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Just got back from a long day at the 18th annual Florida eXtravanganza in Orlando, Florda. FX is always a busy con since they manage to take 10 conventions — sci-fi, comics, cards, horror, dolls and bears, anime, sports, rock 'n' roll, etc — and cram 'em all into one big room. 

But the reason I went is because FX packs in the stars, and this year they had three Big Damn Heroes (or, possibly, two BDHs and a Big Damn Hottie): Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, and Christina Hendricks. There were also a few other notables that other people seemed to find popular, like Hayden Panettiere and Zachary Quinto (Heroes), Andy Hallett and Bianca Lawson (Angel and Buffy, respectively), Colin Ferguson and Jordan Hinson (Eureka), Ray Park (Star Wars, X-Men), Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn (Aliens), Kenny Baker (Star Wars), Feliz Silla (Star Wars, The Addams Family), the entire cast of Fanboys including Kristen Bell, Chris Marquette, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, William Katt, Peter Graves, and more.

But I went for the crew, and I went to show them their dopplegangers.

Teres' dolls went over well, I'd say. Adam played with his a bit, after being reassured that it was formerly a soldier doll and not a Barbie "since Kens aren't very manly. Got to be manly." Christina kept taking pictures of the little Saffron with her cell phone, and told Ron "she had to add to the boobs to make me. To a Barbie! That's scary!" And Ron just laughed and laughed.

Lines weren't nearly as long for the BDHs as last year — good for me, a trifle worrying otherwise — but apparently they were properly thronged Friday and today the photo ops were pretty busy. I missed a Firefly panel, apparently. There was time to chat briefly with everybody and, as usual, they seemed sincerely happy to be there and took time to talk to everybody that came out. Adam solemnly congratulated my son James on his choice of attire (Jayne hat and Little Damn Hero Jayne tee shirt). I got a straight-forward handshake until I thanked him for what he and the crew did for the Flanvention and he went all noble and modestlike and said "Just wanted to make sure they had a good time… probably a better time than they would have had, which was great." Christina loved my "YoSaffBridge Husband's Club" tee and wrote down where I got it so she can go get one herself (BlackMarketBeagles.com, hi Adam!) and we talked about a possible future project. And Ron was clearly delighted anybody wanted to meet him. At one point his phone rang, whereupon he bellowed to the room at large that "my phone is ringing!" I wondered aloud if he always answered the phone that way; Christina said she hoped so.

I saw the occasional celebrity here and there who looked impatient or grumpy but not our heroes. (Or most of the rest, I should say, and the people from "Heroes" and "Eureka" especially looked pleasantly stunned at the attention) Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATED Just heard some big news from Andy Gore at QMx about upcoming developments from our favorite replica company. First, the fan club edition of the Alliance Money Pack will be closing officially as of Jan. 31. Remember, this version (with the Miranda map and the possibility of getting the "Golden Ticket") was a limited offer an that limit is approaching, so if you've been holding out now's your chance to get rid of some of that Christmas money. The regular packs will go back on sale, minus the extras,  sometime around March. As he said,

The Browncoat community has been incredibly supportive of QMx and our first product, so we want to make sure all the Browncoats who came out in such huge numbers to support us have something truly remarkable and unique.

(You can also enter our trivia contest for this week to win a money pack)

Second, and this is huge:

QMx has commissioned Geoffrey Mandel (Serenity graphics designer) and Tim Earls (Serenity and Firefly designer) to create, for the first time ever, the definitive set of blueprints of our favorite ship, Serenity. These blueprints will be distilled from literally hundreds of set photos, detailed architectural drawings, cgi files, and pages and pages of background material from the movie and series. They will be *the* definitive resource on Serenity's design, layout and systems. The blueprint pack will be extensive, printed on large format, high-quality stock, and will include the ship (plus variations!), the shuttles and the mule.

And, as a special bonus, we will also include an exact replica of the Serenity builder plaque on metal foil, printed directly from the original digital file.

No prices detemined yet, but they will be very limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Mr. Mandel and Earls, and they expect to start shipping Serenity Blueprints next month. The set will include 10 18” by 24” sheets (rolled), plus the CoA/autograph/background page and the builder's plaque, with a price of probably $135 ish.

Whoo! Now we're talking cool replicas. Cashy money, a Mal gun, a Serenity model, blueprints, and they haven't been open six months yet. I'm liking what I'm hearing… More details as they become available.

When you sat spellbound in the movie theater watching the Serenity's nose art fill the screen, or the star charts for Miranda that River brought up one-handed, you were seeing the work of Serenity graphic designer Geoffrey Mandel. And the odds are good you've seen his work before.

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Geoffrey Mandel, the graphics designer for the movie Serenity, is offering limited edition fine art prints of the wanted poster he designed for the Big Damned Flanvention. 24" x 18", offset printed on 100-lb coated gloss cover stock, only 500 copies will be made. Signed and numbered by the artist. (Click the thumbnail for a larger image. Actual print will have unique number and signature)

That's the official stuff. My unofficial opinion is that this is seriously shiny. Crammed full of details about Mal and his sordid past, with a great pic of Nathan looking defiant and a bit peeved. Geoffrey will be offering this through eBay until they're gone, so don't wait too long.

Click here to see his listings. They're going up for sale one by one, so if you don't see any listings active at the moment check back later.