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Star Trek Fleet Command activation at SDCC 2026!

One of the coolest offsite activations at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, particularly if you’re a Star Trek fan, celebrates Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. The mobile game Star Trek Fleet Command has assembled original uniforms and props from every live action television series of the science fiction franchise.

On this final day of SDCC 2026, I got in line early and enjoyed a visit!

Fans would love the displays, photo ops, a Holodeck virtual reality experience, and a claw machine with Star Trek prizes. I skipped the latter attractions and focused my camera on the many uniforms and props. If you missed experiencing this offsite, you might enjoy my photographs!

Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek (The Original Series).
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A, Constitution-class Refit.
Props from Star Trek (The Original Series).
Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Data’s prosthetic makeup bust.
Starfleet Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement worn by Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge.
Original props from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Võx (Borg).
Klingon Negh’Var-class warship.
War College Mugato Mascot costume and Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Bajoran Orb of the Emissary and Reliquary.
Uniforms from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Borg prosthetic makeup bust.
Uniforms from Star Trek: Discovery.
Props from Star Trek: Discovery.
Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

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Nazgûl bring cold despair to Comic-Con!

While walking through the Gaslamp Quarter this afternoon, I suddenly felt cold despair. Something terrible was creeping up behind me.

I turned.

Black cloaked figures were slowly, inexorably approaching.

The Nazgûl. Ringwraiths. Fallen kings who chilled their victims with Black Breath.

Comic-Con goers looked on in dismay. Took photos.

Oh–I get it. These guys were merely promoting The Rings of Power.

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Bob’s Burgers cosplay at Comic-Con 2026!

I happened to walk up to a Bob’s Burgers cosplay meet-up for Comic-Con 2026 while wandering near the Hilton Bayfront this afternoon.

I got these fun photos of Bob’s Burgers characters having a great time…

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Sharks invade a San Diego city park!

Beware! If you plan to walk through Children’s Park in downtown San Diego during Comic-Con 2026, look out for hungry sharks!

Several sharks have invaded the pool near the fountain, and are threatening people walking through the park!

Seriously?

No. It’s just a fun activation outside the convention center that promotes Shark Week on the Discovery Channel!

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Command legendary starship Enterprise at Comic-Con!

Would you like to sit in the captain’s chair of the Federation starship Enterprise?

You can during Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego! Simply make your way over to the Marriott Marquis hotel to enjoy the free photo op while the Star Trek activation is open, Thursday to Saturday 9:30 am to 7 pm, and Sunday 9:40 to 5.

You can check out a cool LEGO model of the Enterprise and see an example of a Star Trek card from Magic: The Gathering, too!

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More wraps, offsites rise before Comic-Con!

Now six days to go before Comic-Con 2026. During my final walk of the day around downtown San Diego, I spied two new building wraps and two new offsites that are just beginning to rise!

First, behind the San Diego Convention Center, the big stage for Adult Swim on the Green was being tilted up into place!

I then noticed the Hilton Bayfront’s big building wrap was being applied. What will it be? FX show American Horror Story?

Turning around, I saw a new wrap being applied to the Marriott Marquis, next to the ESRI wrap, which will be coming down very soon. Looks like Star Trek…

After crossing over to the Gaslamp trolley station, look what I found. They’re getting ready to put up this year’s Percy Jackson offsite!

I then noticed the Rings of Power wrap on Fifth Avenue is done and features Sauron. (Those balloons are from a street party for the ESRI convention, which concludes today.)

Finally, I observed the Yaga wrap on the Hilton Gaslamp is about done! There are The Vampire Lestat graphics, too.

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The Rings of Power trolley for Comic-Con 2026!

The Rings of Power will be starting another season, which is made clear by a San Diego trolley wrap that has appeared for Comic-Con 2026!

I caught sight of the trolley today and captured these photos.

Amazon Prime Video has invested a lot in The Rings of Power series, but I’ve heard Tolkien’s many Lord of the Rings fans have mixed views of it. Not having watched, I can’t form an opinion, but the graphics on the Comic-Con trolley look pretty cool…

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If you’d like to view my coverage of Comic-Con so far, which includes hundreds of cool photographs, click here!

One week until Comic-Con photographs!

Just a week until the official start of Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego. I walked around downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter late this morning to see how everything is progressing outside the convention center.

Most of the preparation right now concerns putting up huge building wraps. Regular San Diego Comic-Con goers will see similarities with past years.

Workers were putting the finishing touches on the Pendry hotel wrap promoting The Vampire Lestat…

One of the hotel’s ground floor windows is wrapped, too.

The Lodge wrap is up for Paramount+ at Happy Does…

Wraps are starting to go up on the Fifth Avenue side of the Hilton Gaslamp. Words indicate that Prime Video’s Rings of Power is being promoted…

AMC shows are represented on the hotel side facing the San Diego Convention Center.

The Walking Dead: Dead City…

Also, what I believe is Yaga…

Turning toward the Omni hotel, I noticed the Marvel’s Wolverine wrap is done…

The hotel’s Funko POPs wrap is nearly done…

Meanwhile, The Rookie’s big wrap on Petco Park is finished, but not quite the smaller one…

Abbott Elementary’s big wrap on Petco Park is looking good…

I can’t wait to see what develops next!

UPDATE!

Look who I spied after lunch…Alvin!!!

UPDATE!

By late afternoon, the Funko POPs wrap had added Star Wars characters, the Rings of Power wrap was making headway, and the Yaga wrap was more than halfway on…

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The Walking Dead invade San Diego’s Gaslamp!

During San Diego Comic-Con, for many years, Anne Rice’s vampires would gather at the Hilton Gaslamp hotel. For Comic-Con 2026, it’s zombies!

Cool building wraps are now going up on the hotel’s exterior. I see the prominent tagline “Run This Town.” That’s associated with AMC’s upcoming season of The Walking Dead: Dead City.

The city of San Diego will be very much alive in about a week! Pop culture fans will fill the streets during a con that promises to be epic this year!

On another part of the Hilton Gaslamp, a face materializes…

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Addams Family artist exhibit at Comic-Con Museum!

Attending Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego? Got some extra time? You might want to head up to Balboa Park, where the Comic-Con Museum now features a number of cool exhibits, including a big one all about Doctor Who.

The Comic-Con Museum’s newest exhibit showcases the art of Charles Addams, who is best known for his popular creation The Addams Family. It’s titled Chas Addams: Family and Friends.

You’ll see a huge selection of his artwork. His wry, dark, humorous images might bring back memories of the Addams Family television show or the movie.

A variety of other subjects in his art might give you a chuckle, too!

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