Last Toys on the Left

We've been on the fence as far as covering the wildly popular "Game of Thrones", just mentioning the show here and there as it's seemed appropriate, but this latest news to cross our desk is just too cool to ignore: Dark Horse Deluxe is partnering with HBO on a vast "Game of Thrones" product line debuting in the spring of 2012, leading up to the show’s second season premiere in April. Read on for the details!

MonsterPants, the New York-based, do-it-yourself non-studio that brought us such films as Automatons, Satan Hates You, and the upcoming Hypothermia from Glass Eye Pix and Dark Sky Films, is going beyond movies and comics with a new line of handmade limited-run toys and apparel by writer/director/artist James Felix McKenney. Get your credit cards out, kids, because this stuff is very cool!

It's not expected to be available until the second quarter of 2012, but if you're at all a fan of Bigfoot, you'll want to check out (and pre-order) Sideshow Collectibles' newest offering in their Sideshow Originals series, the Bigfoot statue. And it's not just his foot that's big -- he's a whopping 19" H x 9.5" W x 11" L.

The New York Comic Con, which runs October 13-16 at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan, is quickly approaching so look for updates on panels and other events taking place during the con over the coming days. First on tap we have news about one of the things Dread Central and its readers like best: freebies! And not just any old freebie either. We're talking zombie freebies!

It won't be released until the second quarter of 2012, but pre-orders are now being taken by Sideshow for the latest entry in their Alien collectibles line - Big Chap. And a big chap he is, too, measuring approx. 16" H x 7.5" W x 6.5" L.

Day One of the San Diego Comic-Con is just about over, and before we let you go, we have some more random imagery of things you're going to love! Sit back and get out a tissue to wipe away the drool!

There's just so much going on at Comic-Con, it's hard to even know where to begin. Lucky for you we're just doing everything! Behold a quick trip to the NECA Toys booth and the horrors that lay within! It was hard to pick what to have you dig on, but the following Elm Street and Evil Dead stuff seemed to more than fit the bill!

Pop Culture Shock Collectibles has announced a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to bring 1/4-scale mixed media statues of characters from the most brutal fighting game of all time, the legendary Mortal Kombat, to die-hard collectors’ homes this year, and we've got a look at the first one for Scorpion right here.

One of the key components of Comic-Con is all the cool exclusive items you can only find there. For those going to the show (and those at home waiting eagerly to hit the "pre-order" button on their computer screens), the ever-vigilant Nomad has compiled a whopping 115 sets and 1,098 pictures of said exclusives. Granted, not all are horror, but enough are that we thought we'd share.

With the amount of activity comic book author extraordinaire Robert Kirkman has planned over the course of the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con, it's a wonder they haven't renamed it "Kirkman-Con"! And we just learned of something else he'll be debuting at the show: a new line of products he's creating with Greg Nicotero based on The Walking Dead and other Skybound titles.

You want badass? You've got badass! Fans of Stanley Kubrick's amazing film A Clockwork Orange will be in for a real treat at the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con when Christian Santoro's Retro Outlaw Studios releases one hell of an exclusive!

Ready for a good look at McFarlane's The Walking Dead Series 1 figures that will be blasting their way to store shelves this November? Yeah, we thought you would be. There's just nothing like playing with the dead! Series 1 includes: Deputy Rick Grimes - with revolver, shotgun, walkie talkie, baseball bat, and hand grenade accessories

The Wolfman and the Creature have had their day in the sun, and now it's Dracula and Frankenstein's turn! Granted, the sun may not be the best place for Dracula, but you'll want to check out his upcoming Minimates set in a good light as well as the series he'll share with Frankenstein's famous monster.

The gorgeous Ariel Chylde has been tempting comic book readers with her beauty for 15 years, and our friends at Image Comics and Diamond Select Toys are doing the celebration right with some all new Ariel for you to enjoy.

This has been quite the week for info on The Walking Dead line of action figures coming our way from McFarlane Toys, and today we learned of two brand new entries, including one particular fan-favorite character from the TV series you won't find in the comics. MTV got the skinny straight from McFarlane about the new line, which arrives on shelves this November: