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Image: FunkoSandy Claws is coming to town with the smallest, cutest-yet-creepiest Bitty Pop Funkos you’ve ever seen.The residents of Halloween Town have been shrunken down to perfect stocking-stuffer size, especially for the Tim Burton fan in your life. io9 has the first look at the mystery bag collection of The Nightmare Before Christmas Bitty Pops from Funko, which will be available online starting today and soon at participating retailers like Hot Topic and BoxLunch.They’ll run $2.99 per mystery pop; each comes in its…

Image: Loungefly, BoxLunch, Hedley and Bennett, Heroes & Villains, DIFF, CrocsThe season of giving is upon us, and fandom friends, here’s a list of deals and festive inspired geeky gifts and gear ideas.An array of fandom forward sites and retailers like BoxLunch, Heroes & Villains, Blackmilk are more are ready. Here’s a selection of essentials from across the gamut of pop culture—Star Wars, One Piece, Marvel, DC to name a few. Plus some tech deal ideas for the cinephiles and pop culture parents in your life.Check…

The holidays are coming, and no matter your age, that can often mean sitting down after all your gifts are unwrapped, surrounding yourself with bags of plastic bricks, and building a new Lego set. To help you become the most popular gift giver of 2023, we’ve rounded up our favorite sets of the year—from fancy supersized kits to smaller ones that are lighter on the wallet but just as fun.This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing MadnessLego Natural History MuseumImage: LegoWhy we like it: Lego’s “Modular…

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Image: Sabina Graves/GizmodoComing soon online.This roundup, which includes major studio IP, was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of writers and actors currently on strike, the films and TV covered here wouldn’t exist.Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who. Image: Sabina Graves/GizmodoComing soon online.This…

Comic Con 2023 is in the books.Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is officially in the books and it was a weird one. For the first time in years, Hollywood’s presence didn’t dominate the event, thanks to studios failing to meet the demands of striking writers and actors. And so, when that big shining star goes away, what happens? Does SDCC just die? Or does the light extend to other places and make everything brighter?We’re happy to report it was the latter. This year’s Comic-Con was one of the…

Photo: io9/GizmodoIt’s time to showcase io9's favorite cosplays of the day at San Diego Comic-Con 2023.Here’s Day 2 of the annual pop culture event where fans celebrate their passion across fandoms. There’s a Lore Olympus Persephone, Dogs cosplaying as Marvel Funko icons, Chainsaw Man and more!Click through the gallery to see SDCC ‘23 looks inspired by comic books, movies/tv and anime that showcase DIY creativity from the casual cosplayer to the professionals because at io9 everyone is welcome!This cosplay roundup, which…

San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is officially open and, as usual, it’s filled with all sorts of goodies. The main convention floor is over 2 million square feet and no matter where you look there’s something to catch your eye. io9 hit the floor on preview night and snapped just a handful of the stuff that caught our eyes, from big displays to standout photo-ops, props, cool merchandise and more. But this is barely a scratch of the surface of what’s actually here. Check it out. San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is officially open and,…

Image: Mattel, Penguin Random House, NECA, and MondoIt’s a weird year for San Diego Comic-Con, as this week the show opens with a raft of absent studios and amid the shockwaves of an unprecedented labor movement in Hollywood. But the more things have changed for SDCC 2023, one thing’s stayed the same: there’s plenty of cool toys and collectibles con-goers (and in some cases, those of us stuck at home) can get their hands on.Every year before Comic-Con begins io9 walks you through some of the best, and occasionally…

Image: FunkoIt feels like the closer we get to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the more we’re mostly hearing about how big studios are pulling away from the premiere event in the pop culture calendar. But now we know at least one stalwart is using the exodus to stake an even bigger claim at the con.Is Google's New $1,800 Pixel Phone Worth It? | Gizmodo ReviewAccording to a company press release, Funko is bringing back last year’s SDCC “Funkoville” roughly twice the size for 2023, designed to better accommodate the swath…