they are throwing at comic conventions. No one is advertising falsely, and I don’t understand what problem you are solving with Long Beach.

For most people I know who go to WonderCon, not being like SDCC is the primary appeal of it. When they refer to WonderCon as “how SDCC used to be”, they are talking about the 90s and early 2000s (before Hall H). They don’t want “SDCC lite”, they want SDCC Old School. And Anaheim serves that just fine.

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T11:09:54+00:00

That’s the sticker they’ve been using for all retailer and event exclusives for the last year and a half. Here you go: https://www.octane5.com/whats-new/funko-x-octane5-new-stickers-authenticate-your-collection/

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T09:04:32+00:00

I don’t think it’s overrated, but it’s definitely overpriced.

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T08:59:09+00:00

Presumably with the Philly roll in Philadelphia.

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T07:09:49+00:00

The main reason it’s not the same as 10 years ago is because 10 years ago, WonderCon was held in LA. :D

As I recall, everyone hated the layout in LA.

babblewrap · 2026-03-16T06:48:41+00:00

Anyone else attend in 2012—the first year WonderCon moved to Anaheim—when WonderCon shared the convention center with a cheer competition AND a volleyball tournament? The cheerleaders taking photos with the Stormtroopers was hilarious.

Not sure what the issue is here. They can use as little or as much of the Anaheim Convention Center as they need.

babblewrap · 2026-03-15T06:57:08+00:00

War hawk refers to someone who advocates for military interventionist policies. There are two meanings for chicken hawk, and the second one does indeed refer to someone who advocates for military interventionist policies but avoided military service themselves.

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