I hope you like Tiny Avengers
by Chris Troy Alright so Marvel has literally dropped the release mic this past week, unleashing a plethora of new product related to the upcoming Avengers movie (go look at that extended Super Bowl trailer now!) and I want to talk about them, because they ARE RAD. But we’ll get back to that later. Alright, [...]
A Plethora of Arts
So remember last week when I complained about the severe lack of new arrivals post-holiday and there was barely anything for me to talk about that WASN’T comic book related? Well don’t fret folks, that’s not an issue for this week. Our import section got a HUGE shipment in this past week, and we now [...]
What We’re Playing With
…Not a full deck, I can tell ya that. No, what we’re playing with this week is a 19″ tall Galactus toy from Hasbro. Lurking in the depths of space, the cosmic being known as Galactus travels the universe in his quest to find life-bearing planets to consume to sustain his immortal existence. This long-time [...]
Venture Brothers Toys In Stock
Holy Crud!!! These are fantastic… Dean Venture The Monarch As you can see, they’re retro fashioned in the classic Mego style. Even the blister cards are beautiful, making the decision whether to take them out and play with them or leave them packaged that much more torturous (even though I’m most definitely the open and [...]
Playing With Toys: Huckleberry Hound Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon, War Machine Meets the Wolfman, Wally Gator Meets Frankenstein and Dracula, But Nobody Meets Abbott or Costello
Despite what you may glean from the following video, Forbidden Planet is the pinnacle of professional geek retail that other purveyors of such items can only aspire to. And no one gets kicked in the nards around here… more than once a week.
Vile Creatures!
As any fan of Forbidden Planet NYC can attest, the store and Uglydoll have gone together like Vulcans and Pon Farr for a number of years now. This week Travis Fowler and Andrew Greer felt the need to illustrate that further by shooting an Uglydoll promo… Beware the horrors of the FP storage area. There [...]
Playing With Toys 1/29/10
fptransmissions presents the first in a series of videos in which we demonstrate various toys we sell. A wage slave from the FP toy department, the incomparable Mr. Alec Lewellyn, kicks things off. WARNING! This episode is not for people who might be offended by Uglydolls faking orgasms.