What?!? When!?!: Your Updated Comics Cinema Calendar, June 2015 Edition
We’re halfway through both the actual calendar, and the Summer blockbuster season (which started in May). Even though it feels like a Friday night at the video store circa 1990, there have been some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SDCC ’15: DC Comics Meets Lego Arts
By Nick Eskey “Lego” is the toy that let’s allows kids and adult to build from premade manuals, or to create out of their imaginations. Complete miniature sized cities, even worlds, can be made. But...
View ArticleNYCC’15: Thursday Photos!
After that, it was down to the DC exhibition! First stop, Graphitti’s booth, to check out the new special editions! Then I walked over to the big display… lots of movie props and costumes! After that,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toy Fair 2016: Lego Star Wars, Marvel Civil War and Ghostbusters sets revealed
Ah Toy Fair, a riot of plastic, wood, metal, resin and MAGIC! As usual, The Beat pounded the halls of the JAvits Center and beyodnd to bring you only the FRESHEST toys and playthings. The day started...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Civil War Comes to Lego Today
With Marvel Studios Civil War just around the corner, Lego Marvel’s Avengers game released their own versions of the characters we’ll see in the film. This add on content is free for fans who own the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WonderCon’16: Friday Morning Preview and visit from Mayor Eric Garcetti
By Nicholas Eskey During the tail end of last year’s Wonder Con, it was announced that the convention which had spent the last three years in Anaheim would instead next be hosted by the city of Los...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Experience the Ant-Man film in Lego form
Since its release in January, Lego Marvel’s Avengers has been entertaining kids and adults alike. The game has managed to expand on its MCU confines with content based on Captain Marvel, The Masters of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
E3 2016: The Year of Comic Book Video Gaming
Keep your Master Chiefs, bearded Kratos, fancy flux capacitor powered hardware. E3 2016 had one of the best line ups for those of us who love big comic book experiences in gaming. Batman, Spider-Man,...
View ArticleSDCC ’16: Lego Announce Two “The Lego Batman Movie” Sets for 2016
It’s finally time to pick up on some of that quality Lego content I know Beat readers crave. The Lego Batman Movie looks to be everywhere at SDCC this year, promoted all over the place – and Lego have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SDCC’16: Lego Dimensions reveals new details on expansions from E.T, Harry...
Lego fever was rampant around the convention center at San Diego Comic-Con. From the massive booth where fans gathered to take Lego Batman selfies and buy the latest exclusive toys to the WB booth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYCC’16: Legos!
Normally, I’d post daily journals of what I saw at New York Comic Con, but it’s a week later, it’s all a blur, and, to be honest I (and most of you) don’t really care. So, instead, I’ll be posting a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PSX’16: The #Sweet6 games of PlayStation Experience 2016
What a show PSX 2016 was. Between the major announcements, tournaments, panels, and autograph signings, I managed to play an awful lot of games on the show floor. Thanks to the magic of scheduling, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
INTERVIEW: Assembling the lighter side of (LEGO) STAR WARS & MARVEL with ARIE...
Happy New Year everyone! Time to rid ourselves of the pains of 2016 and move on to the comics/entertainment goodness that’s surely in store for 2017. For me, one of the great surprises of this new year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Coolest Things I Saw Saturday at Toy Fair…
This is my first Toy Fair as “press”, and it was fun walking around, searching for geekery items, brainstorming a little with the company reps, and just having fun! I’m here for four days, and I’ll be...
View ArticleToy Fair 2017: Lego!
Marvel! Disney! DC! Batman! Star Wars! Elves! Minecraft! Yeah…. it’s a great time to be a Lego fan! I was fortunate to tour Lego’s showroom during Toy Fair, and every turn, every display had something...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Possible coolest thing ever todey: LEGO is making a Women of NASA set
It's Women's History month and even Lego is getting into the act with a five figure Women of NASA set!
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toy Fair 2017: Peanuts Construction Sets? From China!
While wandering every aisle of ToyFair, I spied this display: What the…?! Peanuts?! Construction sets? At first, I thought it might be counterfeit, as the box design and quality was a bit cheap....
View ArticleClik here to view.
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: Become the brick god in LEGO Worlds.
I do love me a good LEGO. Except for stepping on a loose one in the middle of the night. So you better believe this past week’s official launch of the open world building game LEGO Worlds was on my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 officially announced with a teaser
Today Marvel and WB Games dropped the official first slice of the follow-up to arguably their most popular entry in the entire LEGO licensed game series. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is the direct sequel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SDCC’17: Marvel Games panel shows off the vision behind the resurgence of The...
Marvel Games is having a console renaissance of late with Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy and all the buzz surrounding Insomniac’s Spider-Man. Thursday at SDCC 2017, Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller hosted...
View Article