Review and photos by Scott Rubin
Today we wrap up our look at a whole big batch of exclusives coming to San Diego Comic-Con 2017 from Monogram International Inc. next week. Thus far we’ve seen 3D Foam key ring figures and magnets as well as some pewter lapel pins from a variety of licenses including Marvel, Disney, horror movies, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, and more. Our finale examines five more items from another two highly popular franchises with key rings, mugs, 3D foam key rings, and lapel pins from the world of Harry Potter and Kingdom Hearts!
The biggest of the exclusives we’ve seen is the Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts 2-Mug Set ($30, 500 pieces). A huge, mostly clear box brings you a mug each from the two different but connected film series, and they’re fully usable for whatever you like to drink.
From Harry Potter comes the titular wizard’s pet snowy owl in drinking vessel form as the Hedwig Owl Mug, while the most recent Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them fans can enjoy the Newt Scamander Mug in its first availability. Hedwig has a ton of delightful details like feather and the adorable little feet, while the Newt mug has a super shiny silver embossing.
Wear or take your Harry Potter love with you with the next exclusive from Monogram, the Harry Potter Pewter Key Ring 5pc Set ($45, 500 pieces). A big, flat box reveals a jewelry-like tray holding the five key rings of a Golden Snitch, Harry Potter crest logo, Harry Potter wand, Hermione Granger wand, and Dumbledore wand.
The first thing you’ll notice is the rainbow of colors on these, not least of which with the wands in exclusive shade finishes: Harry’s in gold, Hermione’s in pearl, and Dumbledore’s in bronze! Then of course the Golden Snitch is highly reflective gold with silver wings and there’s a wealth of intricate detail and different colors on the crest logo. Even as a non Harry Potter fan I have to say that these key rings look great and feel nice and weighty.
Disney’s Kingdom Hearts franchise gets a lot of love at SDCC 2017 with three cool exclusives from Monogram starting with the Kingdom Hearts 3D Foam Key Ring 3pc Set ($25, 500 pieces). In it you’ll find figures of Sora and Mickey Mouse along with a foam replica of Sora’s key blade! As with all of the company’s foam figures these two heroes look really nice with lots of detailing and bright colors, and the gold weapon is a fun change of pace and a big symbol of your love of the game to anyone who sees it.
More wearable fun comes courtesy of the Kingdom Hearts Pewter Pin 6pc Set ($30, 500 pieces), which comes packaged in the same clamshell we’ve seen with the Supernatural and Marvel exclusives. This pack offers Sora’s head, the head of Mickey Mouse, Heartless, two key blades, and the debut of the Kingdom Hearts logo pin!
Approximately 1-1.5 inches tall/wide, these decorative accessories are certainly not limited to lapels and can be put on any clothing, pin boards, etc. Note: these pewter pins are highly reflective and picked up some color reflection in the photos from my orange camera. In reality they are pure shiny and matte silver.
Last but certainly not least in our look at Monogram’s exclusives is the elite Kingdom Hearts Pewter Key Ring 4pc Set ($40, 500 pieces). Packaged just like the Harry Potter Key Ring set, this quartet of video game weapons comes in a stylish black box with slide-out tray. The key rings include the debut of Fenrir and Circle of Life in pearl finish along with the exclusive black Wait the Dawn and gold and silver Key Blade!
The detailing on these 4-4.5 inch key rings is fantastic, and they have a very nice weight to them. In addition to the blades themselves there are all sorts of cool additional elements like the small Kingdom Hearts logo attached to the key rings, tiny hanging parts on their own mini chains, and more.
So there you have it, a look at many of Monogram International Inc.’s SDCC 2017 exclusives that will be available in just a few days at booth #3645. And if you missed our previous features click HERE and HERE to see the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Nightmare Before Christmas, Freddy vs. Jason, Beetlejuice, Sailor Moon, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Marvel exclusives. And that’s not all, as Monogram will have even MORE exclusives on hand! Good luck with your SDCC shopping, and tell ‘em you made your list with help from Figures.com!
Review and photos by Scott Rubin
Review samples courtesy of Monogram International Inc.
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