New toys, outdated references.
REAL TALK (note how real that is with the use of capitalization, caps-lock AND italics): Forbidden Planet NYC tends to get a lot of stuff in on a weekly basis. Some of this stuff isn’t even Batman-related. And some of it sells out before I take notice. Or I don’t notice it at all, as [...]
This week in new toy releases!
Going to start this article off with a quick round of the comparison game. The subject? Doing it right in terms of female statues. As you all can see there’s 2 images of statues on the left. One is the Bishoujo Female Commander Shepard (Mass Effect 3) by Kotobukiya. On her right is the Ame [...]
Hawkeye Volume 1 Review: A Guy, a girl and a pizza dog
Hawkeye : My Life as a Weapon Written by: Matt Fraction Art by: David Aja, Javier Pulido, Alan Davis Collects Hawkeye (2012) 1-5, Young Avengers Presents 6 Published by: Marvel Comics, retail price $16.99 A great creative team can get me to read any book on the stand, despite what characters are involved. Case in [...]
This week in new toy arrivals!
WARNING, WARNING, MONTHLY SHAMELESS PLUG APPROACHING! So SHAMELESS PLUG (I did warn y’all), this time next week I’ll be in Chicago for C2E2, which is exciting for me at the very least.C2E2 isn’t as toy-news friendly as NYCC or SDCC, so the recap will probably ended up being chock full of cosplay, comics, and celebrities. [...]
Creature of Habit
Hey FPNYC Faithful, let’s see what kind of neat stuff we got in this wee- ::: Checks out shelves :: ::: Bangs head against wall repeatedly ::: Don’t get me wrong y’all. I like talking about toys, and letting the 6 of you who read this know what’s new in releases this week, but man, [...]
Stand tall for the Beast of America. Or Againist. Your choice.
Welcome back to FPNYC’s offical Bioshock blog (Blogshock? Bioblog?)!! “REAL” Bioshock fans will get the reference in the title, which only make sense if you own a TV. And continue to not comment on the blog. Good times. I mentioned the existence of a “Bioshock Infinite” art book last week, and now that I’ve beaten [...]
Rather be playing Bioshock Infinite, but I guess I can talk about Iron Man for a bit.
In my defense, it’s an incredible game. Also expect a full review of the “Art of Bioshock Infinite” artbook (published by Dark Horse comics!) in a week or two when I can look at it without fear of spoilers. Happy Easter FP faithful, assuming you celebrate it, or happy Game of Thrones season 3 premiere [...]
Step your game up comic cons- Chris Troy vs. PAX East 2013
Chances are you’re going to be reading/hearing a lot about PAX East over the new few days. Not surprising, given the fact that the show has surpassed the original PAX (aka PAX Prime) in Seattle, and has become the biggest gaming event on the east coast (assuming we don’t count New York Comic Con, which [...]
The Semi-annual big ol’ look at Marvel toys
HUMBLE BRAG: PAX East is in a few days, which means next week I’ll have a fun little write up about the show next week. Insert your jealousy/rage/apathy/excitement here. Happy St. Paddy’s day FPNYC Faithful! I thought about doing a special themed article tied into the holiday, but doing an all-green or all-Irish toy list [...]
Welcome to Planet X
Need a few extra days to bang out this week’s new toys article, which means another “filler”-article where I get to talk comics instead. I am excited for times like these, and am probably the only person who is. If you would have told me the quality of the X-men line would be as good [...]
The Best at (Lumpy) Space.
It’s March, which means it’s no longer February. This is the basic concept of months and calendars people, what’s so hard to understand about it? It also being March means there are 2 video games I”m excited for dropping this month (“Bioshock Infinite” and “Tomb Raider”) as well as the final Mass Effect 3 DLC, [...]
Live from New York, a chance to give us your money!
S’up FPNYC Faithful? This week I though I try something different and take some pictures of stuff I thought was neat IN-STORE, capturing our merchandise LIVE in it’s natural environment! And that doesn’t excite you, don’t worry, there’s some comic book toy talk a-coming as well! Did you know for a mere $60 you too [...]
Toy Fair 2013: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Toy Fair has happen and me start this article by thanking whatever Hasbro employee is reading this site on the regular, or stalking me elsewhere, internet or in real life. The fruits of your research are something I’m willing to throw some serious cash at this year, and since my wife is out of town [...]
Toy Fair 2013 is going down, and we’re not there!
Happy Saturday everyone! Hopefully the snow didn’t mess up your weekend plans too bad, and if they did, I feel for you and can relate. I HAD MUSEUM PLANS TODAY DAMMIT! As the title implies, the 2013 Toy Fair is going down, and we’re not there because getting a press pass for the event is [...]
A return to form
What’s this? An article where I can get by without talking about Square Enix releases?!? Why yes, yes it is! Of course that means returning to the old hotness, talking about comic book related merch, so please deal with this return accordingly. Long time FPNYC readers know I’ve poked plenty of fun of DC in [...]