Tag Archive | "Merchandise"

Distressed comics jewelry

Friday, July 8, 2011

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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 [...]

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Chewie and Domo, together at last!

Thursday, April 7, 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!!

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Kidrobot Munnywurld megacontest!

Tuesday, April 5, 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 [...]

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Exterminate!! Ride-in Daleks!

Friday, January 28, 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 [...]

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Sometimes merchandise is wonderful, sometimes you want to kill the marketing man who dreamt it up….

Sunday, October 17, 2010

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A couple of weeks ago we put up this: And this week I catch sight of this: The former is quite wonderful, the latter an absolute abomination. The concept of a Peanuts Moleskine is lovely and somehow fitting. The idea of a Peanuts Converse is just stupid. Or is that just me?

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Exterminate for Victory!!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

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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 [...]

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Boom! to launch new imprint

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Robot 6 (via Publisher’s Weekly) notes that indy comics publisher Boom! Studios is to launch a new imprint, Boom! Town, with “which they plan to publish and market “literary comics,” selective reissues of out-of-print works and merchandising.” Well known industry figures Denis Kitchen and Shannon Wheeler are also involved – a set of Robert Crumb [...]

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Doctor Who – The End of Time action figures

Monday, January 11, 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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Avatar goodies

Monday, October 19, 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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Little Mouse – read the book, buy the soft toy…..

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Isn’t that the cutest thing? Little Mouse by Jeff Smith was the latest in the first graphic novel series from Toon Books. We thought it was lovely. But if just the book isn’t enough Toon Books are now offering the book, signed by Jeff Smith and this gorgeous 9.5″ tall plush Little Mouse of your [...]

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Someone get Mike Mignola to authorise these …. please!

Monday, August 24, 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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To boldly bid…

Friday, July 17, 2009

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This Hasbro piece of early Star Trek merchandising dates from 1967, a paint-by-numbers kit and, remarkably, is in mint condition, still unopened. As such its extremely rare, eminently collectable and is already upto $1799.99 on Ebay. Somehow I’m guessing whoever buys this is likely to keep it sealed and not open it up for their [...]

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