San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is officially open and, as usual, it’s filled with all sorts of goodies. The main convention floor is over 2 million square feet and no matter where you look there’s something to catch your eye. io9 hit the floor on preview night and snapped just a handful of the stuff that caught our eyes, from big displays to standout photo-ops, props, cool merchandise and more. But this is barely a scratch of the surface of what’s actually here. Check it out.
We are Groot
Life size Hulk
Star Wars Outlaws
This is a photo op of you on Kay Vess’s bike.
Rocket and Lylla
At the Marvel booth are these stand-ins from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Adam Warlock
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
The Lego Booth
Lego went full Blockbuster for its booth this year.
Star Wars Lego
Every display of Legos, like this one for Star Wars, is accompanied by VHS boxes.
Employee picks
Love that Lego Masters got in there.
Catbus
Totoro
Transforming Grimlock
Read more about it here, but it’s awesome in person.
Lego Sonic
A display fitting of the shield
Blue Beetle costume
From the upcoming movie!
Aquaman costume
Also from the upcoming movie.
15th Doctor
The full outfit for Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor is on display.
Who kicks
And I had to get a close up of the Doctor’s cool kicks.
Final Fantasy XVI’s Ifrit
Gundam: The Witch From Mercury’s Aerial
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds costumes
Meatball
A monster from In the Mouth of Madness.
Alex Ross photo op
A cool spot to take a photo, featuring the legendary comics artist’s newly-created villains mural.
Loth Cat!
We already highlighted the other props from Ahsoka but, later in the day, this Loth Cat was also revealed.
Craig Drake Mario Kart
Drake is one of my favorite artists and his take on Mario Kart is rad. Available only at the con now but later at Hero Complex Gallery.
Bruce!
Another of our favourite artists, Jason Edmiston, did a scale size painting of Bruce from Jaws at the end of the movie. It’s on display at the convention but you can order one all weekend on his website. Head there for better pics too.
Decimated…
Many artists were upset when Funko fired many of the people who made the poster company, Mondo, so great. One of those artists was Daniel Danger and when Danger saw that his San Diego Comic-Con booth was right across from Funko’s, well, he made his feelings known the best way he knows how. Through art. This version of “Decimated…” is a con exclusive but there’s a timed one available all weekend at this link.