Star Wars Fan Exhibition @ C2Age 2014

At C2Age 2014, Outpost Productions is delighted to present our Star Wars Fan Exhibition representing George Lucas' epic sci-fi saga. Exhibits comprise an assortment of franchise memorabilia such as collectible toys, miniature game models, limited edition 1:6 scale figures, and 1:1 costumes & props.

1:6 limited edition figurines from Sideshow Collectibles.

Starfighter game miniatures from Fantasy Flight Games.

Star Wars inspired costuming & props.

In addition, side activities for Star Wars fans include:

A) Cosplay

Come cosplay with us and take self-photo against our Star Wars photo backdrop! Post your photo on our Facebook Page and stand a chance to win a pair of iconic toy starfighters from Hasbro: the Rebel X-Wing and Imperial TIE Fighter worth over RM350.

Pose like a Star Wars "action figure" against our thematic backdrop.

Group cosplay together at 12pm, 3pm, & 5pm daily.

B) Trivia Quiz

Test your Star Wars knowledge at our Trivia Quiz for chance to win some freebies!

Everyone loves free stuff! Just answer a few Star Wars questions.

Standby at the exhibition area on Saturday 3.30pm and Sunday 12pm.

C) Charity Raffle & Auction

Make a donation to our daily raffle for chance to win Star Wars vehicles. Bigger and badder vehicles will also be auctioned daily at 5.30pm. Proceeds will be channeled to the beneficiary of C2Age, the Christopher & Diana Reeve Foundation which funds research for spinal cord injury. Read our Facebook Page Note for further details.

Hasbro X-Wing Starfighter for daily charity raffle.

Hasbro TIE Fighter for daily charity raffle.

Hasbro AT-ST Walker for daily charity raffle.

Charity auction items start bids at one-fifth of retail value! These Star Wars toy vehicles and more will be up for auction at 5.30pm daily.

Hasbro AT-TE Clone Walker for charity auction.

Hasbro B-Wing starfighter for charity auction.

Hasbro TIE Interceptors for charity auction.

Schedule:

Saturday 10 May

3.30pm Trivia Quiz @ exhibition

5.30pm Charity Raffle & Auction @ mini-stage

Sunday 11 May

12.00pm Trivia Quiz @ exhibition

5.30pm Charity Raffle & Auction @ mini-stage

Cosplay: 12pm, 3pm, 5pm daily

See you there and

May the Force be with You!

Check out our previous fan-boy engagements for Star Wars:

• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back celebration.
• Star Wars Weekend at LEGOLAND Malaysia.

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Journeying to The Dark World this Oc-THOR-ber!

This month of Oc-THOR-ber, the mighty THOR returns to cinemas to battle ancient evil from The Dark World. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvel's The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Alan Taylor takes over the director's chair for Thor: The Dark World with most of the cast returning from the 2011 origin movie.

Chris Hemsworth stars in his third outing as Thor, reuniting with co-star Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, who is not happy that the God of Thunder did not drop in to see her during formation of the Avengers at the invasion of New York.

Also back on this third Marvel movie, Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as Loki, whose popularity seems to be out-doing Chris Hemsworth himself! Just check out photos from movie promo events on the official Thor Facebook Page.

Loki charms the audience at SDCC 2013.

Since his surprise appearance at Loki in SDCC 2013, Tom Hiddleston certainly seems to have generated his own league of worshippers, particularly amongst the fan-girls while normal women-folk may continue to swoon over Chris Hemsworth god-like physique. Well, fans of both Team Thor and Team Loki can gasp in delight together as the Asgardian brothers look to be sharing lots of screen time together on their forthcoming journey to the Dark World.

The classic Sir Anthony Hopkins returns as Odin, the All-Father Ruler of Asgard, together with Rene Russo as Queen Frigga. Critically acclaimed Idris Elba also reprises the stoic Heimdall, gatekeeper of the Biforst rainbow bridge. 

While S.H.I.E.L.D. watches and protects mankind on Earth, the Asgardians seems to be the equivalent counterpart on the galactic scale protecting many worlds across the nine realms.

Leading the fight with Thor are Lady Sif (Jaimie Alexander) and the Warriors Three: Fandral (Zachary Levi), Volstagg (Ray Stevenson) and Hogun (Tadanobu Asano).

Sif

Fandral

Volstagg

Strangely Hogun doesn't get his own poster to complete the Warriors Three, or perhaps it will be a Japan exclusive.

