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Doctor Who – The End of Time action figures

11. January 2010

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We’ve been bursting to tell you about these new action figures coming soon, but our lips were sealed close with a sonic screwdriver. Finally we can shout about them! Yes, its a set of figures from the Tennant-era finale The End of Time which we enjoyed in the UK over Christmas and New Year, with [...]

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Tank Girl, Gorrilaz, Demon Lighting?

19. December 2009

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Yep, according to Drawn, this Demonlamp is the design of one Jamie Hewlett, artist/co-creator of Tank Girl and Gorrilaz. Maybe too late for Christmas, but time for the New Year gift perhaps? Or maybe early Halloween? The 40cm tall lamp costs £79.

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Avatar goodies

19. October 2009

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The first few items to go along with James Cameron’s eagerly anticipated Avatar film have started to appear on our webstore (although with some the secrecy on the movie means we’re still waiting on final images for some) and on the companion books front they run from younger reader-friendly guides to the Art book, while [...]

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Someone get Mike Mignola to authorise these …. please!

24. August 2009

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Dear Mike. Dear Dark Horse. Please, please, please make a deal with Playmobil for these. Please???? Beautifully made/modded by Jakob Westman. (Via Wim)

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Rainbow Orchid’s Garen Ewing interviewed

9. August 2009

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Firstly, you have all bought your copies of Garen’s excellent Rainbow Orchid haven’t you? Good. Now you may be interested in a couple of extra things. Here on the FPI blog Matthew Badham has a wide ranging interview with Garen. And David O’Connell lets us know that he’s posted a new interview with Garen at his [...]

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Sue Richards – OTT Super MILF?

5. June 2009

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Kenny spotted this while ‘researching’ (we believe him) into the murkier parts of the web. Yes, that sketch above is the Fantastic Four’s respectable Sue Storm Richards, re-imagined by Rockin’ Jellybean as a ridiculously OTT, outrageously curvy super-MILF (could that be a new sub genre for erotic, the Super-MILF?). The sketch is a design for [...]

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“Kirk to Enterprise…”

27. May 2009

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[youtube Vm1--JW5v6g] A classic Star Trek communicator, with USB connection so you can actually use it practically for Skype and other internet ‘phone’ calls. And yes, you can buy it… Yes, I will admit whenever I flip open my mobile phone I want it to make that classic Trek communicator sound, so you can imagine I’m [...]

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New Trek movie picking up good reviews

21. April 2009

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“Putting a much-loved but over-the-hill vehicle back in shape takes more than a new battery and a lick of paint. It demands a full-bore refit, and that’s exactly what J.J. Abrams has given “Star Trek.” – Ray Bennett in The Hollywood Reporter. Seems like quite a few of the reviews of the new Trek film [...]

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Exclusive new Doctor Who classic figures

30. January 2009

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Geekgasm alert!!! How utterly cool are these new classic Doctor Who figures which have only just been announced by Character Options (and which are exclusive to Forbidden Planet outside of the USA and Canada): As you can see these are entries in the growing classic Doctor Who range, which is something many fans have been clamouring [...]

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Todd marks your place

19. January 2009

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Ace letterer and designer Todd Klein is now offering signed and rather groovy looking bookmarks from his site. They are the bookmarks which some of you may have been lucky enough to be given at various comics conventions by Todd in the past. He’s decided to start offering them, signed personally, from his site so [...]

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FPI brings you the finest in cutting edge furniture design!

27. December 2008

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Yes, we’re branching out and adding furniture to our extensive repertoire! A one to one scale replica of Captain James Tiberius Kirk’s command chair from the original 1960s bridge of the Enterprise. Oh. My. God. Seductive yeoman in incredibly short red mini-tunic not included. (featuring the most stylish in 23rd century contemporary interior design, the Command [...]

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Win a thousand pound shopping spree at FPI Belfast!

25. November 2008

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Yes, you read that right – we’re giving one extremely fortunate person in Northern Ireland a chance to win a shopping spree in the Belfast branch of Forbidden Planet International (52-54 Ann Street) worth a whopping great one thousand pounds. For one lucky person Christmas is going to come early – imagine winning the chance [...]

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From Our Continental Correspondent – Ever Meulen’s Cuppa

19. November 2008

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Life is hard for dedicated Ever Meulen collectors.  Quite often his work is either rare or very expensive, and you’ll never even get close to attaining something resembling completeness. Ever’s latest creation, however, is quite readily available, and doesn’t cost anything in and of itself.  But it will cost you in other ways – and I [...]

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“Your plastic pal who’s fun to be with…”

12. November 2008

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The FPI blog family has just grown with the arrival of My Plastic Pal, a new blog we’ve set up specially to talk about some of the toys, statues, collectables and other merchandise which is such a large part of the business now. Our webstore has a pretty damned huge range of merchandise and collectables, [...]

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Best show of the week?

2. November 2008

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Surely one of the best half hours of the week was seeing the longest serving Doctor Who star, Tom Baker, guest hosting Have I Got New For You at the weekend? (for those outside the UK, its a satirical topical news quiz). Especially when one question asked what Sarah Palin, Adolf Hitler and Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

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