Our colleagues in our Dublin store (Facebook link) are running a special Christmas charity drive with a number of artists generously giving their time and talents to create their own designs for the hugely popular Munny figures, with the designs being raffled off to raise money for The Children’s Medical & Research Foundation, Dublin Simon [...]
Continue reading...8. July 2011
How cool are these fab little pieces of jewelry made from damaged, distressed old comics. Sue Smith sells these nifty items via her Etsy store Comic Salvage: “My husband is an illustrator and has been collecting comic books since he was a kid, so I’m surrounded by them. We love collecting anything vintage, especially toys [...]
Continue reading...13. June 2011
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The super popular Kid Robot range from Urban Vinyl is about to have an exciting new launch for their brand new Dunny series of extremely collectable goodness. The 2011 Dunny series has some 18 different designs from 15 inspired artists, including KR vets Aya Kakeda, Chuckboy, Huck Gee, Kronk, MAD, Dirty Donny, Mister F®ame$ and [...]
Continue reading...7. April 2011
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Awww, don’t they look so cute together? Giant plush Chewie has arrived and already has a new best friend, Domo!!
Continue reading...5. April 2011
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Our friends at the popular Kidrobot present the Munnyworld Megacontest and the two new stars of Munnyworld: Foomi and Kracka. Design a Dunny in Dunny Series 2012. Create a piece to be included in a Kidrobot invite-only custom show. Score a Complete Set of Munnyworld Figures and much much more… There are some seriously big [...]
Continue reading...28. January 2011
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How fabulous is this? Forget the action figures or even the mighty 20 inch remote control Daleks – what we’ve always wanted is a Dalek we could get inside and move around in, exterminating everything in sight as we do (some of us of a certain age may dimly recall there were Dalek ‘rides’ you [...]
Continue reading...6. July 2010
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Scott Pilgrim goodness; the movie we’ve been waiting for is fast approaching (and doesn’t it look fab? And doesn’t it look like something that will appeal outside of the comics readership too? Like something that makes non comics readers realise how cool -- and fun -- the medium can be, which has to be a [...]
Continue reading...19. June 2010
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Just some of the great Scott Pilgrim T-shirts we’ll be selling at FPI over the summer…. click here for all things Scott Pilgrim.
Continue reading...27. May 2010
Prepare to get as excited as we are: the first wave of 2010 Doctor Who action figures has just been confirmed. The first range from the new series will include Matt Smith’s Doctor and Karen Gillan’s Amy Pond, of course, the Stone Angel, the new-style Dalek and one I think half of us were wanting [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2010
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BoingBoing has this archive pic of an old kid’s playset and one of the more unusual items of Star Wars merchandising – it’s a kid’s climbing frame and swing playset (and a very shoogly looking one at that! Very unstable looking, even before being attacked by Ewoks). It’s inspired by the Scout Walkers from Return [...]
Continue reading...16. April 2010
Doctor Who! Daleks! World War Two! Winston Churchill! Amy! Bow ties! Amy’s legs! This Saturday! Oh yes…. (link via Geek Native, who has rather nicely gathered a bunch of Who clips for Victory of the Daleks into one single post which you should go and look at then freak out in excitement!) And on related [...]
Continue reading...11. January 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...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.
Continue reading...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 [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2009
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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2. December 2011
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