SETTING THE STAGE

A huge portion of what used to be The Block was reserved this year for SYFY Wire NYCC Live's stage. A series of interviews over the four days were featured online. I arrived early for the AEW interview and saw acclaimed former comic writer and current Marvel Television Executive Vice President Jeph Loeb with the stars of Marvel Studios' Hulu-exclusive Runaways. They chatted about the upcoming surprises in store for Season 3 and how excited they were to be working with Elizabeth Hurley. I’m a big fan of the comic and definitely looking forward to catching up on the TV series. —LV

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BIG POP

Days before NYCC '19 the WWE finally had a big league challenger with the debut of AEW Dynamite. With an actual billionaire owner and a primetime spot on TNT, the wrestling world was abuzz. On the SYFY Wire NYCC Live stage, AEW had a large presence with appearances by Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Brandi Rhodes, Jungle Boy, and Awesome Kong (who I was super-excited to see after her run on GLOW). A huge and excited crowd gathered to shower the wrestlers with A-E-Dubbs chants. Jericho and Brandi worked the mic well as the clear spokespeople for this quickly growing brand. It made me wonder why WWE never has a presence at NYCC. —LV

Chris Jericho

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Transformers

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Transformers have captivated Boom's attention for a few years now, and he was happy to try to identify what the guys on the stage might have been promoting as well as guess how many steps were needed to transform Unicron

Unicron

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PLANET EATER

One of the main reveals I wanted to see at NYCC was the massive 27-inch tall Unicron. With over 50 points of articulation, Unicron was looking to be crowd-funded through Hasbro Pulse. Initially looking for 8,000 backers, they received more than 10,000 after the reveal. This fi gure is unbelievably impressive—the largest and best Transformer I’ve ever seen. Another huge hit from Hasbro Pulse. —LV

Unicron

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