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Photos: Ed Carbajal Something noticeable at this year's New Jersey Comic Expo was the collectibles made from 3D printers.  Sure, they've been making news for a while now in the things that can be made. Which is, pretty much anything if you do a Google search. But with a small investment and a good imagination you too could open up a booth at the next Comic-con or collectible show and sell things to fellow fans of whatever genre you're into. The one of display and that seemed in use and best suited was the M3D printer. It seemed perfect to make small busts of iconic characters from comic books and figures from pop culture. The printers were being sold at a different booth but you could see in others the idea is catching on. In the video below you could hear the M3D representative explain some details while seeing it in action. At the time it was making game pieces and you could see what completed ones look like just below it. Kind of makes you wan...

The New Jersey Comic Expo held its first event in New Jersey and with it,it's first ever costume contest .  Competitive cosplayers were in full swing and competition was fierce, but no matter how many characters appeared one group would win the top prize. If ever anyone needed an escape from the mundane day to day in central New Jersey, the NJ Comic Expo was the place to be. Good and evil characters did their best to come out on top in the costume contest, but when the DC Cosplayers East are present, its a hard task to beat like minded folks in such a creative environment. They took top prize as "The Justice Society of America", with probably the best group presentation ever done at an event like this. It wasn't just fun and games either, if you are an aspiring creator or wanted to pick the brains of some of the veterans of the comic book business, panels ran all day on both days. Writers and artists shared some of their best experiences with fans a...