What's Got Everyone Talking This Week

So it’s been a pretty busy week in the nerdy geeky world. A lot has been going on in a number of different areas. So what’s everyone talking about? Well the blogverse, Twitterverse, and other websites have picked up on a number of things; therefore, I’m only going to highlight the top five. Here’s a look:

The New Mutants Trailer

Part horror movie cut and part superhero trailer, the first trailer for the 20^th Century Fox film “The New Mutants” has managed to get people talking. Are they talking good or bad? Well, that largely depends on how you take the two minute trailer (I’ll add a duh right there). For me, the trailer seems cut in a way that puts the movie on par with some sort of 1980’s horror movie, and that might just be a good thing. Check it out for yourself:

Another Walking Dead #100 Variant

Yup, it happened. Just when you think things couldn’t get any more confusing in the Walking Dead comic book collecting world, now seventy some issues later another variant of the first appearance of the man with the bat wrapped in barbed wire has made an appearance. With the release of the “Here’s Negan” book, Barnes & Noble has managed to score an exclusive variant ofWalking Dead #100. The hardback book is available at the website for under $19, while the comic enclosed with the book is selling on eBay in the $40 range. Amazing, eh?

The Last Jedi Trailer

No matter how you feel about Star Wars, there is little chance anyone in this particular circle has escaped the latest trailer for The Last Jedi. So what’s up? Well, if you missed it here it is, hold on:

Hard to say how to judge this one, but like most Star Wars trailers, it looks EPIC.

Marvel Lenticular Covers

Marvel has found a way to alienate comic book shop owners by putting some really strange buying requirements on the Marvel Legacy Lenticular covers. What this has done is forced stores to sell the books above cover price (unlike DC that simply charged a little more cover price for the lenticular books BTW). If you are a comic book collector, the 3D or Lenticular covers are pretty cool, but with the books failing to really strike a chord on the secondary market most of these books look to be dead on arrival. That is if your local comic book shop even ordered any to begin with. Look for more on this topic over the coming week.

Disney Epcot 35 Figment Funko

Hey, Disney is cool, and that little purple dragon that inhabits the World of Imagination is pretty popular. So when you combine the 35^th Anniversary of Epcot with a pretty cool Funko Pop of Figment, you get mass hysteria. Well, you get a lot of folks cashing in is what you get. Despite costing $19.99 retail, the Figment Funko has been ringing up twice that on secondary markets. That number was really crazy over the course of the Epcot anniversary with some sales approaching the $75 range. Things seem to have toned down for now, especially with fans waiting until the next shipment from the manufacturer. Still, if that ship doesn’t come in, buyers can expect a nice bump in price (on the secondary markets that is) prior to the holiday.

Hey, that’s the rundown on what has gotten everyone talking this week. Who knows what the next week holds, but I’m betting a certain God of Thunder or a Prince from Wakanda will be at least mentioned in the next few.