TV
Val’s Toy Chest- A Siren Drops In on The Flash
It has been over a month since I last watched the CW show that shall not be named. I still watch the other CW series since they weren’t the ones to deal the killing blow […]
Articles by Valentine Chhann
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Toyetic Villains
This week’s issue of the Weekly Planet is an all-villain issue, so this column is a tribute to some of the bad guys and gals of the toybox. Whether they originated in the movies, TV […]
Funko POP
Val’s Toy Chest- She Is The One Named
Hey readers, we’ve got some cool stuff in this week including a couple of new Hot Toys, some eagerly anticipated Funko POP figures and I’ve got some cool toy news to share as well. Our […]
Music
Val’s Toy Chest- Star Wars Black In the House!
If you’ve read my past columns, you know that I’ve been a casual Star Wars fan since I was a little kid. I haven’t been a fan of the entire saga, choosing to mostly ignore […]
Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- The Eighties Will Never Die
If you’re familiar with me, you’ll know that I have been obsessed with 80’s pop culture since like forever. If you hear a familiar tune from the decade of excess playing in the store, it […]
DC Comics
Val’s Toy Chest- Avengers Incoming- Happy 500!
It is a fairly light week in FP’s toy department. There are a few items on their way in to us however and I’ll tell you about them now. It’s also our 500th issue of […]
Obituaries
Val’s Toy Chest Extra- R.I.P. Arrow 2012-2016
THIS PIECE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEW OF FPNYC JUST YOURS TRULY A few years ago, I found myself at Target on Thanksgiving night and saw season 1 of the CW series Arrow on […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- The Cat and The Canary
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO AVOID POTENTIAL ARROW/FLASH/LEGENDS OF TOMORROW SPOILERS. Hey guys- at the beginning of this season on Arrow, a mysterious death that is supposed to stick was teased on the […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Coming Soon…
DC Collectibles has let me down- no new Laurel Lance/Black Canary figure nor any of the other figures that were supposed to ship this week. The next estimated date these have is in June. Hopefully […]
Funko POP
Val’s Toy Chest- Civil War 2016
Marvel’s got a massive movie coming out this May which is essentially as close to an Avengers film without actually being one. I am of course talking about Captain America 3: Civil War. Marvel is […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Val’s Toy Chest- Odds and Ends
She’s here! Actually that phrase applies to a couple of items we have received over the past week and a half. I mentioned in last week’s article that we’d gotten our shipping notice for the […]
Statues
Val’s Toy Chest- A Canary Kind of Week
There aren’t a lot of toys coming in this week from what I’ve seen on our list, but there are a pair of statues of high interest to yours truly and they both feature my […]
Doctor Who
Val’s Toy Chest- POP Explosion
Hey readers, as promised, I wrap-up Toy Fair with some brief news snippets along with other things going on this week. The big news though is that we just got a massive Funko order in […]
Marvel Action Figures
Val’s Toy Chest- MARVELous Toys Assemble
This week’s column continues the Toy Fair excitement and this time around, we will look at the various Marvel action figures heading our way this year. Hasbro, Mezco and Diamond Select lead the pack for […]
DC Comics
Val’s Toy Chest Extra- Photo Edition
Hi guys- got some more photos today at Toy Fair- here’s some of the cool DC stuff coming out sometime this year! Mezco’s Shazam!, Reverse Flash, Green Arrow and Flash from their One: 12 Collective Line. […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Toy Fair Part 1: DC-Palooza
Hi guys and gals- I have returned from my first day at Toy Fair and there is so much to talk about this year that I am going to split the news over the next […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Pre Toy Fair Edition
It’s a relatively light toy week at the Planet, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk about some of the forthcoming product that we’ve already seen before Toy Fair reveals the rest of […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- DC Media Action Figures
It’s a brand new week here at the Planet and I definitely have some cool toys to discuss in this column. The majority of our toy news has to do with DC Comics and their […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Jonas Ruins Everything
Hi Readers! As you know and probably lived through, we had a horrendous winter storm in NYC this past weekend and thus my planned column on the Heroes and Villains Fan Fest that took place […]
DC Comics Toys
Val’s Toy Chest- Heroes and Villains to Gather
As we get further and further away from the beginning of the year the toy releases are starting to trickle in slowly. I’ve got some intel on what Hot Toys we should be getting within […]