The Nerd Fu Podcast – EPISODE 82 – Violence

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SCREENSHOT

Movies in Theaters This Week

TV

International partners to simulcast season 5 of Game of Thrones with the U.S. airing – [ComicBook.com]

New Daredevil trailer runs a little bland to some – [Collider]

AMC announces two-season order for The Walking Dead companion series – [AMC]

Fox Developing The Expendables TV Series – [Collider]

The Fall Renewed for Season 3; Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan Will Return – [Collider]

Powers – Playstation Original Series – [Playstation.com]

MUST WATCH : New The Flash Trailer Features Mark Hamill as The Trickster – [Collider]

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STOCKPILE

Funko Information

• Star Trek TNG Pop! Photo Review & Giveaway – [Nerd Fu]  *Link coming later today
• New Black Widow figure added for Avengers: Age of Ultron – coming in July – [NerdFu]
• Hulk variant Pop!’s starting to appear at Hot Topic
• Undercover Dean Hot Topic Exclusive
  
• Reverse Flash available for pre-order now – coming in May

Darth Vader Nendoroid coming this summer – [GoodSmile Company]

Avengers: Age of Ultron EarPhone Plugy – [Angolz]

NerdBlock Classic – March theme “Simon Says” – available through Sunday – [NerdBlock]

Other Great Collectibles

Nearly 10′ tall life size Hulkbuster statue ($21,500) coming soon – [ToyArk]

Frozen Monopoly Junior Edition, $18, pre-order now, coming April 2015 – [EntertainmentEarth]

 

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HIGH SCORE

Dying Light gets tweaks, new outfits and weapons, and updated patch for Hard Mode – [IGN]

GTA 5’s online Heists can have BIG paydays – [IGN]

7 Days of Savings from today through next Tuesday – [Gamestop]

**Free digitial download ($60 value) when you buy a new XBone  (with or w/o Kinect)

Uncharted 4 Delayed until Spring 2016 – [IGN.com]

 

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COMICS N’ CONS

InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #362 is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!

• Spawn Resurrection #1
• Detective Comics Endgame #1
• Southern Cross #1
• Surface #1
• Batman Arkham Knight #1 (Gary Frank variant cover)
• …. and many, many more

Skottie Young’s Little Marvels characters get their very own Warzones! series: “GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVELS: AvX” – [Marvel]

Conventions

SXSW [March 13 – 22] – no updates

WalkerStalker Con Dallas [March 14-15] – added: Comic Book Men Roadshow, Ross Marquand (Aaron), guide now available

Emerald City Comic Con [March 27 & 29] – Show is now sold out! – Exclusive comics announced: Spider-Gwen #2 variants at J. Scott Campbell’s table, Prometheus-Omega #1, Frankenstein Underground #1, Lady Killer #1, Past Aways #1, Tales from the Con Year Two ECCC variant, Princess Leia #1 – Adi Granov variants

C2E2 [April 24 to 26] – CM Punk added, C2E2 app is now live

Comicpalooza [May 22 to May 25] – added: Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, Dan Starkey (Strax from Doctor Who)

Fan Expo Dallas [May 29 to May 31] – added: Gillian Anderson, Barbara Eden & Day of the Dead reunion featuring Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander & Jarlath Conroy

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WILDCARD

Star Wars mimoPowerTube (Stormtrooper) Review – [TheNerdFu]