Toys
Line Review: Hot Toys
By Christopher Troy Allow, for a minute, a small rant. I’m a fairly big Scott Pilgrim fan. Like read all the books, own the blu-ray and game, big fan. I was really excited to hear […]
Month: December 2010
Toys
Review: Transformers Generations Darkmount
By Loran Mercy is not dispensed here, fools! Only… reviews. Since the start of the 2010 product year, Hasbro really seems to be giving us a lot of throwbacks to the Marvel days. Bludgeon? Check. […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Build Log Part 5
By Loran And so, I have reached a conclusion on yet another kit for the Unicorn-y build log. I had a feeling this kit was going to take a lot less time than the Destroy […]
Other Topics
The Randomness on a Holiday Season Saturday
It’s a Saturday in December and we’re in full gear Holiday Season drive here at FPNYC. From my favorite Christmas movie- Die Hard. Man, do I wish one of our suppliers and/or colleagues made a […]
Comic Book Movies
TRON Legacy: 28 Years of Anticipation, Just 7 Days To Go
It’s no secret that not since The Fellowship of the Ring have I looked forward to a movie as much as I do TRON Legacy. Just seven days to go! If you find yourself needing […]
Anime
Kuroshitsuji: One Hell of a Butler
by Shannon Hochman Imagine for a second that your entire family was murdered and you were presented with a chance to seek revenge. Would you do it no matter what the cost? Would you pay […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Manga Releases: Super Viz Fun Time
By Mat K. As you may have been able to extrapolate from the title, this is another Viz heavy week, and none too soon. Everything this week with the exception of two books is either […]
Comic News
What State Is The Comic Industry In?
Three things have happened, and where they intersect is a fascinating statement on our beloved institution, the comic book. The first is innocent enough: 1. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. Many titles […]
Anime
This Saturday: FREE Black Butler Screening
On Saturday, Decmber 11th, Forbidden Planet, in conjunction with FUNimation, will be presenting a FREE screening of episodes 1-6 of the Black Butler anime at the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art here in NYC (138 […]
Anime
News from the Front: All I want for Christmas
by Christopher Troy Greeting Forbidden Planet Faithful (and should you not like Faithful, how are you guys feeling about Planeteers? No? Alright then.) ! It’s now December, and that means we’re now in Holiday time […]
Toys
Power Core Combiners Crackcase Review
By Loran Ah, the Power Core Combiners… what a gimmick. Some people love it, others hate it. Honestly? I love it. I’m a huge combiner fan because I love collecting up teams and making the […]
Anime
A Unicorn-y Buildlog part 4
By Loran Well, another kit in the Unicorn buildathon has been completed! I now have another “star” Gundam to add to my shelf, and he certainly is worthy… After much, much frustration with the shiny […]
Marvel Comics
Forbidden Planet NYC New Comic Day Deep Discount for December 8th 2010: Captain America Korvac Saga #1
Each week we offer our customers a limited, one-day-only (new comic day, to be exact) deep discount offer on a new Graphic Novel or comic book. This week we’ve got the first issue of Ben […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comics Get A Boost
Dark Horse has Buffy the Vampire Slayer #39 out this week, but their hottest title to hit the stands might just be Evelyn Evelyn a hard cover graphic novel from the Dresden Dolls front woman […]
Drawn & Quarterly
Picture This: Signed Lynda Barry Books
The great Lynda Barry stopped by Forbidden Planet today to sign copies of her new book, Picture This. Of course, being the terrific lady that she is, she signed a whole bunch of her other […]
Drawn & Quarterly
Drawn & Quarterly to Print Dan Clowes’ Death Ray in HC
Need a reason to be cheerful today? Well, for me, it was D&Q’s announcement that they’re reprinting Mr. Clowes’ The Death-Ray (originally published as Eightball #23) in spiffy hardcover format. Here’s the PR: “The Death-Ray […]
Manga
New Manga Releases: OMG Stuff!
By Mat K. Welcome otaku boys and girls, and I’m dry on article titles for now. Moving forward, this week isn’t very tremendous in terms of quantity of new books coming out, despite it being […]