Fun With Licenses

When a pop-culture license makes it's big return the license owners often go a little "overboard" in putting out products with that license's materials/logos/colors/characters, etc on them. Sometimes the items really leave me scratching my head!

Star Trek is one of those pop culture licenses gaining mass popularity again thanks to the new film that opened this week. What crazy items have they put out? Here are a couple that might surprise you as they did me:

Cologne. Yep. Now you can smell like an Enterprise deck-hand. Or a sweaty Captain Kirk. Or a Klingon. What does a Klingon smell like, anyway? The future? Seriously, when you think of Star Trek do you think of a great scent? I sure don't! But Genki Wear, a company known for making pop-culture replica items, is putting out a couple colognes for both men and woman that will have you smelling Trekies. And for only $30 each.


And how about these super cute teddy bears, brought to you courtesy of Vermont Teddy Bears. Nothing like blazing a trail through uncharted space with a cuddly companion. For only $99.95 you can take your very own Kirk or Spock bear to the film with you. All of your friends and those in the theater seats next to you will ALL be jealous!


And speaking of furry fun, I couldn't leave the Diamond Select Toy's Tribble out of the mix. After all, why wouldn't you spend $28 to purchase something that resembles the fur ball your cat just hacked up? And of course it makes noses too! Now if it could learn and evolve, well the world would be a better place now, wouldn't it.

This Week's New Stuff

Here's Neptune's new comic book list for this week:

ANITA BLAKE VH LC CROMANCER 1 (OF 5)
ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM THE ASHES 19
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL 2 (OF 3)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 28
BOOSTER GOLD 19
BPRD BLACK GODDESS 4 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN ACTION 3
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 12
DAREDEVIL NOIR 1 (OF 4)
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE 1 (OF 5)
DARK TOWER GUIDE TO GILEAD 1-SHOT
DEAD IRONS 3
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS 1 (OF 5)
EXILES 1
GEN 13 29
GREEN LANTERN 39
GRIMM FAIRY TALES 37
HOUSE OF MYSTERY 12
IGNITION CITY 1 (OF 5)
INFITINE HORIZON 4 (OF 6)
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST 149
LOCKE AND KEY HEAD GAMES 4
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 50
MARVEL APES AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY 1
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY 8 (OF 8)
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 1 (OF 4)
NORTHLANDERS 16
PUNISHER MAX 69
SALEMS DAUGHTER 0
SCOOBY DOO 134
SECRET SIX 8
SHE-HULK, ALL NEW SAVAGE 1 (OF 4)
SOLOMON GRUNDY 2 (OF 7)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 199
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER BEGINNINGS 1-SHOT
SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC 5 (OF 5)
SPIRIT 27
STAR TREK MISSIONS END 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE 5
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON 2 (OF 12)
SWORD 16
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION 4 (OF 5)
TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQ 4 (OF 4)
TERRY MOORES ECHO 11
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 1 (OF 4)
TITANS 12
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PREQ DEFIANCE 4
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT DRIFT 1-SHOT
TRINITY 45
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK 4 (OF 6)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION 1 (OF 4)
WARLORD 1
WOLVERINE WEAPON X 1
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ 5 (OF 8)
YOUNG LIARS 14

At Neptune we're also restocking on a bunch of graphic novels-gotta be ready for Free Comic Book Day with shelves full of great graphic novels. Plus we've seen an uptick in graphic novel sales since the move, so those have to be restocked too.

And if you are a Star Trek fan we're getting in some communicators and phasers. Those are must-haves for any good Treckie. You can take yours to the movie!

I'm excited to get my Ame Comi Harley Quinn PVC figure. I have Wonder Woman at home too. Those are my two favorite DC gals and two of the best looking Ame Comi's too - lucky for me.

And we only ordered one Zombie Outbreak Survival Kit - so if you want it you'd better come in Wednesday - I doubt it will be on our rack for long.

Wondering what issues are late, late, late this week? Well wonder no longer. DC's Spirit #27 just makes the list, with the last issue coming out 2/10/09--two months ago. But the big offender and the only other comic to make this week's list is Infinite Horizon #3, courtesy of Image comics. The last issue of this came out almost a YEAR ago, on 4/16/08. That's WAY too long! Who even knows where their copy of issue #2 is anymore? And it's too bad because it was a decent story, from what I remember.

Batman Vs Kirk

Need I say more? I didn't think so.

Thanks Jimsmash!