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Sideshow Con reveals a Beast Premium Format Figure

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Sideshow Con has come and gone and Sideshow has revealed an incredible new statue featuring the X-Men‘s Beast. The Beast Premium Format Figure shows hank hanging out in his lab. A beautiful and creative statue, this is one that can’t be missed.

You can sign up now and find out when it’s available.

Beast Premium Format Figure

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Sideshow Con Goes Global and will NOT exhibit at San Diego Comic-Con

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Sideshow Con

As the annual convention season gears up in San Diego, pop culture titan Sideshow has announced a massive change in tradition: For the first time in over two decades, Sideshow will not be exhibiting at the San Diego Comic-Con. 

The change from the familiar is an absolute surprise but the company has stated it is forging new trails to connect with fans has always been an integral part of Sideshow’s mission. This evolution forms part of Sideshow’s ongoing strategy to engage with the growing global collector community by transitioning its unforgettable showcases to the digital realm. 

As convention attendance prices and travel costs grow, accommodations become increasingly expensive and con passes become even harder to acquire, large-scale conventions have become experiences only accessible to a small percentage of the fanbase, unintentionally leaving a large proportion of global pop culture enthusiasts underserved.

Sideshow will now concentrate its efforts on creating virtual experiences for its expanding global community of pop-culture enthusiasts.

Sideshow and its partners are set to deliver their largest online experience to date through their Sideshow Con event, taking place July 18 – 21, 2023. This event promises fans and collectors five days of high-quality content, first looks, product spotlights, special promos, unique contests, giveaways, and much more. 

Collectors and fans can pre-register for Sideshow Con HERE.

Sideshow Con Returns in July

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Sideshow Con 2021

For fans lamenting the postponed San Diego Comic-Con this year, Sideshow declares ‘The Con is On!’ Sideshow Con will take place July 19 through July 25, 2021.

2021 marks the return of Sideshow Con – Sideshow’s popular spin on the now-commonplace virtual con. While most of SDCC’s exhibitors took their booths online for digital events in 2020, Sideshow Con centered around a real-world physical booth space. A custom-made installation that recreated Sideshow’s Comic Con exhibition / art gallery-style presence. 

This exhibition-style setup featured hundreds of statues, figures, art prints, and collectibles, and enabled fans from all over the world to engage with Sideshow’s team for 7 whole days, exploring a physical space from the comfort of their own homes. Fans had live access to HD streams of all of the new reveals from Sideshow and their brand partners, as well as a wealth of show-exclusive products, discounts, contests, and more!

Now, in 2021, Sideshow plans to raise the bar even higher… 

Sideshow PR Manager, Andy Smith, said:

In 2020, the “Sideshow Con” concept was a love-letter to conventions. It was born from our sadness about the cancellation of San Diego Comic-Con.

2020 was difficult for everyone, and we tried to find a way to share some love and celebrate the con experience we were all missing while showcasing all of the new products that Sideshow and our partners had coming up in the coming year. By including live interaction with our team as virtual tour guides, we tried to recreate that con atmosphere as much as possible.

We built a physical real-world booth that aimed to replicate some of the pop culture art gallery vibe from our San Diego space, and then leveled it up with multiple podium swap outs each day. We filled that booth with hundreds of statues and figures from Sideshow, Hot Toys, Tweeterhead, PCS, Threezero, Iron Studios, and many more.

Throughout that week, we released nearly a hundred videos from the booth, and we went live three times a day to chat with fans and explore the products in real-time! The fan response was overwhelmingly positive, and even though the event wasn’t without its own very unique challenges, we learned a lot, and we’re excited to aim even higher and try to offer even more in 2021.

We’ve been going to SDCC since 1998, and we’re very sad that the event has been postponed this year. However, we’re determined to make the most of this unusual and unprecedented situation. To our fellow fans, friends, collectors, and convention-goers worldwide, we miss you, stay safe, and we hope that Sideshow Con brings you some geeky joy in 2021. We are looking forward to seeing you all again in person soon, but until then, we hope you enjoy the show!

COMING SOON

Keeping that “convention spirit” alive is an essential part of Sideshow Con 2021, and many aspects of a physical convention will be preserved, including an upcoming pre-registration process for priority access to content and merch, as well as early-bird access to limited edition convention exclusive products, contests and more.