Anime
A Unicorn-Y Build Log part 1
By Loran Today I’m going to do something a bit different and go for a build log. Recently my reviews have featured a lot of poorly-assembled and poorly-painted kits from my youth. That’s mostly because […]
Movies and TV
Anime
Review: HGGS Justice Gundam
By Loran Once again we come to another design from the Cosmic Era, and again, it’s one I’m rather mixed on. I know I seem to say that with a lot of suits from SEED […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
Venture Brothers Season 4.1 Review
Season 4.1 of the Venture Brothers is available on finer shelves across America, and no shelves are finer then the fine and venerable shelves here at the Forbidden Planet. Ask any sales associate for assistance […]
Anime
Review: HGUC Hizack
By Loran As my last review pretty much stated, I love cannonfodder. But you know what I can’t stand? When a series doesn’t give nearly enough-I’m looking at you, Zeta Gundam. Really, there are so […]
Comics and Graphic Novels
New Comics From Dark Horse
Today’s column marks an incredible anniversary for me. No, it’s not the 100th column or even the 200th. I haven’t been keeping the best records of these things, so I couldn’t really tell you how […]
Anime
Review: HGGS GOUF Ignited
By Loran ignited The Zaku, Gouf, and Dom are probably three of the Zeon’s most memorable mobile suits of the One Year War. They’ve seen tons of variants over the years, with the Zaku having […]
Comic Book Movies
Back to the Lame Future
Marty and Doc Brown go back(!)… to the future. In this case the pretty crappy future of Hill Valley 2010 where flying cars do not roam the skies and 80s nostalgia cafes are thankfully NOT […]
Comic Book Movies
Clown
FP customer and fellow Mets fan William Peden stars in this creepy as all heck trailer for a film that doesn’t exist, but would nonetheless scare the bejeezus out of filmgoers worldwide.
Anime
NYCC/AF Recap & Play Arts Kai Preview/Review
By Christopher Troy LAST NYCC/NYAF POST I SWEAR! BUT EVERYTHING IS RELEVANT TO THE BLOG SO IT’S COOL! One week and $240 later, another NYCC/NYAF has passed. Despite the Saturday crowds, I had a blast […]
Anime
Kitbash Spotlight: Zaku Minelayer and Regelg
By Loran I’m sure you all know by now that I absolutely love kitbashing. To me, there’s hardly anything more fun than trying to fix a hole in my lineup that by taking an old […]
Anime
Weapon Pack Spotlight: Launcher and Sword Strike
By Loran While all the rest of you were out enjoying yourselves with NYCC, I was at a friend’s house staying up until 5AM playing Gundam SEED Destiny: Alliance vs ZAFT II Plus (geez, what […]
Comic Book Movies
LOOKEE! for the 14th of October, 2010
Unca Grant as one angry, frilly-shirted badass vs. My Chemical Romance Redemption: The sequel to one of the most ambitious SF cinema flops of all time is expected to become one of the biggest films […]
Anime
Reviewtech:: Black Rock Shooter Figma
by Loran It’s really weird how things seem to get started in Japan these days… Black Rock Shooter is one of those strange examples. She started off as a picture some guy drew, then another […]
Anime
Robot Damashii GM Sniper II Review
By Loran Dreams really can come true, you know. Granted, this dream didn’t exactly come true in the way I wanted it to, but hey, that’s better than nothing. Ever since I first played Journey […]
Anime
The FPNYC Gundam/Import Toy Blog Guide to NYCC/NYAF 2010
By Christopher Troy Greeting Forbidden Planet faithful! At this time, we’re only a few hour away from the premiere Comic Book/ Anime event on the east coast: the 2010 New York Comic Con/ Anime Festival! […]
Anime
Reviewtech: Queen’s Blade Revoltechs
By Christopher Troy As much as I love reviewing toys and Gunpla, occasionally this gig can make a guy feel weird. No, it isn’t the fact that I’m an “adult” talking about toys. Much to […]
Anime
Review: HGGS GINN
By Loran It’s no secret that I’m really not much of a fan of Gundam SEED, but once again that’s a discussion for another time. Time to talk about another kit, and you know, I […]
Anime
New Manga; Hetalia Axis Of Evil
By Mat K. Okay, some good news this week for all of the squealing fan girls out there. As you might already know, we got the Hetalia Axis Powers anime in stock a couple weeks […]
Anime
Review: HGUC Gaza C Haman Custom
By Loran In the Zeta Gundam movies, only one new mobile suit was really recognized. Sure, we got the occasional custom-colored GM Custom or GM Cannon, but those were really just brief cameos. Heck, even […]
Gundam
Review: Gundam Zabanya 1/144th Scale
By Christopher Troy I’ll admit. It’s rare for me to pick up a new Gunpla when I’m not familiar with it. I usually wait until I’ve viewed the respected series/movie it originates from before I […]