The 20 Greatest Exclusives at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con

By Chris Cummins in Daily Lists, Merchandise, Toys
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 8:06 am
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​The San Diego Comic Con has been sold out for awhile now, meaning that your dreams of hobnobbing with celebrities, picking up bargains and stalking Olivia Munn will have to go unfulfilled until 2011. With each passing year, the event gets increasingly popular, to the point that it is now such a clusterfuck that you are guaranteed to miss out on all the cool stuff unless you have some serious connections or are willing to wait for hours in unreasonably long lines. This bit of frustration goes double for the con's exclusive merchandise. Sure, most of the action figures, busts, art and other bits of wonderment sold there eventually turn up online. But who wants to pay the often outrageous secondary market prices? This year's SDCC seems especially packed with the sort of tchotchkes that make fanboys drool. The sad part is that most of us will never get our nerdy unloved hands on this stuff. With that bit of unfortunate truth revealed, Topless Robot rubs salt in your wounds by presenting this look at the 20 greatest exclusives of the 2010 San Diego Comic Con. It's exactly this sort of elusive coolness that the "Awesome Things You'll Never Own" tag was created for. Let the sublime misery commence!

20) Peanuts Image3D Viewer
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​Celebrate 60 years of Peanuts with this device that looks and acts exactly like a View-Master but can't be called one for legal reasons. It comes with a reel featuring classic photos of Charlie Brown and the gang, making this a delightfully retro convention find.

19) Doctor Who's Eleventh Doctor with Scientist Dalek
I'm not sure why the above video is using Murray Gold's pensive "The Face of Boe" theme instead of The Timelords' rocking "Doctorin' the Tardis" jam for its musical accompaniment, because this year's Doctor Who exclusives merit celebrating in the extreme. They are as follows: Peter Davison regeneration figure in which the Fifth Doc is wearing Tom Baker's escalator-fearing scarf, a Fifth Doctor with The Master (Anthony Ainley), a Third Doctor with The Master (Roger Delgado), The First Doctor with Tardis (as seen in the debut episode, "An Unearthly Child"), a set based on "The End of Time" and an Eleventh Doc with a Dalek scientist from this year's "Victory of the Daleks" episode. Your mileage may vary on which of these you desire, but for me it's all about the orange Dalek that reminds me of those featured in the 1960s Who films starring Peter Cushing (which hopefully will get their own figures at some point)

18) Jonah Hex's Saloon Leila
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​It may seem that Tonner bet the wrong horse by releasing this deluxe doll of Megan Fox's Jonah Hex character in her revealing saloon outfit since the movie tanked so miserably. But to that I say never underestimate the power of horny nerds with disposable income.

17) DCUC Plastic-Man with Suitcase
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​Before one of you blows a nerd gasket, yes, we agree this is one of the finest DC Universe figures Mattel has ever put out. Plas here comes with a ton of alternate limbs, many of which are actually stretchy, and of course, just being an awesome Plastic Man figure is pretty fantastic, too. However, the SDCC exclusive part of this thing isn't the figure, but an accessory of Plas disguised as a suitcase -- cool, especially since you can attach other limbs to him -- but, like, #17 cool.

16) Star Wars McQuarrie Vader Bust
Any merchandise based on Ralph McQuarrie's Star Wars production illustrations are worthy of your adoration, especially beauties like this bust from Gentle Giant. At $75, it's one of the more reasonably priced exclusives at the con.

15) Guardian Predator
This toy replica of the only thing that annoys Danny Glover more than Mel Gibson's voice mail messages makes it SDCC debut. Distributed by Sideshow Collectibles, the Guardian Predator from Predator 2 is Hot Toys' latest insanely cool/ultra expensive 1/6th scale figure. This baby will set you back nearly $200, yet the amazing level of detail on display here makes that price seem like a bargain.

14) Robot Chicken's Mo-Larr vs. Skeletor
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​Skeletor doesn't seem that hardcore once you realize he is scared of dentists, does he? This Robot Chicken-inspired two-pack is bliss to He-Man fanatics and Adult Swim worshippers alike. Too bad you have absolutely zero chance of ever owning one. As Rob has previously documented, attempting to get Mattel's exclusives are a special kind of torture -- much like going to the dentist itself. So to those of you who covet this, my thoughts are with you.

13) Super Hero Squad Sunday Morning Dr. Doom
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​echnically Doom here is in a three-pack with Iron Man and the Stan Lee-voiced Mayor from the cartoon. But c'mon -- Doom in a robe, holding his morning coffee and newspaper? Furthermore, wearing Fing Fang Foom slippers? This is absolutely the greatest Squad figure Hasbro has ever produced. Expect to see mountains of Iron Men and Mayors in the trash cans by the Hasbro booth.

12) Futurama's Plush Nibbler
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​Toynami's plush features everyone's favorite Nibblonian in his nifty spacesuit. It may seem adorable now, but the novelty will wear off pretty quickly once he starts shitting dark matter all over your house.

11) The Real Ghostbusters' Peter Venkman
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​Mattel has gone all out for this year's event, so expect to see the company praised repeatedly throughout this list (well, for creating products anyway, actually getting them is a whole other issue). The first recipient of Mattel love is this retrotastic Peter Venkman as he appeared on The Real Ghostbusters. Available in his standard uniform or a slimed variant, the 8-inch figure seems more like an illustration from the Mego Museum forums than a real product. Better still? It talks. A finer tribute to the late Lorenzo Music there has never been.
Tags: Awesome Things You'll Never Own, Exclusive Toys, SDCC

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