It’s contest time again at OldManMusings! OMM is excited to be giving away swag bags from the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con! There’s plenty of Comic-Con swag, enough to make two (2) bags to give away! Plus one lucky winner will also win a Vampire Candy Corn from our friends at Mr Toast. Be sure to spread the word!

Contest rules:
1. Enter by using the OMM contact form using your real name and mailing address.
2. Please, only one entry per person. (Duplicate entries will result in disqualification.)
3. Deadline to enter is Friday, August 7th, 2009 @ 8:00 PM PST.
4. Free shipping within the continental USA. Shipping elsewhere is paid by winner.
5. The winners will be chosen randomly and each will receive one (1) bag of swag.
6. Winners will be notified by email and must respond within 72 hours of notification.

Thanks for your continued support of OldManMusings!

Update: The winners have been picked and emailed. You should receive your winning swag via USPS shortly. Thanks to everyone who participated! Be sure to keep up with OMM for more.

Here’s a few (hundred) pictures I took at Comic-Con, easily viewable in this little slideshow. Enjoy!

San Diego Comic Con 2009 has come and gone. This was it’s 40th year. It ran Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26, 2008 (with a Preview night on Wednesday, July 22). And like last year, all the memberships for Comic-Con were sold out way before the show started. So if you want to go to the show in 2010 (the show will be July 22nd-25th) perhaps you should get your tickets early.

I’m putting together my annual Comic-Con swag contest, so be ready!

Marvel Universe – Captain America: The Super Soldier is Marvel Universe #0! Featuring special edition grey scale deco, this Captain America looks like he’s straight out of the headlines of the 1940’s! Showcasing the stunning artwork of Joe Quesada, this classic Cap is “frozen” in time and packaged on a single card for you to take home and enjoy. This fully articulated action figure does look pretty cool. It’s good timing to release this toy with the limited comic book series Captain America: Reborn starting up. Who could have guessed that they’d bring the Captain back?

With excitement surrounding the mysterious time traveler at an all time high in advance of BBC AMERICA’s U.S. premiere of the four Doctor Who Specials starring David Tennant, Underground Toys will unveil new, never-before-seen, limited edition Comic-Con action figures, expanding on their hugely popular classic Doctor Who figure line. At Underground Toys’ booth (#3949) at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, fans will have the opportunity to get their hands on five extremely limited-edition Doctor Who action figures, as well as an exclusive variant edition Torchwood action figure, part of their 2009 Exclusives program.

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If you’re old enough you may recall this cute little robot named V.I.N.CENT (“Vital Information Necessary CENTralized”) from a Disney movie called The Black Hole. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Black Hole, Disney’s V.I.N.CENT. (ATC) art toy collectible figure will be released at this years San Diego Comic Con. Fans and collectors can get the SDCC distressed version at MINDstyle’s and Toy Tokyo’s booth respectively. V.I.N.CENT. is limited to only 300 pieces worldwide and at SRP of USD $130.00.

This 5.5″ ninja version of plush Joe the Egg available this year at Comic-Con from Mr Toast. Last years Vampire Mr Toast sold out so don’t miss this years exclusive. Be sure to peruse the latest San Diego Comic-Con exclusives for 2009. Make a list of what toys you want, start saving and be ready to stand in line.

Available at San Diego Comic-Con, Dumbrella (booth #1335/1337) and DKE (#4732)!

This sushi toy release by the O-No Food Company makes my mouth water and laugh a lot. It’ll be available at SDCC as an exclusive release in blue, an edition of 150, for $30 a set. Not going to SDCC? Not a problem. The standard red edition will start hitting toy and culture retailers online and off in early August for around $25. Be sure you get your daily alloted amount of sushi fun!

Nutrition Facts: Serving size 1 figure set (bowl, sushi, two eyes)
* Warning: Product may contain trace amounts of Andrew Bell.

Soundwave – He’s one of the few G1 Decepticon’s that didn’t disappoint Megatron and with this news he won’t disappoint his toy collecting fans either:

One of the most recognizable characters from the TRANSFORMERS brand lore, SOUNDWAVE is making a retro-comeback for San Diego Comic-Con in honor of the brand’s 25th Anniversary. Hasbro is re-releasing the original 1984 edition of the figure that will include four of the SOUNDWAVE character’s cassettes, two of which have not been released since the 80’s. The cassette characters include BUZZSAW, LASERBEAK, RATBAT and RAVAGE. The four figures fully convert between robot and cassette mode and fit into SOUNDWAVE when in cassette mode.

Soundwave rocks! Even at $49.99 and with cassette recorders being a little outdated, I’d still like to get this cool looking, classic Transformer. I never had the original, it was my lucky brother that got him. It’s too bad that the toy doesn’t generate energon cubes or that Frenzy isn’t included.

Wonder Twin powers, activate! Fans of the Super Friends cartoon, from back in the 70-80s, listen up. Here’s some awesome news (and pics) about San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Exclusives from Mattel:

That’s right, the one and only Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, are available for the first time in Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line sculpted by the world famous Four Horsemen with the articulation and detail you have come to expect from this award winning line! Figures are available in special window box packaging complete with character accurate accessories as well as amazing light and sound action! As an added bonus, available ONLY as an exclusive gift with purchase at SDCC: the Wonder Twins’ mischievous monkey, Gleek! Only available at the show, Gleek will not be with the set online afterwards.

Amazing light and sound action? Cool! I’m just surprised that Mattel never made Wonder Twins action figures before and is it me or does Gleek look a little too realistic?

Dick Tracy – the world’s most famous detective will be available in two limited run action figures. Both will be available on-site at San Diego Comic-Con, with the standard issue b&w version also available to non-attendees at Shocker Toys online. While the b&w variant figure, which features Dick in his trench coat with a Tommy gun, will ONLY be available for a lucky few at Comic-Con. The standard Dick Tracy figure is part of the upcoming Series 2 of Indie Spotlight Comic Book Heroes 6 inch scale action figure line. The line will feature him colorized in both the standard and variant models. Series 2, dubbed “The Tick Series” also features The Tick, Ignacia, Jack Staff and King Zombie. This is only the start of the Shocker Toys offerings this year at San Diego Comic-Con.