A place to buy scifi posters?

[RoJoHen]

I have decided that I want to hang some framed posters from my favorite scifi shows on one of my walls. I currently have a poster from the new Trek movie there, and I want to add 3 more. I'm just having a really hard time tracking down good posters. My Star Trek poster is 22 X 34, which I got at Walmart. Most of the posters I'm finding online are only 11 X 17, but I'd really like to find larger ones to match my Trek poster. Anybody have any idea where I can look?

I'd like posters from Farscape, Firefly, BSG...

What really bugs me is that I used to have posters for these shows, but they all got destroyed the last time I moved. I got them at allposters.com, but they don't have them for sale anymore.

EDIT: I'm actually starting to realize that my Trek poster is not a normal size (even though I very easily found a frame for it!). I may have to upgrade to a larger one.

[BigFoot]

^ The few posters that I really wanted, I just got from eBay.

[RoJoHen]

I tried eBay, but I couldn't find anything I wanted.

[BigFoot]

^ That sucks... it's great for new stuff, but I have no idea if you can find posters of older shows & movies there.

[RoJoHen]

I wasn't expecting it to be this hard. About 5 years ago, I wouldn't have had this trouble. I didn't realize posters just stopped existing like this.

[BigFoot]

^ Have you tried amazon? Or googling for "movie_title poster"?

[Aragorn]

27x40 is the official movie poster size. The problem is a lot of web sites that specialize in posters are overpriced. Do you have a local poster shop anywhere nearby?

[RoJoHen]

BigFoot wrote:

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^ Have you tried amazon? Or googling for "movie_title poster"?

Yes. I have in fact used the internet before.

Aragorn wrote:

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27x40 is the official movie poster size. The problem is a lot of web sites that specialize in posters are overpriced. Do you have a local poster shop anywhere nearby?

I have been finding posters I want, but you're right, they're way overpriced. I don't want to spend $30-50 on a poster.

I have no idea if there are any poster shops anywhere. I didn't even know such places existed.


What's really annoying about the Farscape posters is that most of them are just blown-up DVD covers (they even say things like "Disc 1" and "WIDESCREEN"). I used to have a legitimate Farscape poster in college! Damn dorms and drunk college kids...ruining all my stuff...

[WillsBabe]

S&P Parker Movie Market have been in business for years. Here's a link. They're in the UK but they may ship internationally. http://www.moviemarket.com/

[RoJoHen]

WillsBabe wrote:

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S&P Parker Movie Market have been in business for years. Here's a link. They're in the UK but they may ship internationally. http://www.moviemarket.com/

They don't have anything I'm looking for, sadly.

I did find moviepostershop.com, which has a good selection. Now I just need to figure out exactly what I want.

[Technobuilder]

I've always been the kind of person who'd rather hang a poster on my wall than a framed landscape.

My problem is, I don't know the best way to mount said posted for display.

Anyone know of a good website or store for that sort of info?

Glass seems too heavy (and pricey) so I was thinking clear plastic shells of the appropriate sizes

[RoJoHen]

Technobuilder wrote:

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I've always been the kind of person who'd rather hang a poster on my wall than a framed landscape.

My problem is, I don't know the best way to mount said posted for display.

Anyone know of a good website or store for that sort of info?

Glass seems too heavy (and pricey) so I was thinking clear plastic shells of the appropriate sizes

My current poster has a black frame with a thin plastic cover. It got it at Walmart for about $5, and it actually looks really nice. Just hammer a small nail into the wall and hang it like you would any other picture.


I ended up buying 5 posters:

Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars (basically just a larger version of the DVD cover)
Serenity
BSG (the Last Supper picture)
A new Star Trek XI poster (to match the size of the other posters)

And I got another one from the show "Chuck." It has a landscape orientation, so I think I'm going to hang it on the opposite wall.

[Aragorn]

RoJoHen wrote:

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I have no idea if there are any poster shops anywhere. I didn't even know such places existed.

Poster shops usually sell well in university districts, since there will always be college students looking to hang stuff up on their dorm walls.

[RoJoHen]

Aragorn wrote:

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Poster shops usually sell well in university districts, since there will always be college students looking to hang stuff up on their dorm walls.

Well, nowhere near me, then.

[The Squire of Gothos]

RoJoHen wrote:

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I wasn't expecting it to be this hard. About 5 years ago, I wouldn't have had this trouble. I didn't realize posters just stopped existing like this.

I got some great Trek t-shirts and posters on EBay a few years back, now they seem to have dried up, decent t-shirts especially so.