Star Wars The Ultimate Action Figure Guide At Least for Now
Star Wars collectors!!! The only truly indispensable archive of action figures from a galaxy far, far away is in stock NOW! World famous SW expert Stephen Sansweet (author of more than a few of my fave pictorial books on the subject) returns to exhaustive reference books with this gorgeous tome… Pretty sweeeeeeeeet. It’ll be outta [...]
Gunpla Expo 2012 part 1-High Grades and Real Grades
Oh yes. It’s time for Gunpla Expo again. Gunpla Expo World Tour has come, and there are some pretty interesting reveals this time around: some kits getting announced that I thought we’d never see. Images for this article came from gundamkitscollection.com. Five years ago, we got our first RX-79 kit in the HGUC line: Blue [...]
Post-Turkey Day Weekend Recap
For the 5 of you who follow the adventure of Chris Troy and Fantasy Football, I wisely started the Patriots defense over the weekend. That was 25 points I needed. A shame it was up against the Jets who I actually like and are doing terrible this season…… HEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING, I’LL TALK [...]
New Comics Shipping Delay 11/28/12
Rrrrrrgh. It looks like once again UPS delays will be mucking up our comics release schedule, folks. Barring a miracle tomorrow’s (11/28/12) new comics, graphic novels and toys will not be on our shelves until 2pmISH, whereas normally we would open on Wednesday with the material processed, racked, and good to go. The rage starts [...]
Of Avengers and Multiple Warheads and Magic Whistles
Unkiedev’s Amazing Stuff By Unkiedev You need Secret Avengers #34 this week. I don’t read this book, I don’t usually think about this book, but it features Captain Britain, an alternate universe Avengers team of all-monster Avengers and a whole lot of robot punching…hopefully by the monsters. SECRET AVENGERS If you do not own Captain Britain by [...]
Master Grade Zeta Gundam Build log part 2
After a week delay, the Zeta’s build log is back. While my power was only out for about 39 hours, I still got pretty damn bored. So, I figured, hey, I’ll do some work on the Zeta Gundam! I picked up the parts for the arms and build and sanded them, which took me over [...]
Master Grade G-Armor Preview
Sometimes, I can be a big silly hypocrite. Every so often, a kit or toy gets announced that I get pointlessly vocal about. “Man, why are they clogging up the main line with that thing? Recolors like that should just be un-numbered special editions!” is something I remember saying when this kit was first announced. [...]
Forbidden Planet NYC Holiday Gift Card Promotion 2012
TONS of you guys and gals took us up on last year’s promotion, and we’re pleased to offer it again this Holiday Season! Beginning Wednesday 11/21/12 purchase $100 of gift cards from Forbidden Planet NYC through December 31st and receive a $20 bonus gift card… ON US! And now I’ll simply quote myself from last [...]
New Toys…is what we got
Yeah, I know, making a reference to Sublime’s “What I Got” is dating myself, but I don’t care. It’s a great song, which is why it’s in Saints Row the 3rd. TWO GREAT TASTES, ETC. Speaking of music and ignoring my age, LOOK KIDS, IT’S LINKIN PARK! IN NENDOROID PETIT FORM! THAT’S….exciting? I guess? I [...]
HGUC GM Sniper II Review
Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Two years ago I wrote a review for the Robot Damashii GM Sniper II, saying things like, “My god, dreams do come true!” because at the time, I thought that was the closest we were going to get to an actual kit. It’s a good enough figure, but it [...]
Secret Adventures of Houdini Release Spectacular – Nov 21!
Come one, come all! At Forbidden Planet NYC on November 21st, illustrator and escape artist Sean Von Gorman will lock himself inside a man-sized steel cage until we sell every copy of his new release from Alterna Comics, The Secret Adventures of Houdini: Book One! Yes, that would be the very same Sean Von Gorman who handcuffed [...]
Star Trek Next Gen Season 2 NYC Screening Contest
Fellow NYC Trekkies! Wanna see the newly restored “Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 2” on the big screen? Enter now to win a pair of tickets to the NYC celebration of the iconic series in a special one night event featuring never before seen footage, new cast interviews, and more! ENGAGE this link and [...]
HGUC Delta Plus Review
Remember when I first started doing build logs back in 2010 and in the middle of the Delta Plus I kind of just… stopped? Yeah. Sorry about that. Somehow I just lost my drive and completely burned myself out. I was trying to paint the Delta Plus in the colors of Amuro’s Zeta Plus but [...]
Black Friday Storewide SALE Event!
On Friday, November 23rd–yes, that would be Black Friday–Forbidden Planet NYC is holding an IN-STORE SALE! For that day only, take 25% off all graphic novels and manga in stock, plus 10% off everything else! This sale only applies in-store at FPNYC, so perhaps ‘twould be a good time to get off the couch and [...]
(Belated) N7 Day figure spectacular!
Dear Mother Nature, YO, QUIT IT, SHIT’S PLAYED OUT! No love, Chris Troy Greeting FPNYC Faithful! If you’re anything like me (first off, let me say that I’m sorry to hear that), you’re quite tired of crappy weather. And perhaps politics. Bigs up to anyone who made a informed vote, because being politically responsible is [...]