Hogun (left) doesn't look happy to be left out of movie posters.

Space elves get nasty in the form of Malekith, played by Chris Eccleston of Dr. Who fame. Now as Ruler of Dark Elves from the realm of Svartalfheim, Malekith plots to engulf the universe in darkness.

Thor: The Dark World will unleash at Malaysian cinemas on 31st Oc-Thor-ber, Halloween Day! Let's look forward to some Asgardian cosplay at the movie opening:

Join our party of adventurers to Asgard this Thursday 31 October, 9pm at TGV IMAX Sunway Pyramid!

If you haven't yet gotten tickets for Thor The Dark World, MBO Cinemas will be giving out FREE tickets at 7pm on this THORs-day, 31 Oc-Thor-ber.

While at MBO Cinemas, the Outpost Movie Recon Team (M.R.T.) has also identified movie cup and postcards you can take home as souvenirs. Just purchase the following Mega-Cup and Postcard Combo for RM14.90 which comes together with soft drink plus popcorn to enjoy during the movie.

4 postcards comprising 3 Thor & 1 Loki, 2 of which features shiny gold print on the movie title.

Meanwhile, GSC gives us mere mortals a chance to be worthy of Thor's mighty hammer Mjolnir. With purchase of GSC Combo 3 or Large Signature Combo 1, you can take home a mini Thor Hammer for only RM2.

GSC also has an online contest via their website for a chance to win more Thor: The Dark World movie premiums.

Movie goers to TGV Cinemas purchasing tickets online or via mobile App are entitled to win movie premiums as well. Make you purchase then enter your booking number and details through the TGV website contest form.

Lastly, Cathay Cineplexes offers their Thor popcorn combo consisting of large popcorn, soft drink in Thor tumbler and a pack of Kinder Bueno for RM16.90.

In you want to feast like an Asgardian god, try Burger King's Hammer burgers. For a RM13.95 meal, get an Angus Black Pepper Beef or Tendercrisp Chicken burger, fries and special Lemon Bolt soft drink. Plus add RM6.90 to take back a Thor or Loki steel water bottle to bring along on your adventures to the nine realms.

The Outpost M.R.T. has been hard pressed to find any Thor: The Dark World toys and collectible merchandise locally. Hasbro has once again a series of Marvel action figures for this movie, which should be stocking on shelves soon at Toys R Us or major retailers. There are 3.75in series figures, a 10in electronic effects Thor, and various role-play items like Mjolnir. So far we have only spotted the 3.75in figures at one collectible hobby shop. Goto MarvelToyNews.com for on-shelf product photos.

3.75in Thor: The Dark World action figures from Hasbro.

10in Thor with light and sound effects.

More appealing to adult collectors could be Thor and Jane Foster figures from Diamond Select Toys (DST). However as there is no offical distributor for DST in Malaysia, we can only hope specialty hobby shops will bring them in. Check out photos of these figures and cutesy Minimates series from MarvelToysNews.com.

High end collectors and fan boys / girls will be happy to note Hot Toys is once again releasing a new version of the God of Thunder for Thor: The Dark World. In fact, there are 2 versions: Thor fully armoured (as he is during epic battles) and light armour (showing off his brawny arms), the latter looking to be an exclusive release through SideshowCollectibles.com. But it looks to be a long wait for these hot toys as release dates look to be almost 1 year away.

1/6 scale figure from Hot Toys releasing in 2014.

Exclusive "light armour" version from Sideshow showing off the God of Thunder's brawny arms.

Sadly LEGO doesn't seem to have Thor: The Dark World building sets like for Avengers and Iron Man 3. So LEGO fans will just have to play out their journey to The Dark World with Thor & Loki from last year's the Avengers sets. LEGO did parody the movie poster by converting the lead characters to their LEGO minifigure equivalents:

Now both Marvel and LEGO fans can play Thor and other superheroes to smash Loki and evil cohorts in the just released LEGO Marvel Superheroes video game:

Phew, that's wrapping it up for this M.R.T. report and hope it helps our loyal followers have a truly Thor-some experience.

Now we'll just sit back and throw some hammers while counting until Thors-day for release of Thor: The Dark World!

Disclaimer: Thor and its trademarks are copyright to Marvel Entertainment, referenced here for fan service announcements without intent to infringe.

Gargantuan Battle for the Pacific Rim

The Outpost Movie Recon Team (MRT) has just returned from an exploratory mission into the deep ocean and discovered...

