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 [...]
The Weekly Pulse – December 7th, 2011
A brand new show! Dan Roth guides us through what’s new at Forbidden Planet each and every week with Morgan Pielli on camera. This week: Predator, Doctor Who, and comics to review!
Goodbye 2010 Sale
If you’re on our mailing list (and if you’re not you should get on that; there’s a sign-up box on nearly every page of our website) you received an email from us over Christmas weekend about the neat-o sale we’re running. Here’s the body of the mailshot: Happy Holidays from your chums at FPNYC! It’s [...]
Line Review: Hot Toys
By Christopher Troy Allow, for a minute, a small rant. I’m a fairly big Scott Pilgrim fan. Like read all the books, own the blu-ray and game, big fan. I was really excited to hear we were getting some merch for the series, but man, Mezco certainly dropped the ball on the license. Example: This [...]
Stock Alert: Hot Toys T-1000 Back In and Going Fast
The latest Terminator 2 Judgement Day figure from Hot Toys, a 1/6 scale representation of the unstoppable T-1000 as portrayed by Robert Patrick, is back in stock on the FPNYC webstore and is already running out quickly. If you’re interested in picking one up you may want to act in an expedient manner… AKA get [...]
He Won’t Be Back
We’ve had Hot Toys’ new Terminator T-800 Movie Masterpiece figure for a few days now and I’ve gotta warn ya: they’re flying out! Ya hear me? They ain’t gonna be here for long. Here he is, though not in ALL his splendor. While the pics illustrate how gorgeous a toy sculpt this is, the actual [...]
Tuesday Toys 2/16/10
Yes, the majority of the toy world’s focus is centered on Toy Fair (being held this week here in NYC at the craptacular Javits Center) and all the neat-o toys coming out in the future. But here at FP- in the present- we’ve got a whole bunch of new stuff for you. NOW… Hot [...]
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.
Thursday Toys
Sorry for not getting this out there this past Tuesday, as my plan calls to do every week, but as is the case in the hustle and bustle of my life in geek retail, my time and attention were chewed up by emergencies, other duties, and a unique opportunity… in this instace an on-camera interview [...]
Tuesday Toys
TONS of toys arrived at Forbidden Planet USA today, all of which I will tell you about right now: Hot Toys X-Men Origins Wolverine 12″ Features include: Newly developed Hot Toys hirsute muscular figure body with over 30 points of articulation Authentic likeness of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and looking like a badass Jacket, undershirt, [...]