Yesterday DC Direct unveiled their newest line of designer vinyl figures based on the heroes and villains of the DC Universe, Blammoids. The Blot’s not a huge fan of the name DC Direct gave this new platform toy, but I am glad to see they are thinking outside the box. Plus, these cute little chunky figures are actually pretty cool looking. According to DC’s official release, Blammoids are “a striking, hyper-stylized twist on the world’s greatest heroes and their biggest foes.” (link) Blammoids! Series 1 includes heroes Batman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Aquaman and Firestorm, and villains the Joker and Sinestro.
I think these turned out really well, and I absolutely love the Firestorm Blammoid. It’s great to see DC Direct producing characters mainstream America may be unfamiliar with, especially since this version of Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, is currently deceased. The fact that Aquaman has no facial features does bother me a little bit, but it works. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing which characters will be included in DC’s Blammoids Series 2! Maybe we'll get a Zatanna, Mr. Terrific or even a Jack Knight Starman.
The Blot got pretty excited when this announcement hit the newswire yesterday! According to multiple sources, including PearlJam.com, Pearl Jam has been “scheduled to appear as the inaugural musical guest for the June 1, 2009 premiere of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.” (link) Also of note is the fact that the songs PJ will be performing on The Tonight Show June 1st will come from their upcoming studio album!
Oh my god, you just did it again.
You just Mosby’ed me.
“What, I did not!” - Robin
You did, you little minx!
“Oh, ok you’re right I did just Mosby you.” - Robin
Why are you so afraid of giving this a chance?
“Because I am scared of how much I like you.” - Robin
Whoa, this is a bad idea.
“Uch, you’re right this is a mistake.” - Robin
Yes...NO!
“I love you.”
Lets be friends.
“Ok, friends then.” - Robin
I love you.
“Let’s get married.” - Robin
No, you’re smothering me.
“Ok, forget it.” - Robin
Arrhh!
“Arrhh!” - Robin
<kissing ensues>
You know what? We can sort this out later.
I’m sad to say but “The Leap” (which should have been titled "The Mosby") is the final episode to Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother. It was a great season, but unfortunately it has come to an end. It definitely didn’t answer the main question on everybody’s mind, but we did get a ton of Sarah Chalke and some legen…wait for it…dairy Barney-isms.
While HIMYM has not been officially renewed yet, no one seems particularly worried. That’s a really good thing considering the show was on the brink of cancellation just a year ago. Thankfully Ted, Barney, Robin, Marshall and Lily are off of the preverbal bubble and will be back next year for another awesome season. Hopefully Season 5 will have less real life pregnancies (meaning less horrible prop placement) and more Slap Bets, Robin Sparkles and of course goats! Till next year...
Kidrobot’s limited edition hyper series Dunny Endangered! will be hitting store shelves on May 21st. While no one knows this new 3 inch series’ actual run size, it is expected to sell out very quickly (unlike previous 3” Dunny series Ye Olde English and Series 5). Besides the great artist line-up and interesting animal Dunnys, The Blot really loves the fact that the case and blind box artwork was designed by Jeremyville. Check out Jeremy’s artwork for the Dunny Endangered! Series below:
“Tell me he wrote you a big, fat check!
A check so big it doesn’t take its shirt off when it goes swimming.” - Marshall
Ha Ha! That is a big, fat check.
A check so big if you had sex with it you wouldn’t tell your buddies.
"That is a big, fat check." - Marshall
“A check so big that when you sit next to it on an airplane you find yourself wondering whether the check should have bought two seats.” - Robin
“That...” - Marshall
Is a big fat check.
“As Fast As She Can” featured some great scenes of the HIMYM clique at MacLaren’s bar and a handful of instant classic Barney-isms, but all in all the episode left The Blot wanting more. I can only assume it is setting up something big for Ted in How I Met Your Mother’s Season 4 finale (set to air next week). I can’t decide if they are ever going to introduce us to Ted’s future wife, but who cares when the journey there is this much fun. I figure they’re going to have to have Ted meet her by at least the show’s final episode. Until then…suit up!
To be honest, The Blot had no idea that today, May 8, 2009, marked the 25th Anniversary of Transformers, one of my all time favorite toy lines/comic books/cartoons. While I’m a little late to the party, Shortpacked’s David Willis was all over it. I’m not even going to pretend I understand how the date was determined, but if you’re interested in finding out the whos, whats, whens and whys head over to Shortpacked.com and read Willis’ blog entry for today on the official launch of one of Hasbro’s preeminent franchises. While you’re over there, make sure to read Shortpacked’s webcomic for today, which is also dedicated to Transformers’ 25th Anniversary.
Today, Thursday May 7th, the Saner Dunny Set will briefly hit store shelves at 11 am EST. Limited to just 300 sets, Saner’s Mictlantecuhtli 8 inch Dunny & Xólotl 3 inch Dunny are going to be pretty damn near impossible to get. Since most of us will never have a chance to get our hands on these designer vinyl figures I thought I’d share some close up pics of both figures. These Aztec-influenced afterworld themed Dunnys turned out really well and would definitely go great next to my Jesse Hernandez Jaguar Warrior 8” Dunny. Oh well, what you can do. Good luck to everyone trying to score the Saner Dunny set later today!
Well, we all know now after watching last week’s episode of Lost that he and his fellow Losties are not in fact the variables Daniel Faraday once thought they were. As it turns out, he is just another cog in the machine that is the mysterious island’s history. As I was watching “The Variable” unfold, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine things would play out the way they did. So now the question is did Daniel Faraday’s death set into motion a series of events that will eventually save the island from the magnetic meltdown (i.e. are Jack and Kate still variables in the equation) or does Faraday’s death signify that the past cannot be changed and events on the island will play out the way they were always supposed to.
Ms. Hawking has always seemed to know what is going to and supposed to happen, so there’s no chance she wasn’t aware that one day in the past she would kill her adult son. That must have been some intense guilt to be carrying around all these years. It is interesting to learn that she still pushed Faraday hard to be the best knowing all his hard work would one day lead to his death. What I really want to know is why, why not try to change things. Is she so resigned to the fact that the past and/or the future cannot be changed that she would still lead her son to his eventual death to save herself, the island and its inhabitants? Why is Hawking so intent to save the island when she obviously chose to leave it (unless of course she exiled by force similar to Charles Widmore).
For the longest time I thought Widmore might be Faraday’s father, but when it was revealed that Hawking and Widmore were both former Others and Widmore was funding Faraday’s experiments, I dropped that theory figuring Widmore was just using Faraday’s research to eventually reclaim the island. But all became clear when Widmore and Hawking had that final discussion outside the hospital. It wasn’t shocking to learn Widmore was Faraday’s father, but it does make the relationship between Hawking and Widmore that much more interesting. I’m still trying to fit all the pieces together and figure out the chain events.
