Dragon Con, the massive fantasy and sci-fi convention held each Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, sparked controversy this year when organizers called police to expel an art vendor. The vendor was accused of selling AI-generated artwork. From Bleeding Cool: A vendor exhibiting under the name Oriana Gerez at Dragon Con in Atlanta this weekend, at …
If you think the inclusion of shamans and druids in Magic: The Gathering is culturally insensitive, I have some good news for you. Maybe. From Wargamer: Magic: The Gathering is considering dropping the shaman and druid creature types, because of the terms’ significance as real-world religious identifiers, MTG head designer Mark Rosewater has revealed. This …
My wife and I attended the 2023 Maryland Toy Expo yesterday. It’s held annually at the Maryland State Fairgrounds located north of Baltimore. We’ve never been but decided to go this year. There’s a monthly regional toy show held in nearby Greencastle, Pennsylvania. We occasionally go and usually find something to buy while we are …
Wizards of the Coast, the company that owns the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, announced it is removing the term “race” from the game. From the D&D Beyond blog: Dungeons & Dragons has a history of evolving to meet the needs of our players and foster an inviting space for everyone. With that in mind, we …
Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game played by really cool, hip people. Wizards of the Coast, the producer of Magic: The Gathering, announced that it will increase prices this September. From ICv2: Wizards of the Coast will raise prices on select Magic: The Gathering products starting in September. WotC attributes this latest price increase to …
Reed Pop’s New York Comic-Con (NYCC) is taking place this weekend. Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool published a story about a vendor that had to be removed from the event for refusing to adhere to city and event rules on wearing masks. Rich’s article included a tweet from comic book artist Andy Price about the expulsion: …
If you’re a fan of Godzilla and you enjoy collecting action figures, then there is something coming down the pike that you’ll be interested in. Mezco is producing a behemoth of a Godzilla action figure that will make all other Godzilla action figures look puny and obsolete. It measures 33-inches long and is 18 inches …
Entertainment Earth, a seller of all sorts of nerdy collectibles and toys, is now taking preorders for Lil Dumpster Fire ‘This Is Fine’ vinyl figure. It’s awesome and costs $30. It’s based on a meme mash-up of a dumpster fire and the “This Is Fine” cartoon. These are the first two panels of the cartoon: …
WizKids is producing a “premium” statue of the Efreeti shown on the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide. The statue is 12 inches tall and is made of resin. It comes out on December 9, 2021, and will cost $249.99. Just in time for Christmas. Here’s an artist’s computer rendition of what the …
I stopped by my local Target this afternoon to pick up a few things. First, I noticed the trading card area looked like it was fully stocked. Since Target made a big deal about not selling Pokémon and baseball, basketball, and football cards because of the inherent danger selling such products created, I wondered what …