You can now pre-order Diamond Select’s limited edition statue “River Triumphant” from Things From Another World. Note: important info added.

From Diamond’s description: “This statue, in scale with the previously released action figures, features the graceful and deadly River with weapons in hand – capturing her final battle against an army of bloodthirsty Reavers.  Sculpted by Michael Norman, this intricately-designed piece was created using digital scans from the film itself!  The River Triumphant statue will be limited to 1,000 pieces and will ship to stores in the first quarter of 2007 with a suggested retail price of $99.00.”

I think it’s safe to say these will go pretty fast, so you might want to get your orders in now. Just to make it sweeter, TFAW.com is offering a 10% off price for pre-orders.

One thnig to remember: TFAW does not know at this point how many they’ll get, so they’re offering them on a first-come first-served basis (you will not be charged until your order actually ships) and once they reach 50 they’re cutting off orders until they can verify their shipment. This does not mean they’ll definitely have 50 to sell, though, it depends on the other retailers and any limitations Diamond places.

Faster would be better.

New at The Prop Store of London, Mal’s shirt from the final battle.

The shirt is brown and has a bloodied hole on the left hand side, with magnetic clip fasteners and fake blood around the collar. It comes custom framed in a glazed display, in a laser cut mount board with the movie title and two film stills.

You know, if you owned the Operative’s sword you could make an interesting display with this…

The Serenity at Washtown in Second Life isn’t the only one. I actually saw this one first.

It’s by Abby Dawson and it’s a work in progress. Currently at over 600 prims (shapes) it’s not as accurate a Serenity as the one by Fenix Eldritch that Washtown now boasts, but it’s more furnished, it’s hovering instead of being parked, and it has firing engines courtesy of Hinkley Baldwin and operational shuttles by Ilyara Tardis. Take a peek?

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Still plugging along, Stylin Online has added yet another licensed Serenity shirt, and this one’s for the ladies.

This baby doll tee has an outline of a beautiful Asian lady behind her fan, and the words “Sihnon Companion Academy” on a blue background. Soft and stretchy preshrunk 5oz. cotton, available in sizes small to x-large.

And check out Stylin Online for lots more Firefly and Serenity tees .

Been reported by several people now that Target is running a massive DVD sale and we got pulled along: the Firefly DVD set is selling for $18.99 and Serenity is on sale for $10. The sale ends September 16.

These prices are not available online, only in the stores.

I haven’t verified these prices locally yet — stopping by today just to, you know, check – but let me give a cautious woo hoo. Anyone been target shopping recently? Sing out!

Update from Adam at Black Market Beagles:

“The folks who are putting on this year’s Browncoat Ball in San Francisco are hoping to get about 20 - 30 more people signed up for the ball, and are making a limited number of discount tickets available on eBay, at roughly 20% below the normal price. The discount tickets are $125 for the full weekend (that includes two dances and two dinners, folks!), $80 for the Saturday ticket (which includes the boat tour and the ball), and $60 for the Saturday night ball tickets. You can find them here.

“They’ve also announced that there will be an on-site masseuse as well as a hair/makeup artist at the hotel. Their services are not included in the ticket price, and they can each accommodate only a limited number of clients, but if you’re looking to truly pamper yourself before the ball, they’ve got you covered.

“So, if you haven’t ordered tickets yet, do it now, ’cause the ball’s almost here!”

Stylin Online just got in Big Damn Hero shirts in olive, to match your ever-changing lifestyle.

They’ve also restocked their Firefly logo shirts in gray and brown, and there’s an new design promised for next week for women only. One can only imagine…

Check out their impressive line of licensed Serenity tees and hoodies here . 

Amazon just launched their new video rental/download system, and Firefly is promoted big time on the front page. At least Amazon loves us…

There will be many downloads in your life. But only one first download from Amazon Unbox Video. So make it special. Light the candles. Pour a beverage and consider:

Firefly, because it didn’t get enough love the first time around.
The Matrix, because Morpheus would want you to.
South Park, because you want to bleepin’ laugh.
Three Kings, because it’s a thriller, an art film, and a killer comedy all in one.

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Just noticed at whedonesque.com, there’s a mention of the next Serenity comic in an interview with writer Brett Matthews. This is it, in its entirety, although you’re welcome to check out the rest of the article which deals mostly with Matthews comic “The Lone Ranger.”

THE PULSE: What other projects - in or out of comics - are you working on?

MATTHEWS: Joss Whedon and I are just starting up the second round of Serenity comics, a little thing we’re calling BETTER DAYS. Working with him is the best — you learn so much and it’s fun - and, occasionally, very, very humbling. The guy is such a genius, and that’s the least original thing I could ever say about him, because everyone does. So let me add that he’s just a hell of a good guy, too.

Not much, granted, but it’s good to have a) a name for it, and b) reassurance it exists…

You may remember a few months ago there was a stir about an original Serenity novel called “Dark Mirror” that suddenly appeared on Diamond Comics’ order sheet and in several online comic stores listings. No one knew anything solid about how it got there, but it seemed to be a maddening glitch, possibly related to the placeholding-yet-nonexistent Serenity book “Mirror Image” which has been in Amazon for over a year now and continues to plague credited author Keith R. A. DeCandido at Q and As ever since.

Tonight I was googling along, looking for something else entirely, when I found a copy of the 2006 summer catalog for Pocket Books. And on page 79, I found this:

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