Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Val’s Top 10 of 2018
2018 has had a great selection of figures from all of my favorite properties including the likes of Star Wars, DC and Marvel. As has been my tradition these past few years, I will provide […]
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Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Toy Fair 2018 Part 1- Marvel Figures
Marvel has had a great week with the release of their most recent film, Black Panther and they look as if they will rule the toy aisle this year as well. First and foremost is Hasbro’s […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- New NECA, Restocked DC and More!
One of the most anticipated sequels of the year is now a brand new toy line from NECA- Blade Runner 2049! If you ever wanted a mini Ryan Gosling or a NECA Harrison Ford, this […]
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Mondo Marvel Pins Have Arrived!
Mondo’s Marvel character enamel pins have arrived at Forbidden Planet NYC and they’re just as beautifully designed as the pictures we’d been teased with live up to the hype. Mondo Tees artist Tom Whalen has […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Marvel’s Past Matters in Black Panther & The Crew #1
The Crew returns as Black Panther’s world expands to Harlem in this new series! Ta-Nehisi Coates has been building up an unstoppable force in Black Panther’s ever growing corner of the Marvel Comics Universe. After […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
It’s A New Dawn in X-Men Gold #1
Is this a new Golden Age for X-Men comics? There’s going to be a big question developing an answer over the next few months: Are you Team Gold or Team Blue? This week we get […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Their Resurrxion Begins in X-Men Prime #1
To Kitty Pryde, you X-Men! Okay, that didn’t quite have the ring of Professor X’s iconic rallying cry. However, that looks to be the new mutant status quo that Marvel is setting up after the […]
Marvel Comics
5.5 Questions with Marvel Editor Daniel Ketchum
One of the nice things about comics is that the people who write and draw ‘em are just as likely to show up at Forbidden Planet on a Wednesday to pick up their stack as […]
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TRY SOMETHING NEW CHAPTER 7: Against The Evil Galactic Empire.
(note: This weeks column will be structured like a Choose Your Own Adventure. If you do not understand what a Choose Your Own Adventure story is you should call your parents and ask them why they didn’t give you a better childhood.)
So here we are again. Me at my computer, drinking chocolate milk like an adult. It’s 3 AM. I had a really long day and I don’t want to get into the details. On the bright side I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant next to Peter Scolari. I also thought I recognized the guy sitting on the other side of the room but I realized after dinner that I thought it was Walter Cronkite and I am pretty sure he’s dead. So that was either not him or the craziest celebrity sighting ever. Peter Scolari isn’t dead, right? If he is, you all should check out this Chinese spot on 74th and Amsterdam. It’s like Dawn Of The Dead but with soup dumplings. Anyway, enough about me. What’s going on with you? If you are reading the newsletter in Forbidden Planet please proceed to PARAGRAPH 1. If you are reading the blog on FPNYC.com skip ahead to PARAGRAPH 2. If you are reading the newsletter somewhere outside the store please jump to PARAGRAPH 3. […]
Anime
The first new releases of 2012
By Chris Troy Well okay, the title’s kind of a lie. Most of the new stuffs we’ll be looking at came in towards the end of 2011, but you know, I was busy playing catch […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
The best of 2011: Super Late Edition part 2
by Chris Troy And we’re back! By now you’re probably all expecting me to start creaming my pants over the 2011 Marvel Universe offerings, and this WILL happen, but let me address my other picks […]