The Power of the Dark Crystal #12 is available now at your local comic shop and through Amazon.
Merchandise news and other info about The Muppets and Jim Henson's creations.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Power of the Dark Crystal #12
The final issue of The Power of the Dark Crystal hits comic shops today!
Thra will never be the same after their world is irrevocably changed by the events in the Fireling realm of Mithra.
The Power of the Dark Crystal #12 is available now at your local comic shop and through Amazon.
The Power of the Dark Crystal #12 is available now at your local comic shop and through Amazon.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Adorkable Rachel - Dark Crystal Unboxing and HAUL!
Today our good friend Rachel takes a look a some recently released Dark Crystal merchandise including the new Anniversary Edition Blu-ray.
You might even notice a shout out or two to a certain blog your reading...
Thanks Rachel for another great video!
Monday, March 12, 2018
Pre-order Diamond Select's Swedish Chef figure!
When last we spoke with the fine folks at Diamond Select, they told us they were working on getting the 4th wave of figures released.
Well, today a pre-order link for the Swedish Chef was unveiled through Big Bad Toys!
So far it's not clear if this is an exclusive to Big Bad Toys
UPDATE: According to Diamond Select's Zach Oak "It should be offered at other retailers soon."
It looks like they're using the Swedish Chef to test the waters to see if there is high enough demand for the figures on a character by characters basis.
UPDATE: Oak confirmed our theory "We are trying a one-at-a-time approach. Chef first, we thought he was strongest. Encourage pre-orders."
The Swedish Chef is great figure to do this with and hopefully it will lead to the rest of the series being released.
Friday, March 9, 2018
The Age of Aquarius!
Aquarius toys has new licence with the Jim Henson Company.
The first few items are The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth playing cards and puzzles.
Dark Crystal Playing Cards:
Dark Crystal Jigsaw Puzzle (500 Piece):
You may notice that The Dark Crystal puzzle above doesn't link to Amazon.That's because they sold out and they removed the link. It was also available from a couple other sites, that sold out of them already as well!
Luckily, it it also available though GameStop.
Labyrinth Playing Cards:
Labyrinth Jigsaw Puzzle (500 Piece):
The first few items are The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth playing cards and puzzles.
Dark Crystal Playing Cards:
Dark Crystal Jigsaw Puzzle (500 Piece):
Luckily, it it also available though GameStop.
Labyrinth Playing Cards:
Labyrinth Jigsaw Puzzle (500 Piece):
Remember the Dark Crystal lunch box we told you about last month? It also from Aquarius. So maybe we'll see a new Labyrinth lunch box from them soon as well.
From what I've seen on the fan forums, these have been big hits. In fact, many of the initial pressings are selling out, but I'm sure more will be made as demand increases.
Again, these are available, but selling fast, at the links above.
From what I've seen on the fan forums, these have been big hits. In fact, many of the initial pressings are selling out, but I'm sure more will be made as demand increases.
Again, these are available, but selling fast, at the links above.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Muppet Thought of the Week - Janice's Key to Staying Young!
For this week's Muppet Thought of the Week, Janice shares her key to staying young...
Monday, March 5, 2018
Adorkable Rachel Explores The World of The Dark Crystal!
Just in time for the film's 35th anniversary, our friend Adorkable Rachel takes an on location look at The Dark Crystal!
Also of note, tomorrow's the last day to see it in US theaters, which we HIGHLY recommend going to see.
The 4K restoration is simply stunning. My only qualms were that for some reason Universal hasn’t given the Henson’s/ Sony a remastered version of their logo. It looks really worn and dated - and really stands out as it should be an easy fix.
Secondly, the title itself looks muted and soft. Just like the blur-ray does now.
When you see the rest of the names in the opening credits the different is very apparent. The names really stand out and shine, the the big reveal of the title? meh. Again, an easy fix that should have been dealt with for this 4K restoration.
Other then then those two things - both of which happen less than 2 min into the film - everything else looks amazing and we can't recommend seeing this restoration on the big screen enough.
Also of note, tomorrow's the last day to see it in US theaters, which we HIGHLY recommend going to see.
The 4K restoration is simply stunning. My only qualms were that for some reason Universal hasn’t given the Henson’s/ Sony a remastered version of their logo. It looks really worn and dated - and really stands out as it should be an easy fix.
Secondly, the title itself looks muted and soft. Just like the blur-ray does now.
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| Title shot from 2009 Blu-ray. |
When you see the rest of the names in the opening credits the different is very apparent. The names really stand out and shine, the the big reveal of the title? meh. Again, an easy fix that should have been dealt with for this 4K restoration.
Other then then those two things - both of which happen less than 2 min into the film - everything else looks amazing and we can't recommend seeing this restoration on the big screen enough.
However, if you can't make it to the theather, The Dark Crystal's 35 Anniversary Edition 4K and Blu-ray hits store's tomorrow!
Thursday, March 1, 2018
New Muppet Babies Shorts!
In advance of the March 23 premier, Disney Junior will be releasing Muppet Babies shorts titled "Muppet Babies: Show and Tell" to help promote the show.
The first appeared online today with two elderly gentleman sitting in a familiar looking box:
More are scheduled to premier tomorrow on Disney Channel, Disney Junior YouTube, and the DisneyNOW app. But why wait, we have more below!
The new Muppet Babies makes it debut with back- to-back episode March 23rd on Disney Channel, and the DisneyNOW app.
The new Muppet Babies makes it debut with back- to-back episode March 23rd on Disney Channel, and the DisneyNOW app.
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