Fans are understandably excited as the release of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 is now only a few short days away, but in case the Shane Black-directed sequel isn’t enough to appease your fandom, another Iron Man-related product is being made available—though it comes with quite the hefty price tag.  Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled a life-size Iron Man Mark 42 collectible, which is basically a human-sized action figure.  The piece stands over seven feet tall and weighs over 100 lbs.  Moreover, it comes complete with LED light up eyes, arc reactor, palm, and display base.  The figure will run you $8499.99, and I can think of plenty of other causes worthy of that kind of money, but the figure is available for purchase nevertheless.  Hit the jump for more info and some images of the collectible.

Need a ninja buddy to keep your G.I. Joe: Retaliation Snake Eyes figure company?  Lucky for you, Hot Toys has just released a 1/6th scale figure for Storm Shadow, as played by Lee Byung-hun when the sequel opens March 29th.  The figure features a highly detailed likeness of the actor with both a masked and unmasked head, plus 30 points of articulation, nine pairs of hands and a veritable arsenal of ninja weaponry.  This Sideshow pre-order will run you $204.99 with shipment expected in June.

Hit the jump for images, specs and ordering information.

In anticipation of the release of Iron Man 3 in a couple of months, the folks over at Hot Toys are cooking up some fine-looking collectible figurines.  They recently unveiled a nifty Sixth Scale collectible version of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark.  The collectible comes complete with various pieces of armor, a workbench, a light up stand, and even a mechanical arm.   It’s a bit pricey at $279.99, but hardcore fans shouldn’t have trouble mining their savings for the latest Hot Toys piece.

Hit the jump for images and specs.  Click here to pre-order on Sideshow Collectibles.

As most of you know, I recently did an epic hour-long video interview with director Guillermo del Toro, and over the past week I’ve been breaking it down into smaller segments. For today’s installment, del Toro talks about the soundtrack of Pacific Rim, the collectables we can expect next year, and reveals he paid for his own set of productionmaquettes for his personal collection.

If you’re a fan of Ramin Djawadi (who’s done the soundtracks for Prison Break, Iron Man and Game of Thrones), he’s going to be scoring Pacific Rim and del Toro seems really happy with what he’s heard thus far.  And for fans of Sideshow Collectibles and Gentle Giant, del Toro pretty much confirms we’ll be getting very cool collectibles based on Pacific Rim next year.  I can’t wait to see the different robots (Jaegers) and monsters (Kaiju) as huge collectibles.  Hit the jump for today’s installment and look for more with del Toro tomorrow night.

Hot Toys has unveiled a couple of new collectible figures, and they’re pretty swell. First up is the 1/6th scale Mark VII Limited Edition Iron Man collectible figurine from The Avengers line.  It’s ridiculously detailed, and you can basically count the facial hairs on Tony Stark’s goatee with the helmet off.  The armored figure also includes a wrist laser, forearm rockets, fully deployable air flaps, interchangeable armor plates and more.

Additionally, a collectible The Terminator Endoskeleton has been made available via Sideshow Collectibles.  The figure has LED-lighted eyes, fully articulated fingers, and a plasma rifle.  Hit the jump to check out images of both figures or click here to pre-order.

Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles have done it again!  This time, they’ve released new images of three separate figures.  We’re bringing you looks at the Hot Toys Gary Oldman’s Lt. Jim Gordon in full S.W.A.T. uniform, plus Sideshow’s Hulk from The Avengers and even our old pal Galactus.  The Devourer of Worlds will set you back $799.99, but also comes with a scale version of Nova and Silver Surfer.  The Sideshow Exclusive Gordon figure comes in at a modest $224.99 while the Hulk is a beefed up $649.99 and is available for pre-order here.  Hit the jump to check them out!

While walking around Comic-Con the past two days, I’ve taken almost 150 pictures of the various things items on the convention floor.  If you’re interested in checking out what’s in San Diego this year, hit the jump for tons of posters, costumes, toys, collectibles, people, props, and so much more.

A few of the movies and TV shows you’ll see include Iron Man 3, Breaking Bad, Men in Black, The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, Total Recall, Looper, Ender’s Game, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Lego, Knight Rider, Star Wars, Sideshow Collectibles, Entertainment Earth, The Hobbit, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The 5th Element, Thundercats, THX 1138, and more.

