Blox Vinyl Figures Wave 1 by Funko

Now this is the type of release that exemplifies why The Blot loves Funko so much! They aren’t afraid to mix and match different characters from different genres into one killer toy line. Take for instance the very first wave of its all new Blox vinyl figures. In one release they have Batman and The Joker from the DC Universe, along with the General Mills Monsters and Gene Simmons of Kiss! Can’t get more random than that, can you?

Blox vinyl figures stand 7” tall and feature some serious edges! Blox Wave 1 is scheduled to hit store shelves in November 2011, and will include Batman, The Joker, The Demon (Gene Simmons), Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Boo Berry. But just wait, future waves will also include characters from Ugly Dolls, Marvel, The Simpsons, Mars Attacks, Disney, Pixar and Star Wars. I for one can’t wait to see a toy line featuring a mixture of Batman, Spider-Man, Bart Simpson, Mickey Mouse and Darth Vader. Just think of the possibilities!

Glowmelon Salamander Joe Vinyl Figure by Paul Kaiju

This Saturday, July 30th, Paul Kaiju unleashes the newest colorway of his bizarre invader from another dimension, Salamander Joe! The Glowmelon Salamander Joe has a very unusual glowing texture in the dark, very alien and quite mysterious! Each figure is made with GID vinyl, features metallic green, gold, and pink spray, and includes a “Bitermite” arm weapon.

The Glowmelon Salamander Joe will retail for $90 each and will only be sold via an online form on PaulKaiju.com starting on July 30th at 12:00 PST. The sign up form for the lottery will only be available 24 hours so don’t forget to sign up (and cross your fingers)!

Cowboys & Aliens Screen Print Series by Daniel Danger, Tom Whalen & Janée Meadows

To coincide with today's world premier of Cowboys & Aliens, Mondo will be releasing its Cowboys & Aliens screen print series, which it curated with the film’s director, Jon Favreau! Favreau personally approved and art directed the series with Mondo, making for one very exciting and movie authentic release. This three print series features two of The Blot’s favorite artists (Daniel Danger and Tom Whalen) and is arguably even better than the movie itself (at least based on the film’s early reviews). While a limited number of Danger’s Cowboys & Aliens posters were originally released at San Diego Comic-Con 2011, today marks the first release of both Whalen and Janée Meadows’ C&A prints.

Cowboys & Aliens by Daniel Danger is an 18"x24" hand numbered screen print with a limited edition run size of 420 and will retail for $40 each. Cowboys & Aliens by Tom Whalen is a 24"x36" hand numbered screen print with a limited edition run size of 190 and will retail for $35 each. Cowboys & Aliens by Janée Meadows is an 18"x24" hand numbered screen print with a limited edition run size of 170 and will retail for $35 each. All three prints go on sale at the Mondo online store today, Friday, July 29th, at a random time.

Ultrus Bog Vinyl Figure by Skinner

After months of teases and hints, Lulubell Toys finally debuted Skinner’s new Ultrus Bog vinyl figure at San Diego Comic-Con 2011! This is the one figure The Blot was looking forward to seeing at SDCC the most, and it definitely didn’t disappoint! I can’t get over all the little details on the Ultrus Bog’s sculpt. The head alone puts most figures to shame, and I love all the skulls that make up Bog’s body. And check out the awesomness that is the two custom Ultrus Bog figures Skinner sold at Comic-Con in the photo below (thanks to DrilOne for the photo!). These figures are nuts!

Standing a massive 10” tall, the Bog has five points of articulation and retails for a reasonable $85 (considering the size and details of this figure). The San Diego Comic-Con glow in the dark colorway seen above in the first photo is now sold out, but keep your eyes peeled on Lulubell’s online store for a second colorway sometime soon.

Kidrobot x South Park Mini Figure Series

Your favorite animated satirical sitcom gets stylized in vinyl for the first Kidrobot x South Park Mini Figure Series. 4th Graders Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, along with some of the little mountain town’s most infamous residents, stand 3 inches tall, feature articulating heads and arms, and are paired with an appropriate, or not, accessories: rats for Kenny, Stan’s flamboyant dog Sparky, Mr. Garrison’s puppet Mr. Hat, and Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo inside a coffee cup.

An homage to their 2D stop-motion cutout creation, these South Park mini figures, 14 styles in all, come packaged in construction paper-themed boxes and will be available starting on August 4th for $9.95 per blind box.

