We know that many people enjoyed the detailed and imaginative maquettes or figures created by Stevenson Entertainment, and made available last year. We now give you a look at the prototypes for the second set of collectable maquettes. Please note that these are early prototypes and may change before going into production.

As with the first set, the second set will be available in a specially designed carry case with a bonus sixth figure, that will be unavailable elsewhere. At present, they are expected to be in production soon and in US/Canadian shops during the Autumn/Fall - probably late October.

As we get more information from Stevenson Entertainment, we'll let you know.

Further to our previous news and pre-publication offer for the new book which includes a documentary on DVD that Pink Floyd's David Gilmour provides the soundtrack to, we now have an update from the publishers for you.

The book was originally due for release in mid-July, but we believe that there were a couple of issues with the production of the package. However, the publishers have confirmed it is now ready, on it's way over from the printers in Singapore, and should be with them during the first week of August. They will then ensure it is distributed worldwide straight away, including to all Brain Damage readers who took advantage of the pre-order offer that was run via this site.

Further to our previous news items about Nick Mason's long-awaited, and much anticipated, book about Pink Floyd, called "Inside Out - A Personal History", to be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (a division of Orion Books) on September 9th, we have been contacted by the publishers with an exclusive look at the full final cover, with a high quality version of the cover being sent to us.

We have received an update today from Mark Fenwick, Roger's manager, concerning the previously posted news that Roger Waters will be making two new tracks available soon on the internet, for his fans to download.

The two songs, called "To Kill The Child" and "Leaving Beirut", are still pieces that are "works in progress" but of good enough quality to release. Mark said that he had "no idea if the tracks will be on the album [ie Roger's rock album due maybe next year]". He also said that "the lyrical contents are very apposite for the time, coming as they do before the US election". Sounds interesting!

Mark mentioned that the announcement of the tracks availability would probably be made on Roger’s own Sony website - RogerWaters.com. Needless to say, as soon as we have more information on this, we'll let you know.