Game of Thrones Merchandise Available at Forbidden Planet
With season 2 of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic making its premiere on HBO this Sunday night, now’s as good a time as any to go over the plethora of Game of Thrones product available at and from Forbidden Planet NYC. The original novels, house sigil magnets and patches, the gaming modules from Fantasy Flight, [...]
The Hungover Games
By Chris Troy There’s a bar named “Bar None” near Forbidden Planet NYC that I like to frequent on a weekly basis. Since I’m going to be out of town the next 2 weeks due to PAX East/C2E2 related business, my friends I hit said bar last night, and as of writing, I’m super hungover [...]
SATURDAY – MARCH 31st – SPECTACLE SPACE JAM: SCI-FI MARATHON!
SATURDAY – MARCH 31st – SPECTACLE SPACE JAM: SCI-FI MARATHON! SPECTACLE THEATER • 124 South 3rd Street • Brooklyn, NY 11211 $25 Full Day Passes • $5 Individual Films • Visit Spectacle to purchase Noon – Last Man on Earth (dir. Ubaldo Regola, 1964) 1:30pm – Brother from Another Planet (dir. John Sayles, 1984) 3:30pm – [...]
Build Log Master Grade Gundam Endless Waltz Version
By Loran It’s an incredibly well-known fact at this point that Master Grades and 1/100 scale kits in general just aren’t my forte. It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s more than I got into 1/144 scale first, plus that scale has more to offer that I like. But from time to time I [...]
Object of Desire: Dexter Coaster Set
In stock and macabre now, Dexter blood-spattered coaster sets from ThinkGeek!!!!!! For the neat-freak, obsessive compulsive in YOUR household. You gotta follow a code, and if your code stresses protecting your delicate tables, counters and other surfaces lest you commit bloody murder these coasters are for you! We’re big Dexter fans ’round these parts, and [...]
The Weekly Pulse – Inside Job
Every comic here at Forbidden Planet NYC is special, but some are more special than others. Case in point: for every Avengers vs. X-Men and The New Deadwardians, we get a little something like a Gup and Big Title #1, #2, and #3; comics done by our very own employees. Man that’s exciting! But yeah, [...]
Master Grade Gundam Epyon Review/Preview
By Loran Okay, well, I said I was going to buy all of them in order (ie, Gundam Wing, then Deathscythe, then Heavyarms, etc) but I lied. I couldn’t hide my anticipation for Epyon. It’s just so cool! I couldn’t hide my excitement for this thing last year and I certainly won’t hide it now. [...]
It’s Like Some Wonderful Dream
A few books that were, cosmically speaking, never supposed to see print will be released in the next couple of weeks, giving everybody a chance to get lucky with some amazing reads. While we’re at it, NOW would be a good time to buy a lottery ticket, apply for a job you aren’t, strictly, qualified [...]
Pics from the Comeback Kings Signing!
Check out some of the footage and pics from the recent in-store signing of Comeback Kings with the creators Matt Sullivan and Gabe Guarente!
Archie Meets Kiss In-Store Signing
The biggest band in rock history invades Riverdale! Guest stars galore unite as the Archies and KISS face off against a horde of invading monsters dead-set on turning Riverdale into a zombie haven! Can the rock legends stave off the monstrous invasion? What’s the key to the zombie invasion? And what’s up with that shiny [...]
Alan Moore Reads, You Listen
Hey guys! I know you’re psyched about Before Watchmen, and why wouldn’t you be? Prequels are great! I mean, without The Phantom Menace, we would never have met Jar Jar Binks, beloved hero of all. And who could forget the sublime beauty and grace of Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd? But while you’re [...]
METAL UP YOUR VCR!
This Thursday March 29 8PM @ Nitehawk Cinema METAL UP YOUR VCR! A VHS Tribute to HEAVY METAL! FREE! We’re cranking it to 11 with all new clips, videos, trailers and surprises – all headlined by a very special screening of the 1984 heavy metal (and aerobics) slasher classic ROCKTOBER BLOOD! Plus all the usual [...]
It’s Berserk Time!
By Chris Troy And we’re back FP Faithful, with possible the most bi-polar article to date! Today we’ll be looking at the plethora of awesome new merchandise we’ve received based on the hit Cartoon Network show “Adventure Time”, as well as a review of the newest Figma, Guts from the hyper-violent anime/manga “Berserk”! We’ll lead [...]
New stock and the revenge of the shameless plug
FIRST SHAMELESS PLUG OF 2012!!: Hey FP Faithful, on April 15th, I’ll be out in Chicago at C2E2, speaking on a panel titled “Cosplay: What You Didn’t Want to Know and Didn’t Quite Ask”. I’ll be up there with my wife and friend Kenneth making an ass of myself and discussing costumed things, so if [...]
The Weekly Pulse – Bitey Castles
“Draw” bridge? More like “jaw” bridge! Am I right, absolutely nobody? Yes, that’s right, that’s my horrible segue into bringing up this week’s comics. Particularly Ragemoor #1, the horror comic about a living castle! But there’s also Voodoo Child #1, Freedom #1, and Hoax Hunters #…0! Also in this week is the very lovely and [...]