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. [...]
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, [...]
Man of Snark
As many of you know, there’s a new trailer out for new Zack Snyder joint “Man of Steel”, the new Superman movie due out Summer 2013. I was on the fence about the movie initially because I am not a fan of Zack Snyder in general, and there was a lot of buzz of it [...]
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 [...]
Spawn of Unkiedev
So last Thursday my wife gave birth to our first child. #Overrated. I had always thought that my son would have a great love of comics like his old man. So far Unkiedev Jr. likes only two things: chaos and nipples. Don’t get me wrong, that’s my kind of guy. I’m slightly worried that he’s [...]
Star Trek: TNG 25th Birthday SALE on September 28th!
Tomorrow, Star Trek: The Next Generation turns 25. (Personally, my favorite episode was the one in which Data had nightmares about eating a cake shaped like Counselor Troi.) In honor of this venerable series beginning its quarterlife crisis, Forbidden Planet is having a one-day sale on ALL Star Trek-related items on September 28th. That’s a 20% [...]
From the Forbidden Planet NYC Stockroom- Tuesday 9/25/12
Got 28 minutes of your life to spend on Matt and I talking new arrivals, Happy #1, Space Punisher, crappy old Image Comics, movies, Star Trek the Next generation, comic cons, Mark Hamill and Corvette Summer? Like hearing me say “um?” Have I got a video for you! Sorry if it’s a little dark this [...]
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 Weekly Pulse – Reality Show: The Comic
One of our own is gonna be on TV!!!- cough cough..ahem. Sorry. Comics. Well, we have a look at the newest issue of Jeff Smith‘s R.A.S.L., Ted McKeever‘s Mondo #1 and Eddy Current, and an in-depth review of Aquaman #6. Aaaand then we talk with a certain someone who’s gonna be on the tee vees! [...]
Mrs. Peel, We’re Needed.
BOOM! Studio’s Steed and Mrs Peel #2 may not be for everyone as it is A) Written by Grant Morrison, B) Based on semi-obscure 60’s British spy/sci-fi show “The Avengers” and frankly C) A BOOM! Studios book. I am SHOCKED to find I missed plugging a fun Grant Morrison book. SHOCKED I say. I think [...]
Kre-O Sentinel Prime Review
When I was a kid, I was really into LEGO, even more than I was into action figures. As the years went on, though, I noticed the sets were declining in quality, mostly due to the amount of effort they were funneling into the Star Wars sets. As a result, I got more and more [...]
October 21st Walking Dead Panel YOU ARE INVITED
Attention Forbidden Planet NYC firends and customers! You are hereby invited to a super rad, FREE, Walking Dead event featuring Robert Kirkman this coming Friday night! It’s part of an all day multi-media jam, so check out the details (there are a few caveats- first and foremost you must RSPV as space is limited) below. [...]
TONIGHT! TV Carnage and Found Footage Festival Party at Nitehawk Cinema
TV Carnage & Friends Thursday Aug 4, 2011 – 9:30pm Tonight at the Nitehawk Cinema there will be a live TV Carnage event featuring some dudes from the Found Footage Festival, a must for all you boob tubers. Nitehawk Cinema 136 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211 If I wasn’t working tonight I would be at [...]
LunchmeatVHS.com
Screw your Blew-Ray Player, VHS is alive and well… but should I really be hipping you to this, or should I be hording all the info in fear of increased competition? Of course I’ll let you in on it (not like anyone reads this anyway) and what better way to see the medium strive than [...]