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New at the Prop Store of London, the Operative's outfit.

A costume worn by The Operative in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This excellent costume was worn by The Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in scenes near the end of the film on Mr Universe’s planet where he tries to stop Mal broadcasting the message. It consists of a pair of black trousers, a black top, chest armour which is made from rubber sprayed a dark bronze colour, a thick leather belt and gauntlets, which are also the same colour as the chest armour, a pair of black boots (size 9) and a leather sheath that is strapped on to his back and has the handle of his sword sticking out of the top. The sword handle has been glued into the sheath and so can’t be removed, it is made from hard rubber and some of the silver paint has flaked off in places.

I'm almost certain I've listed this before, but this set is listed as having been worn by the actor onscreen, which makes this a bigger deal. Buy it and use it to freak out Nathan Fillion at the next con!

Remember in Serenity when it spiralled down through the massive air battle, whoosh! and dodged all the other ships, zing bwow! and then got hit with the EMT thingies zap! and Wash barely managed to control it well enough to slide it into a big hanger where it got all bashed up, smash crunch!?

This is one of the things in the hanger that it hit.

This is a hanger vehicle miniature model from the 2005 sci-fi adventure movie Serenity. When the crew is being chased by Reavers they must crash land or “glide” the ship into the hanger after they were hit by enemy fire. The Firefly ship lands in the hanger knocking out scaffolding and comes to a screeching halt next to this all terrain vehicle. The miniature is 9” long made of plastic model with 5 wheels and bound together with screws. This miniature vehicle is in good condition.

After months of teasing, QMx has finally brought out their biggest project yet: the film-quality, made-to-order Serenity model.

Measuring 19"x12"x7", or 1:180 scale, this baby is incredibly screen-accurate right down to the bolts and weathering. Over 250 parts, hand-painted, with built-in lighting and engine effects. It doesn't get any more accurate than this.

When it came time to develop this replica, we could do no less. Every bolt, every seam and every asymmetrical plate has been recreated with exacting detail in this first and only screen-accurate replica. Years of intense effort have gone into all aspects of this model, from the sculpture taken directly from the movie CG master files to the paint job created to match not just the colors of the ship, but the materials as well.

Each one is made to order, and you can choose whether to have the lighting included or not. You can also choose various personal touches, like the position of the engines, whether the shuttles are docked or not, the name on the captain's plate and more.

No more than 500 will be made. They'll start taking orders September 30, 2009, which is a nice touch. I also note that a price is not listed anywhere on the page, but I'm not sure if I'm disappointed or relieved at this point

Go and gaze, and check out the video of the lighting effects. It'll be on display at the Sideshow Collectibles booth at Comic-Con (#1929) along with their other new launch, the Enterprise replica.

In other news, QMx has a frickin' amazing Enterprise replica.

A very familiar flying friend will make its appearance in cake form on the premiere of Ace of Cakes tonight at 10 p.m.

Read a description of the whole thing here, from the lucky Browncoat who received this amazing edible recreation, and check out the pics here.

Remember the Operative sword The Prop Store of London offered, way back when? Possibly their very first Serenity prop?

The owner, faced with hard times, is selling it on eBay.

SERENITY / FIREFLY FANS! This is the item you've been waiting for! Unfortunately, for some (me) these fun (crap) economic times have lead to some interesting items coming out of the woodwork. I purchased this sword almost the instant it came up for sale. It was the very first Serenity prop to go through the London Prophouse. It comes with the certificate of authenticity and is in great shape. This was the stunt sword used in a lot of the fight scenes in the movie. You can trace a lot of the dings and scratches straight from the screen to the sword. Replicas are well and good, but this is your chance to own an actual piece of a very important movie. Can't stop the signal.

New — again — at the Prop Store of London, a stunt costume for Jayne in the bank heist scene. This has been marked as sold for some time and is now available, so maybe the deal didn't go through and it's back on the market? If so, now's your chance.

