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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (February 26, 2020) — PopMinded by Hallmark has announced this year’s new limited quantities of products and collectibles developed exclusively for fan events, some of which will start selling March 12 at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Wa. March 20 at Planet Comic Con in Kansas City, Mo.

PopMinded, which debuted in 2016, is Hallmark’s way to celebrate fandom with gifts and collectibles created and curated with all fans in mind. PopMinded continues and expands on Hallmark’s decade-long tradition of providing event attendees access to Hallmark’s ever popular event exclusive products available only through convention pop-up stores.

Hallmark Keepsake Ornament designs, itty bittys® plush characters, and the popular PXL8 enamel pins will be sold in limited quantities at these events on Hallmark’s 2020 convention calendar. View the calendar below.

Limited availability items include:

Boggart Snape and Tribble Keepsake Ornaments will be available March 12-15 at Emerald City Comic Con and continue with the addition of along with The Child-themed enamel pin in March 20-22 at Planet Comicon in Kansas City, Mo. The Imperial Probe Droid Keepsake Ornament and Deadpool itty bittys® will be joining this lineup for Comic-Con® International: San Diego, July 23-26, and continue on to New York Comic Con, October 8-11. A limited amount of the Tribble Keepsake Ornament will be available at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, August 5-9. Additionally, a limited amount of the Imperial Probe Droid-themed will be available at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, August 27-30, along with three additional yet-to-be-announced collectibles that will be exclusive to that event. Exclusives are planned to be made available at the to-be-rescheduled Emerald City Comic Con and additional exclusives may be announced at a later date.

PopMinded’s line of PXL8® style collectible enamel pins will continue to feature 8-bit renditions of favorite characters exclusive to 2020 events. Designs will be announced closer to each event.

An assortment of Hallmark pop-culture products from its stores also will be available at each event.

In addition, a very limited number of 2020 event-exclusive Keepsake Ornaments will be available for sale later this year to members of the Keepsake Ornament Club. Information for joining the club can be found online at Hallmark.com/KOC

At the end of the 2020 convention season in October, remaining stock of the year’s event exclusives may be made available for sale online. Check for details at PopMinded.com

Additional details about daily allocations for each event exclusive product as well as activity plans for each event will be announced closer to the respective convention dates.

For more information about PopMinded by Hallmark and the products offered, visit PopMinded.com or follow @popminded on Instagram.

Hallmark’s 2020 convention calendar

Comic-Con International® (SDCC): San Diego, CA. – July 23-26, 2020 CANCELLED

[email protected]: July 23-26, 2020

Planet Comicon (PCKC): Kansas City, MO. – March 20-23, 2020 Moved to August 14-16, 2020 CANCELLED

Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC): Seattle, WA – March 12-15, 2020 (booth #934) Moved to August 21-23, 2020 CANCELLED

Star Wars Celebration (SWCA): Anaheim, CA – August 27-30, 2020 CANCELLED

New York Comic Con™ (NYCC): New York, NY – October 8-11, 2020

Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention (STLV): Las Vegas, NV. – August 5-9, 2020 Moved to December 9-13, 2020

UPDATE (03.06.20) – Emerald City Comic Con 2020 to be postponed.
UPDATE (03.12.20) – Planet Comicon 2020 to be postponed.
UPDATE (03.13.20) – New 2020 dates announced for Emerald City Comic Con.
UPDATE (03.17.20) – New 2020 dates announced for Planet Comicon.
UPDATE (04.17.20) – Comic-Con International (SDCC) has been CANCELLED for 2020.
UPDATE (04.21.20) – In light of the cancellation of International Comic-Con San Diego this year, PopMinded by Hallmark is exploring other avenues of virtual convention participation where the 2020 event exclusives can be made available to fans. Hallmark will also continue to offer these exclusives at other conventions later this year (Emerald City Comic Con, Planet Comic Con and New York Comic Con). In the event that these are also canceled and inventory is left over after any virtual convention participation, Hallmark may offer the exclusives online, closer to the end of the year. Stay tuned for future announcements.
UPDATE (05.08.20) – Added Ahsoka Tano™ and 332nd Company Clone Helmet Keepsake Ornament information.
UPDATE (05.08.20) – Announcing [email protected] 2020, Comic-Con isn’t cancelled after all! SDCC will be held online and free for all attendees.
UPDATE (05.10.20) – [email protected] set for the same dates as SDCC, July 22 to 26.
UPDATE (06.05.20) – New 2020 dates announced for Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention
UPDATE (06.15.20) – Star Wars Celebration (SWCA) has been CANCELLED for 2020.
UPDATE (06.16.20) – Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) has been CANCELLED for 2020.
UPDATE (06.17.20) – Added K-2SO itty bittys information.
UPDATE (07.01.20) – Planet Comicon has been CANCELLED for 2020.