These two beauties under one roof? Where do I sign up?

Comic book, gaming, anime, and figurine fans who actively partake in either the New York Comic Con or New York Anime Fest will be delighted to learn that the Jacob Javits Center is going to get a lot more interesting come 2010.  Reed Exhibitors, who are the organizers behind the New York Comic Con & New York Anime Fest, announced both shows will take place at the Jacob Javits Center on October 8-10.

The reason behind the “co-lation” between the two big New York cons was due in part with the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo taking place in April.  The New York Comic Con was held in February this past year, but now organizers state October will be the New York Comic Con’s permanent date.

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At the NYC Comic Con ‘09 this weekend I took a glimpse of the cutest little Resin Figures.

They are called Soopa Maria Sato and are made to resemble Mario and Luigi but only if they were adorable female Japanese women dressed up.They are from designer and artist Erick Scarecrow and are limited to just 25 pcs world wide. Since these “lil works of art” are limited, you should also know that they are signed and numbered by Mr. Erick Scarecrow himself.  They tower only 6.75 inches and go for $90 a pop!

They come in all different assorted colors such as Mario red, Luigi green, multi-color , etc etc. I certainly  would shell out $90 if I can get my hands on one of these guys. What a conversation piece!

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Well, we gave you “our” view on how “our” experience went at this year’s Comic Con.  Well, the show’s not over yet and we posted ALL the NYCC coverage we can find for you on this one simple page.

New York Comic Con Coverage provided by:

• 1UP.com
• io9.com
• Joystiq
• IGN
• GameSpot
• GameTrailers
• Destructoid
• Japanator
• Kotaku
• vg247
• perezstart.com
• thatvideogameblog.com

“Of course, I can get a hell of a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking my head up a bull’s ass, but I’d rather take the butcher’s word for it.” – Tommy Boy

Know of any sites that we didn’t mention, drop us a comment.

The booths I was looking for in particular was EA, Activision and THQ.  I first watched as a young kid played as Hulk Hogan, in the upcoming Legends of Wrestlemania (LOW).  THQ has always developed great wrestling games going back to WCW vs. NWO, by far the best controls in any wrestling games hands down.

Rope to the face, will cause a burning sensation

To know they’re working on LOW assured me that the gameplay would be great.  Not so fast though.  After a 20 minute wait, I finally got a chance to play.  Only two characters to choose from I chose Andre the Giant over Hulk Hogan.  Let me first say that the graphics (360) were spectacular and even the crowd was a great noticeable eye catching aspect of the game.  Now the controls on the other hand were not the same as the aforementioned THQ WCW vs. NWO.  There was an attack, a grapple, and I guess a block.  My opponent told me about the block button after our first match, to which I lost but I never got the hang of it after my second lost.  Let’s say I rarely loose twice in a row.  The damn kid pissed me off, so I left, lol.  Great looking game overall!

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So day 2 of Comic Con is over and what did I see?  I had hands-on with many of the upcoming games, so check out which games I absolutely loved and which one’s were “meh”.

I began my afternoon meeting up with a couple of the PR and Producers for Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars.  We spoke about the main character, Huang Lee and his relationship to the Triads.  I openly joked with the Producer from RockStar Games, and asked if Huang Lee has any trace back to the Ziabatsu?  I have to admit, he was impressed that I brought up a gang from Grand Theft Auto 2 and we chit chatted more about GTA2 then finally GTA:Chinatown Wars.  Taxi Driver’s Must Die!!!

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