Ops, looks like new recruits of the MRT ventured into the wrong ocean... the real monsters are coming from the Pacific instead! Check out monster / Kaiju sightings on this Crisis Map.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenceless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Helmed by acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro (Blade 2, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth), Pacific Rim stars Charlie Hunnam as veteran Jaeger pilot Raleigh Becket teaming up with new recruit Mako Mori played by Rinko Kikuchi. Leading the Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) is Stacker Pentecost portrayed by Idris Elba, whilst Ron Perlman is cast as Hannibal Chow, an opportunistic black marketeer of Kaiju organs. With award winning special effects from ILM, Pacific Rim is highly anticipated as THE Monster vs. Robot sci-fi movie of the era. The apocalypse begins in Malaysia cinemas nationwide on 11 July 2013.

If you're caught in Kaiju attack, best study this PPDC Survival Guide.

Check-out spoiler free reviews from CinemaOnline plus not-a-review by blogger eyeris. For more in-depth analysis, read-up badassdigest.com has to say.

When watching this epic sci-fi movie, the Outpost MRT highly recommends to “Go Big or Go Extinct”, namely to catch Pacific Rim in IMAX 3D! Watch this movie in TGV cinemas and also receive a Limited Edition Pacific Rim Trading Card.

The trading card is also offers a chance to win a brand new Samsung Galaxy MEGA smartphone plus Pacific Rim memorabilia and IMAX tickets. Further details here:

More chances to win the Samsung Galaxy MEGA smartphone from Warner Bros. Pictures Malaysia Facebook Page. The hunt down the Kaiju, Outpost MRT designed our own customised hunter robots with the Jaeger Designer. Upload your Jaeger design to the WB Jeager Digital Contest then share to your Facebook friends to Like to increase your chances to win. Artwork of your customised Jaeger in various dramatic action poses can also be downloaded to your desktop, phone and backgrounds.

“In order to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. We needed a new weapon. The Jaeger program was born.”

Stand a chance to win more official Pacific Rim goodies from Cathay Cineplexes Facebook Page contest with just a few clicks.

Increase your chances of scoring some of these Pacific Rim merchance by also joining AXN's online contest.  

Doing our bit to save the world, the Outpost MRT signed up to join the PPDC at www.panpacificdefense.com. After receiving our duty assignments, we also experienced fighting Kaiju in the Jaeger Combat Simulator.

The simulator may require some serious loading time but fortunately once activated it runs rather smoothly. Pilot your Jaeger with keyboard and mouse similar to 1st-person shooter games. The briefing room will probide some weapon choices that will equip your Jaeger with special attacks in battle with the Kaiju. Hint: press “ESC” to pause and show menu of function keys, i.e. navigate using “w” and “s” for moving front and back respectively while “a” and “d” is to sidestep left or right .

Meet key members of the PPDC and find out more details of the Jaegers at the Shatterdome.

The Outpost MRT was hard pressed to find any Pacific Rim geek collectibles in Malaysia. So we will have to be content with drooling at these goodies:

NECA's first set of 3 Pacific Rim 6-8in action figures include 2 Jaegers Gipsy Danger and Crimson Typhoon plus 1 Kaiju Knifehead. More detailed photos available at GNN GeekNews Network.

Although we don't find miniatures of Jaegers and Kaiju quite suited to the GIANT robots vs. monsters theme, the Heroclix Pacific Rim Figures does provide rather good 3-D visuals of these epic characters.

Collectors of premium limited edition memorabilia can pre-order statues of a series of Jaegers and Kaiju from Sideshow Collectibles, starting with Knifehead 17in tall model. However, it will be almost 1 year before the actual products are delivered.

Since there seems to be none of the above movie memorabilia out yet locally, the Outpost MRT will instead by trying out hand combating monsters with a cheesy boardgame called “Monsters Menace America!”

Oh, and if you trust Hannibal Chow, get harvested Kaiju organs to remedy a whole variety of ailments like cancer, insomnia, stroke, balding, erectile dysfunction, etc. We wouldn't wager our $$$ on Hannibal's company stocks though!

“Today at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time. We have chosen to believe in each other! Today we face the monsters that are at our door, today we are cancelling the apocalypse!”

Disclaimer: Pacific and its trademarks are copyright to Warner Bros. & their respective owners, referenced here for fan service announcements without intent to infringe.