FUN AND GAMES Perhaps as a safety measure, all the card game events seemed to have disappeared from this year’s Show. (QR codes flagged the chance to try mobile games on your own phone.) Bandaii still had a huge footprint with multiple booths. A huge line wrapped around Tamashaii Nations (below) on Thursday when they released exclusives for Dragon Ball Z, Cowboy Bebop, Voltron, and more. The Gaming section seemed to be more devoted to toys and books related to Bandaii games than getting excited about upcoming versions, which is probably what everyone needed when we’ve all been at home playing games but unable to get any imported toys.
NOT BANDAII Demon Slayer (right) displayed statues and sword replicas related to the Sega game inside a beautiful courtyard set up. The red skull and crossbones (far right) was on the floor in a completely different section of the Show, but I liked it here.
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Art Department Weekly • New York Comic Con 2021
