DC has announced their graphic novel plans for the new 52. Initially only the highest selling series will be collected in Hard Cover while the rest will all make their first appearance in soft cover form. The six cancelled series will all be collected in soft cover as well which should you collect them all come in just under 7,000 pages of story. Make some room on those shelves.

The Phantom Menace 3D opens next month and the opening weekend features a free Fighter Pod toy with every ticket! Get ready to travel for the other cool incentive though - the IMAX release, only in the 10 largest markets, includes 3D glasses that are shaped like Anakins Pod Racer Glasses! Yeah movie is kinda lame when included as part of the whole (midi-chlorians.....) but the new toys will mean that I will have to be there opening week along with every other parent in America so Quin can get his toy. Curse you Lucas you just couldnt put out #4 first - A Millennium Falcon would have filled me with much more anticipation....

I turned down an offer for us to relocate the store about a mile north. It was a really great deal financially - less than half our current rent but had a loss of about 200 square feet on the floor but did have a full basement which added another 1,000ft. It was really tempting but it just didnt 'feel' right. Its just one of those things that you have to go with your gut on and I couldnt pull the trigger on the offer as I think we would have regretted it within a year. Its too bad as the landlord was really accommodating which is something we certainly dont have at the current spot.

The new Magic set is coming in this week. We had a great pre release weekend with both stores busting at the seams as everyone got their first taste of the new cards. This is the first week people can actually buy them so it should be a madhouse at both locations as we sell tons of boxes and open several cases for singles. Its like a party that never ends. Ever.

We have a huge game order coming in this week for both stores with lots of checkers and chess and poker sets! There is about 600lbs of basic games and stuff plus some cool licensed Star Wars games that you most certainly cant do without.

The Northtown location has received 4 different reorders of T-shirts to help replenish the store after it was decimated during Christmas. If there was a style that we ran out of your size on, we probably have it back in.

-Craig!