Secret Adventures of Houdini Alterna Comics Edition EVENT
In addition to our Ron Wimberly and Noku November events, Forbidden Planet will be hosting another day of shenanigans with Secret Adventures of Houdini artist Sean Von Gorman… this one even BIGGER than the one we threw in March 2012. Don’t remember that one? Well here’s some video of it to refresh your memory and/or acclimate [...]
Matt and Jeff Live from the Forbidden Planet NYC Basement
Some goofs on our first take. The store’s wi-fi cut out for about five minutes, thus making us late for the 4pm Hangout On Air. We missed a chance to have a prominent celebrity customer join us because of the delay in setting back up, and I still have a lot to learn about the [...]
Forbidden Planet is on Google+
We are indeed on Google+. Come share wonderful, geeky stuff with us! I’ll be Hanging out On Air at 4pm today… fingers crossed. Still working out the logistics, but the plan is to chat from the new shop’s basement as we process this week’s shipment, discuss some of tomorrow’s new releases, make a really neat-o [...]
T-Shirts with Matt D and Jean Marie
This past Tuesday we didn’t get our UPS shipment till 2 o’clock. Here’s what we did with the extra time. In celebration of spring we wanted to spotlight some new shirts, and who better to help than Forbidden Planet’s own fashion expert, the recently made-over Jean Marie. Also, Uncle Sam recently decided not to tax [...]
Talking Comics with Josh Weisbrod
If you’re a subscriber to FPNYC’s YouTube channel you’re familiar with a weekly segment that’s been running starring our colleagues Ruben Miranda and Josh Wesibrod discussing new release comics and graphic novels. If you’re not familiar I recommend you check them out… The guys know their stuff, and share their genuine enthusiasm with the viewer [...]
New Videos at FP Transmissions
A handful of new videos have been recently added to FP Transmissions, Forbidden Planet NYC’s video page, covering a broad range of our wares. They’re worth a gander when you get the opportunity. SEE Lindsay Johnson discussing Manga in cat ears once again! MARVEL at the unabashed geekery of Josh Weisbrod and Ruben Miranda as [...]
Manga Transmission
FP Transmissions, now featuring Emma Larson and Lindsay Johnson, having lost they damn minds and talking Manga.
Have a Tromatic Experience
New this week to Forbidden Planet’s YouTube page is Matt D (manager, T-Shirt buyer, horror expert, all-around swell dude), discussing TROMA films in all their magnificent lowbrow splendor, and our event with Lloyd Kaufman on Monday night celebrating their first Blu-Ray release of Poultrygeist…
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.