A stunt costume worn by Jayne in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This costume was worn during the high action bank heist scenes near the beginning of the film. It consists of a blue t-shirt with a Japanese design on the front (labelled ‘Casey Stunt Jayne’), a pair of green combat trousers (labelled ‘Stunt DBL Jayne).

If nothing else, go check out the closeups to get the details on the shirt.

Eagle-eyed Browncoats have noticed a new listing at Amazon: a third Firefly Companion book from Titan Books, due out next March. What will this one cover?

No idea. Titan hasn't released details yet, other than the official title ("Firefly: Still Flying – A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series") and that it will be the same format — full color, 160 pages –  as their previous Firefly and Serenity Companions.

And that means you should preorder it right away. Titan's series remains the single best companions to the 'verse that have been produced, with scripts, interviews with the cast and crew, production drawings, close ups of props, and never-before-seen-pictures, which was damn impressive considering how voraciously Browncoats hunted those out.

Although it does beg the question, what could it be about? The comics? The fans? "Can't Stop the Serenity"? The various books of essays? The licensed products from QMx? A look back? Firefly's influence on other shows? More stuff from the show that didn't fit into the previous books? Tell me it contains, say, the next three unproduced scripts in the series and I'll buy it right now.

More details as I get 'em, but be aware it's out there and coming.  And if you haven't seen Titan's Firefly: The Official Companion 1, Firefly: The Official Companion 2, or the Serenity Visual Companion, go get them immediately.

Something I get asked fairly often. Where are the Serenity models? It's such a funky, unique looking, iconic ship, there are people begging for the opportunity to spend days painting it just right. Yes, there's the inexpensive Dark Horse ornament (prepainted, 6 1/2" long, one piece), and the massive one that QMx is working up (insanely detailed, pre-assembled, prepainted, with lights), but where's the midsize, low price point, just-right-for-an-afternoon-of-glueing model?

Sadly, there isn't one. Not officially. But there are a variety of unofficial ones out there if you look hard enough. For example, if you hit the right convention or stumble across one on eBay, you can pick up this gorgeous little number by "Tony," which includes instructions and decals.

It is all made of resin and all the parts need little clean up. This kit is for the advanced modeler and some experience with resin kits is recommended. It has about 70 parts and all the smaller parts are still sealed in their bags. It comes with an instructional CD and for those without a computer a paper copy of the instructions.  [...] The kit is about 14.5" long when finally assembled.

Tony's Serenity resin models sell from $220 – $300.

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New from Margaret Weis Productions, a new expansion for the award-winning Serenity RPG.

"Serenity Adventures" is an anthology-style collection of five complete RPG games written by both new and established authors in the game industry. In it, you'll find "Ghosts of the Rebellion" by James Davenport (Serenity RPG), "The Best Things Get Better With Age" by Alana Abbot ("Into the Reach"), "Freedoms Flight" by Ted Reed, "Seven Arks of Cibola" by Billy Aguiar, and "Mother Load" by James M. Ward ("Metamorphosis Alpha"). Like the original book the interior graphics design is by 11th Hour, but there's lots of artwork by other artists in there as well and a cover by Digger Hayes.

On shelves now at TFAW and other retail stores. It's not in the store at Margaret Weis Productions yet, but you can preorder a copy signed by Margaret Weis and jamie Chambers (link goes to the store; search for "Serenity"). Or you can build a downloadable PDf immediately by going here.

In the meantime, the folks at MW have been producing little add-ons and extras for free download, such as Sam's Smuggler Emporium and a cortex newsfeed with some interesting info.

Remember how excited we all were when Multiverse announced they were doing a Firefly MMO game?

Remember how we really haven't heard much about it since then?

FOX and Multiverse have announced they're coming out with an online Buffy game, which is all well and good, and oh, by the way, the Firefly game is on hold.

Fox is delaying further development and release of the announced-in-2006 MMO, Firefly. Originally set to be released in 2008, the game has yet to have any major presence; no screenshots, trailers, or betas have hit the scene, and now it seems none will until the Buffy game is completed.

This is because vampires are in again, isn'rt it? I blame Facebook.