SDCC Toynami Destructor Figure Finally Getting Ready to Ship



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If you attended Comic Con this year and ordered the Destructor figure from Toynami and have been wondering where it is at - worry no more. I spoke to Toynami customer service who informed me that the figures were on their way and would be shipping out from Toynami in January which was also confirmed on the Toynami Facebook page. Originally slated to ship back in September of this year the release kept getting pushed back, although the Robot Devil plush did ship on time. Really looking forward to this figure along with the associated Gender Bender as the prototype from Comic Con appeared to be in scale to the episode which makes this a maxi-figure. It looks super cool and can't wait to get mine and added to this great line of Futurama figures by Toynami.
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San Diego Comic Con 2002 ABPoG Archive

I have been going to the San Diego Comic Con for the past twelve years or so. It has been a lot of fun and have enjoyed myself, however, as most of you know who do go it has become so much more crowded and mainstream and the show has changed so much in the past few years it has changed my experiences. I will post and talk about that in another blog but for the time being this is from the old ABPoG site and relays some of the stuff that was going on for Futurama that year. The following year Futurama had a much larger presence but then the show went off the air and activity dwindled a bit but has made a big comeback in recent years.

John Delaney Interview ABPoG Archive

About a year after I was lucky enough to interview Ian Boothby for the original ABPoG site, Futurama penciller John Delaney contacted me and was gracious enough to be interviewed as well and gave a very informative and fun talk about working for Bongo, the process, and the big Futurama Comics project at the time the Time Bender Trilogy (completed in four parts of course).

Ian Boothby Interview ABPoG Archive

Years ago I was lucky enough (2003 I believe) to have Ian Boothby contact me and he was agreeable to do a little Q/A session regarding his work in comics and his work with Bongo Comics writing the Simpsons. At the time of this interview Ian was just starting to be more productive on the Futurama Comics line and has continued to churn out some fun stuff for Futurama including the Time Bender Trilogy and the groundbreaking Futurama Simpsons Crossover.

I had been lucky enough to discuss Futurama Comics with a number of Bongo creatives and hope to bring some of those interviews as well as new ones to this blog and hope to talk to Ian again real soon. Without further ado: