SerenityVerse

Fan-Made Firefly/Serenity Stuff

November 12th, 2007 Posted in Fan-Made FF/Serenity Merchandise

There is a ‘verse of stuff out there for the avid Firefly and Serenity fan. Here, I’ve compiled some of the stores and items that are the most useful and interesting to me. This isn’t intended to be a comprehensive list; others out there have most certainly done a better job compiling this stuff online than me. This is just a list of some of my favorite merchandise, favorite sellers, and such.

Good comprehensive listing sites:

Fashionably Brown Fantastic resource for finding anything wearable that is Firefly or Serenity related, including costumes and jewelry. Nice guides broken down by character.

Serenity Stuff Attractive list of sites, with personal reviews of many products. Also contains an excellent guide to collecting Serenity autographs.

My little list of favorite Firefly stores and products

Sihnon Prints If you’re looking for Firefly/Serenity art, Mike Phillips is the best there is, and he just started selling signed and numbered limited-edition prints. His Mal art is to die for.

Out to the Black The designer of the “browncoats” T-shirt that was available through the late lamented Universal browncoats board, and she’s producing and selling it herself now. She also sells a sweatshirt in the same shiny design, messenger bags, backpacks, other shirts….good stuff! The wait time can be a little long on her stuff, but it’s well worth it and she’s very reliable.

Custom Aluminum Signs. Extraordinarily high-quality aluminum road signs with Firefly and Serenity themes. He has existing designs or will custom-design one for you. I had him make me a custom sign for my bedroom door that says “I’ll be in my bunk” and has Mal and Serenity on it, and I can’t recommend him highly enough. His prices are very low for the quality – these are heavy-duty metal with highway-sign reflective backing. No website yet, but you can email mikejr13@cox.net and he’ll set you up.

Done The Impossible A very professionally done fan-made documentary about the fans of Firefly and Serenity, hosted by Adam Baldwin (“Jayne Cobb”). Says Orson Scott Card of the film, “Think of it as a freelance “special features” DVD and you’ll recognize it as one of the best ever created. Think of it as National Geographic doing a special on one of America’s most fascinating tribes, and it’ll be even better.” It’s fun and inspiring to watch and well worth the purchase. Here’s a review by scifi.com.

Artcat’s Decals Car window decals of the ship as well as the Blue Sun logo. She has at least two people ripping off her designs and selling them, so do her a favor and support the original artist.

Monkeyshines Beadery Kaylee and Inara necklace replicas as well as more Firefly-inspired jewelry. She has a wonderful replica of the necklace Kaylee wears in the movie.

Wash-o-Saurus Browncoat silicone bracelets (black and brown) and juggling goslings! I have two of the bracelets, and they are really nice; I love them even though I’m not into the whole silicone bracelet fad.

Poplollies.com Official and unofficial merchandise. At this time (12/20/05), poplollies still has first printings of some of the Serenity comics available as well as copies of the sold-out Serenity movie magazine (being sold at cover price). Also trading cards, books, trade paperback, action figures, fan-created goodies, etc. I placed an order with them and received a lovely, quickly shipped package with all sorts of delightful extra stuff in it; my second order was similarly lovingly prepared. I reccomend them highly!

Blue Moon Stuff Firefly and Serenity-inspired t-shirt designs. Friendly seller with great customer service and quality, printed shirts. Keep an eye on the sale page!

The Prop Store of London This outfit purchased the majority of the props and costumes used in the film Serenity and will be selling them through their website. Expensive shiny stuff!

Authentic Browncoat Replicas You can order a replica of Mal’s signature browncoat from the Hollywood maker who produced the browncoats for the Firefly series. Depending on the type of leather used and custom sizing, they range in price from $600 to $1,300.

Fan Done Blue silicone “Can’t take the sky” wristbands, Serenity temporary tattoos, black market beagles, Serenity Christmas ornaments, trading cards, charms, and stickers.

Jason Palmer’s Artwork Firefly and Serenity limited edition art prints.

On The Drift – Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity The Bedlam Bards perform music inspired by Firefly and Serenity. My favorites on the CD are the Wash song “Leaf on the Wind” and Brandon Klassen’s “Sail the Sky.” The Bard’s songs have a lively sense of humor and reflect their love of Firefly.

11th Hour Art  Some of the most artistic and beautiful Serenity shirt and trinket designs you’ll ever lay eyes on, by the tireless Firefly/Serenity promoter and browncoat known as 11th Hour.

Black Market Beagles By beloved browncoat Adam Levermore-Rich, QMX artist and one of the primary organizers of the Browncoat Backup Bash, AKA B3 comes a cafepress site with some timeless designs.  One of my personal favorites, presented in cooperation with Serenity graphic artist Goeff Mandel, is the Mandel and Earls shipbuilder’s t-shirt.

Firefly Cargo Bay  A CafePress store containing a broad selection of shirts and other items inspired by Firefly and Serenity.

Crybaby mug  Best. Mug. Ever.  Oh, and other cool designs too.

Cool eBay Sellers

Here are a few people who (as far as I know) only sell their shiny stuff on eBay.

jubalev Authentic Nathan Fillion autographed items; lithographs, posters, prop money, DVDs.

absenthero Etched Firefly /Serenity shot glasses.

supercute1 Firefly art prints…..nice artwork of each character.