Some pretty damn cool-looking collectible figures are now on sale for The Amazing Spider-Man and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, and we’ve got a batch of images from both.  These figures come from Hot Toys, the same company that put out that incredibly life-like Joker collectible from The Dark Knight and they also did Loki from The Avengers.  There’s really not much to the Spidey collectible besides some webshooting and crouched stances, but the Wolf Predator Polystone Statue is pretty neat.  The terrifying hunter carries a trophy from his prey in one image, and shows off his deadly chompers in another.

Hit the jump to check out images of the collectibles.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get crushed by tens of thousands of people?  Then you may want to walk (or attempt to walk) the Exhibitors’ Hall at Comic-Con.  Despite the seeming chaos of the hall, there is actually a method to the madness.  Major companies get the center (except for video game companies which get their own corner), artists are shunted as far off to the side as possible, and most of the sellers inhabit one-half of the hall.

But where the crush truly happens is at the insane lines circling the major companies as fans line up for swag and autographs.  The usual suspects are all here: DC Comics, Marvel, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Mattel, LucasFilm, CBS/Showtime, Lionsgate, Hasbro, and Sideshow Collectibles.  I’m not sure why Square-Enix gets such a large booth considering everything they make nowadays is crap.  Hit the jump to check out the full map.  The 2011 San Diego Comic-Con runs from July 21 – 24th.

While it’s been awhile since we’ve done a Geek Gifts, when I saw the Christopher Reeve Superman 12-inch figure by Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles, I knew we had to bring it back.  According to the press release, “the movie-accurate Superman collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Christopher Reeve as The Man of Steel, highlighting the authentic head sculpt, movie-accurate costume and detailed light-up figure stage imitating the Fortress of Solitude.”

As you can tell by the images, the figure looks amazing.  Hit the jump for a lot more info on the figure.

Mondo is getting in on the TRON: Legacy action by releasing posters for TRON and TRON: Legacy by Eric Tan.  Each of these beauties measures 16″x24″, uses glow-in-the-dark inks, is limited to an edition of 240, and costs $40.  Hit the jump to check out the posters along with a statement from Tan on his approach to the artwork.  The posters go on sale tomorrow so be sure you’re following @MondoNews for the announcement.  TRON: Legacy stars Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, and Jeff Bridges.  It opens in 3D this Friday.

Every year at Comic-Con, the convention floor is sensory overload.  You’ve got thousands of people walking around trying to take everything in. Some are trying to buy convention exclusives, others are trying to get autographs and meet celebrities, and the rest are there for a myriad of reasons.  Comic-Con has definitely become a melting pot of pop culture and if you’re into movies, TV, comic books, toys, anime, and almost anything that can be collected, it’s located in San Diego in late July.  While the show has grown bigger than the Convention Center can hold (which is why some events are now offsite at other hotels) it’s an amazing show and something you have to experience for yourself.

Since many of you have never been to Comic-Con, I decided to take a ton of photos of the Convention Floor and some of the cool things taking place outside on the street.  So if you’re into everything I mentioned above, you’re going to love the 100 pictures after the jump.

“District 9″ is one of those films…the less you know the better. So let me say to everyone reading this, if you’d like to see a great sci-fi movie, something that’s new, original, and fresh, go see “District 9″ this weekend. Don’t ask people what it’s about. Don’t go reading the reviews. Just buy a ticket and see it. I promise you’ll love the movie and you’ll be so happy you didn’t know anything beforehand. That’s how I saw it and it was amazing.

Of course not everyone feels this way. Some people don’t care what they find out in advance and they actually want to learn as much as they can before they see a movie. So while I’d love to post this exclusive interview I did with director Neill Blomkamp after “District 9″ had opened, I realize the reason he did press was to get people into the theater this weekend. So after the jump is a great conversation with Neill and he explains why he got into making movies, the marketing of “District 9″, making the film, the style, what will be on the DVD/Blu-ray, would he go back to “Halo” if he was asked, Comic-Con, and a lot more. Take a look: