3D Geek Alert: Collect Your DESPICABLE ME 2 Special Edition 3D Glasses!

It's interesting to see what sort of custom glasses come out any given year as part of the marketing budget for various movies - all of which are invariably family movies. The next one coming down the pipe is DESPICABLE ME 2 which feature the glasses pictured. They remind me of the Pod Racer glasses that came out with STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D.

The DESPICABLE ME 2 glasses are coming to Best Buy (US) or look3D.com soon and they are exclusively for use in RealD 3D theaters. In addition to them being useable at the cinema, you can also use these passive 3D glasses with passive 3D electronics. This includes LG and Vizio home theater systems. Not for use in IMAX 3D or Dolby Digital 3D Cinemas. Not for use with Active 3D television systems.

FRAME MATERIAL: ABS Plastic with Elastic Strap
FRAME SIZE: Fits Kids / Youth / Adult
LENS SPECS: REALD Certified
RETAIL PRICE: AUD $12.95
COMES WITH: DM2 Branded Soft Cloth Bag and Retail Blister Packed

Here's the storyline for the movie:
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s worldwide blockbuster, DESPICABLE ME, delighted audiences around the globe in 2010, grossing more than $540 million and becoming the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history. In Summer 2013, get ready for more minion madness in DESPICABLE ME 2. Chris Meledandri and his acclaimed filmmaking team create an all-new comedy animated adventure featuring the return of Gru (Steve Carell), the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions… and a host of new and outrageously funny characters.

DESPICABLE ME 2 opens on July 3, 2013.

It's Starting! S3DHD TVs Are Being Sold RIGHT NOW!! ...And MLB's All Star Game Will Be In S3D

Jim here. Panasonic has created a new $2,900 S3DHD television bundle to be sold exclusively at Best Buy stores. It includes a Panasonic 50" TC-P50VT20 S3DHD TV ($2,500), a S3DHD compatible Blu-ray player (DMP-BDT300, $400) and a single pair of 3D glasses (TY-EW3D10U, $149).

Best Buy held a media event to publicize the immediate availability of these TVs - it is definitely NOT vaporware. Pictured are the first people to buy the bundle in Manhattan's Union Square.

Panasonic plans subsequent S3DHD TV releases for 54", 58" and 65" later this year.

Regarding S3D content, DirectTV promised at the Best Buy event that the first of their 3 new S3D channels would be running by June and that the 2010 MLB All-Star game will be in S3D! Fox was on hand as well and said that ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS would soon be out in S3DHD. They did not comment on the availability of AVATAR in Blu-ray at the event.

Samsung already has S3DHD TVs on sale through Amazon (Our write up is right here).

Awesome that these S3DHD TVs and Blu-rays are out there RIGHT NOW! Also, with all the competition heating up it is only a matter of time before we see those prices drop. But in all honesty, I thought the prices would be much higher to begin with. I am very pleased.

Source: Cnet