Well, not the first look, people on QMx’s Insider newsletter got that, which is why you should wander over there and throw your e-mail address in. But darn close.
It’s coming! The official Serenity blueprints: 10 18″ x 24″ full-color sheets in a limited-edition run of 750, signed by creators Geoffrey Mandel (graphic designer, Serenity) and Tim Earls (illustrator, Firefly, and set designer, Serenity). And oh, it’s so nice.
Each sheet is a triumph of hours upon hours of relentless research and design. Even though Joss and Co. came as close as they could to make the inside of the ship match the outside, some concessions were made to meet the needs of each episode and the movie. And cramming it all in wasn’t enough, it also had to make sense. And it does.
QMx has a PDF (images shown here) of all the sheets for you to drool over. The blueprints will be $99 retail and will go on sale midnight, April 7. If you’re lucky and quick you can get one of the 15 that Black Market Beagles will have for sale, with free shipping. Otherwise hit the QMx site and start your buying.
I expect to see some backyard Fireflies after this, people!
How exactly can I get a copy of these prints? Is there going to be a drawing for the 750 limited edition sheets? Please let me know, I am very interested.
Keep checking at the QMx site at http://www.quantummechanix.com . Not sure yet if they’ll be allowing preorders since the release date is just over a week away, but you’ll be able to order by Sunday, April 9th.
I believe there will also be some resellers offering them, but I aven’t heard for sure yet.
There sure will be 🙂
http://blackmarketbeagles.com/blog7/2007/03/29/buy-your-serenity-blueprints-at-black-market-beagles/
I am just so exited about this release.
I am hoping that QMx have sorted out the international shipping problem.
This is going to be so cool. Not sure if I have enough wall space though.
Psst. Okay, you guys, gonna tell you something, but you can’t tell my boss I told you:
We will likely make the blueprint sets available for pre-order from our site a couple days before they officially ship (which is midnight next Friday). However, I just got word that Black Market Beagles, one of our authorized resellers, is going to start taking pre-orders any minute now. So, you might want to grab them there before he sells out. The blueprints are on very limited dealer allocation; so once they’re gone they’re gone.
Just keep that amongst us chickens, okay?
😉
Oh wait. Yes, I have. I’m sorry, but I just don’t have it in me right now to type it all out again. Besides, it was just ramblings anyway. You didn’t want to hear me go on and on about this, right?
They were gone with in hours.. I want some…