I'm putting this in a few different places, so forgive any redundency....
We're starting to pull together the licensed B5 merchandise being put out by
the fan club, and I'm very pleased by it...especially the pins, as noted
below. For a long time now, pirate dealers have been putting out fake B5
Earth Alliance pins, and they've been crummily made, either flimsy or
breakable or thick and clumsy, and charging fair-sized bucks for rotten,
inferior products. No more. Now you can get the real things, identical to
the acual props in every single respect, and overseen directly by Babylonian
Productions to ensure that they're accurate. (Along with everything else
here.) But that's been a real sore point for me for a long time, and I'm glad
to have it taken care of once and for all.
The following products are now available via the Fan Club website, located at
http://www.thestation.com
1) product # FCM - Fan Club Membership
This gets you the quarterly Universe Today, access to the Gold Channel personal
logs on thestation.com, and discounts on all FC products.
2) product # FCTC-01 - Fleer/Skybox Special Edition box with JMS autograph
3) product # FCTC-02 - Fleer/Skybox Special Edition box with Bruce Boxleitner
autograph.
4) product # FCJ-01 - Earth Alliance Pin
Baked Enamel blue and gold-tone pin, just like the real ones. Pricing: member
$12, non $14
5) product # FCS-04 - "The Great Maker" T-shirt
When I directed "Sleeping in Light" (422), during lunch a substantial number of
cast and crew disappeared from the set, and returned wearing these shirts as a
surprise. A lot of people asked for these to be made available, and now they
are. Front reads, "Shh...The Great Maker is Directing". The back reads, "And
on the seventh day we wrapped". Pricing: member $14.95 L & XL $16.95 for XXL,
non $16.95 L & XL $18.95 for XXL.
6) product # FCP-02 - Recognition Chart Poster
This one I like a lot because it's just stinking cool...it's a perfect replica
of the recognition poster seen in pilot ready room on B5, struck from the same
master. It has Minbari, Shadow, and Earth ship silhouettes, as you'd see on a
WWII battleship. 32"x24" Pricing: member $8, non $10.
7) product # FCH-01 - Aggie Hat
The product number may be revised. This is the crew cap for The Agamemnon,
Sheridan's ship prior to being assigned to B5, seen in "Knives" and which will
be seen in the fifth season as well. (And those who see the final 4 will see
that the Aggy has a lot more to do with the story.) Pricing is, I believe,
the same as the next item:
8) product # FCH-02 - Psi Corps Hat
This is another one we've been asked to produce by fans. The cap is black with
the Psi Corps logo on front. "The Psi Corps is your friend" is embroidered on
the back. Pricing: members $16, non $18
9) product # FCBK - Antioch Babylon 5 Calendar 1998
This is possibly the best graphic product associated with B5 publishing to
date. It's just gorgeous, with montage prints, quotes from the series, photos
galore, and many of the major events in the B5 storyline noted by date. This
is a limited edition with serialized numbers. We have the lowest numbers
available on the market. Pricing: members $11.95, non $14.95
And there are the CD's available from us, done by Christopher Franke:
product # FCCD-01 - Original Soundtrack
product # FCCD-02 - Messages From Earth
product # FCCD-03 - Avalon
product # FCCD-04 - Z'Ha'Dum
product # FCCD-05 - Shadow Dancing
product # FCCD-06 - Severed Dreams
product # FCCD-07 - Walkabout
Again, all this can be obtained via the Fan Club site, which has an order form.
Some of this has yet to be added to the form, so in the case of short or
limited orders, this will let you get a jump on things before they're sold
out.
What we're doing here is what I think should be done with this stuff: you make
what you personally would want just because you think it's just cool....
jms
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