Anime
HG Hyaku Shiki Build Log Part 3
Ha ha, I bet you guys are getting tired of seeing these, aren’t you? Were it the summer, this little project would be done already. Since I’m stuck at school or work pretty much every […]
Articles by Christopher Troy
Conventions
NYCC 2012 Recap/Denial of how much $$ was spent over the course of 4 days
NYCC was a thing that has happened! To about 116,000 people if the numbers are correct. That is a lot of people! Like 9,000 short of SDCC a lot! But very few of them write for […]
Dark Horse
Chris is excited for NYCC: 2012 edition (Also Batman toys)
As of writing we’re only DAYS away from this year’s New York Comic Con, and once again I’m super excited for it. As I have been every year. You’d honestly think I’d get over it […]
PlayArts
Review: Final Fantasy Trading Arts Kai wave 1
OH LOOK IT’S OCTOBER! THIS MEANS NEW YORK COMIC CON IS IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS, AND WE ARE SOLD OUT OF TICKETS. ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE NO MORE! Don’t fret though if you […]
Comic Reviews
Of Spider-Men and Tiny Fantasies
Good news everyone, it only took me 2 weeks to get back to y’all about the latest line of Marvel Universe figures! While that may seem like a long time, I assure you that…um…alright, I […]
Gundam
MG Hyaku Shiki Build Log-PREGAME!
You know what makes this hobby absolutely toxic? When you get some kind of brilliant idea that you need to act on right away, otherwise you’re going to forget about it. Of course, I still […]
Comic Reviews
Avengers Vs Quality -What I pulled this week
So my ankle been’s acting up, as has my left kneecap. My lower back kind of hurts t00-GET IT? I SAID PULL IN THE TITLE AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS REFERRING TO COMICS BUT THEN […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Chris Troy and the uneventful convention. Also toys!
So Baltimore Comic Con was this weekend, and truth be told, it was pretty uneventful, especially when compared to Heroescon or any of the bigger shows (SDCC, NYCC). To be fair though, BCC was an […]
Gundam
MG Blitz Gundam Build Log Final
You know, there’s really no better feeling than building a kit right when it’s new. I’ve done this a few times over the years, mainly with GM-related suits, but this is the first time I […]
Conventions
Tiny Marvels
My wife is currently in lovely Seattle, selling at PAX (Prime), and rubbing elbows with a ton of amazing video game developers and playing games that are still months away from being released. Several of […]
DC Comics
Something old, something new, something green.
FACT: Amazing Spider-Man celebrates Spidey’s 50th Anniversary this week! Which means a double sized issued of “Amazing Spider-Man” with multiple covers is available for sale now! FACT: Final Fantasy’s 8 protagonist Squall Leonhart birthday is […]
DC Comics
Injustice for all: Super Hero Lego sets are killing my wallet.
Back from Maine suckers, you miss me? No? That’s….fair. The vacation was fun, but now I’m back, pimping out toys to the masses (and peeing myself in terror at those giant crab photos, what the […]
Stuff We Like
Review: Figma Samus Aran
Hey everyone, hopefully by the time you’re all reading this, you’ll have checked out our new store location, a mere four stores down from our previous location. If not, BOO, BOOOO YOU! I suggest that […]
Anime
New Arrivals: Tiger and Batman
::: Insert an 1,000 word capslock word-vomit article about San Diego Comic Con News and the arrival of his Figma Samus Aran figure here:: Honestly, if I could get away with that folks, I would. […]
Boom! Studios
SDCC Preview Post
HOLY CRAP, WE’RE MOVING APPARENTLY! There, consider that an early reminder. I’ll try to not to mention it again until after it happens and grand-opening things have been announced. Anywho, happy post 4th of July […]
Toys
G.I. Joe Retaliation Snake Eyes
Another year, another Snake-Eyes figure. But well, what do you expect. The movies looks like it’s going to be loaded with all sorts of Arashikage Ninja action, so of course we’ll have a ton of […]
Anime
Master Grade Qubeley Review
By Loran I don’t know why but I’ve had the urge to build Gundam Master Grades lately. Last week I got this bizarre urge to paint up the F91 I’ve had built for 5 years, […]
Other Topics
10 Things I Learned About Heroescon
Around this time last year, I got a (possibly drunk) tweet from a friend, a North Carolina local, yelling at me for not being at Heroescon. I sited that I couldn’t attend due to cost/other […]
Anime
Revenge of the Import Section
Greetings FPNYC faithful! It’s been nearly 2 months since yours truly hit up any sort of convention, so I’m going to put that to an end this weekend as I head down to Heroescon in […]
Marvel Comics
Avengers Black Widow review
With the Avengers movie finally out, I figured it was time for me to get some of the figures. Thing is, none of them really impressed me. They all seemed too gimmick-laden, and most of […]