The Franklin Mint and 20th Century Fox created and put into circulation 40,000 quarters with the Silver Surfer image on it. Unfortunately, the US Mint is not happy. They issued a statement on Friday stating that it is illegal to turn a coin into an advertising tool and warned that violators could be fined.

This isn’t the first time the Franklin Mint has created a collectible like this but it is the first time they put the coins into circulation. If you happen to find a Silver Surfer quarter, you can go to the web site address listed on the quarter and enter various sweepstakes and opportunities to attend the movies premiere.

Star Wars celebrated its 30th anniversary over the Memorial Day weekend, marking three decades since the May 25th, 1977 premiere of the first film in just 32 theaters, with a series of major marketing events, promotions, and publicity. Perhaps the highest-profile event associated with the anniversary was the release of a set of 15 stamps as part of a massive U.S. Postal Service promotion around the property. Mailboxes across the country were transformed into R2-D2s, in-store signage promoted the new stamps and a contest that awarded a free trip to Star Wars Celebration IV as a prize, and fans were asked to vote on their favorite Star Wars character for a single stamp to be released later this year.

The anniversary was the occasion for Star Wars Celebration IV, the every-few-years convention for all things Star Wars run by Gen Con, LLC, held in Los Angeles from Thursday through Monday. Celebration IV kicked off with a free marathon showing of all six Star Wars movies that began Wednesday morning and ended at 2 a.m. Thursday. The show wrapped with a showing of a two minute trailer for the new Clone Wars animated TV series, which was enthusiastically received, according to the LA Times.

You can find all of our Star Wars merchandise at http://www.youbuynow.com/category/25

A few months back, Cartoon Network had a Fantastic Four Animated series that ran for 3 or 4 episodes. I am a fan of the FF and was so dissappointed with the first movie that I was hoping that the animated series would somehow redeem the movie. Unfortunately, in my humble opinion, the animated series was just as bad, if not worse, than the Fantastic Four movie. I didn’t like the style of animation and I thought the stories were weak.

When the show stopped airing, I assumed it was canceled because of low viewership. This morning, I read that Cartoon Network will be airing a Fantastic Four animated series just in time for the second Fantastic Four Movie called Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes. Is it the same animated series that was released a few months back or is this a brand new attempt at a Fantastic Four animated series? I can’t seem to find a whole lot of information on it.

When it comes to comics and comic book movies and TV shows, I tend to be an optimist, I go into it wanting to like it. I didn’t like the first Fantastic Four movie but can’t wait to see Rise of the Silver Surfer. Should I be excited about this Fantastic Four animated series or is it going to be the same as what they showed a few months back?

Post your comments and let us know what you think.  In the meantime, if you are interested in Fantastic Four action figures you can check them out at http://www.youbuynow.com/category/215.  We also sell the Fantastic Four Symbol t-shirt at http://www.geekarmor.com/item/91

Nazanin Boniadid from CW’s The Game has booked a supporting role in the Iron Man movie. Who will she be playing? Who cares! She is hot and she is in the Iron Man movie! What more do you need to know?

We received our shipment of the Stargate SG-1 Series 3 action figures this week and we still have them all in-stock, including the chase figure and the unpainted variant.  This series includes Ori Prior, Vala Mal Doran, Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell and Black Ops Daniel Jackson.  They are a Diamond Select release but were sculpted by Jean St. Jean Studios.

All of these characters are taken from seasons 9 and 10 of Stargate SG-1.   If you purchase a complete set, you can put together your own Stargate.  You can check out all the Stargate SG-1 figures that we have in-stock at http://www.youbuynow.com/category/stargate.

If you are a fan of the spinoff show, Stargate Atlantis, you can pre-order the first series of those figures at http://www.youbuynow.com/category/stargate_atlantis