Johnny Cupcakes Big Kid Vinyl Figure Teaser Images

For months The Blot’s been anxiously awaiting an update on Johnny Cupcakes first vinyl figure of his company’s mascot, the Big Kid. News has been very sparse since JC first shared pics of the prototype for this figure way back in November, but then out of nowhere he dropped these teaser images on the Johnny Cupcakes Tumblr page!!!

The Big Kid vinyl figure actually looks pretty true to Johnny’s 2D drawings of the character, and I can’t wait to see what kind of crazy colorways they end up producing. From the looks of the pictures above, it appears the first official release of the Big Kid will be staying pretty true to his original look. Might we be seeing a black and white colorway with red rosy cheeks? Only time will tell!

DCnU Justice League Action Figures by DC Direct - SDCC 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that DC Comics has made the decision to end all of its books, reboot/relaunch its entire universe, and give every single character some sort of makeover. While I think the idea itself is solid (a last ditch effort to bring in new comic book readers), I hate most of the new looks. Adding random lines and turning costumes into armor is so 1990s. But, DC has definitely achieved its goal of garnering its reboot loads of attention from the mainstream media. What most toy fans have wondered since the big relaunch/reboot is how will this affect the toy lines of Mattel and DC Direct?

To be quite honest, we still don’t really know that much. Mattel announced a Flashpoint Action Force tie-in at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and that was really about it (pretty disappointing if you ask me). DC Direct wasn’t much better, but at least they debuted the six DC new Universe (“DCnU”) Justice League action figures you see above: Aquaman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman and The Flash.

What you see is pretty much what you get when it comes to the new uniforms, but there was one glaring omission from the set of action figures! You see the new core of the DCnU Justice League are the six characters seen above and Cyborg. What’s even more shocking is that one of DC’s stated goals is to bring diversity to the DC Universe and yet when DC debuts their very first line of action figures based on their universe they leave out the team’s sole minority member. Seems like a PR disaster to me! I’ll withhold final judgment until I see these figures in person, but don’t expect me to be running out and collecting the series based on this first look.

The Amazing Spider-Man Teaser Movie Poster

For some reason this was a really weak year for movies at San Diego Comic-Con. Just about the only true hype surrounded the entertaining panel for Sony’s upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man franchise. Coming out of that panel is this pretty cool teaser one sheet movie poster for the upcoming film The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield. My only wish is that it wasn’t being released in 3D…I can honestly say I’d be happy if I never had to watch another poorly made 3D movie the rest of my days.

The Amazing Spider-Man is scheduled to premier in theaters on July 3, 2012.

The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer

The first teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises debuted last week and boy does it look good! If you’re new to The Blot Says… then let me just warn you now, expect lots of coverage of Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film. Nolan’s first two Batman movies are two of my all time favorites, and I’m seriously geeked up for this final installment. Heck, Nolan even makes Bane look badass (at least in a 2 second spot). If only DC could get some other entertaining films actually made.

The Dark Knight Rises is set to premiere in theaters worldwide on July 20, 2012 (the day after my birthday!).

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Blox Vinyl Figures by Funko: Batman & General Mills Monsters

Blox, Funko’s newest line of vinyl figures, debuted at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 with four limited edition metallic figures: Batman and the General Mills Monster Cereal characters, Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Boo Berry. These blocky figures stand around 6” tall and about 1.5” thick. Look for future Blox vinyl figure waves to be released in October featuring characters from DC Comics, The Simpsons, Mars Attacks!, General Mills Monster Cereal, KISS, PIXAR, Disney and more!

If you're interested in knowing more about these Blox vinyl figures and seeing pics of one out of its packaging, head over to Battlegrip.com for a great review of the Frankenberry Blox figure. The four SDCC 2011 Exclusive Blox vinyl figures seen above are currently available from Gemini Collectibles for $24.99 each.

Threadless Marvel x Looney Tunes Wolverine T-Shirt “Old, Old Friend”

To be quite honest, The Blot is way behind on his blogging. Between moving this summer and San Diego Comic-Con coverage a lot of really cool things have been ignored. One of those was this awesome Looney Tunes x Marvel t-shirt “Old, Old Friend” featuring everyone's favorite X-Man Wolverine in front of the Looney Tunes’ classic opening title. The minute I saw this design it instantly became my all time favorite Threadless t-shirt. I love its retro feel and simplistic design. It’s currently sold out, but I’ve got a feeling we’ll see it reprinted sometime very soon!

Old, Old Friend by Rocco Rabar

The Marvel Comics x Looney Tunes Wolverine t-shirt “Old, Old Friend” comes printed on a silver t-shirt and is available at Threadless.com for $20. The shirt comes in both guys and girls styles, sizes S-2XL.

The Avengers Concept Art “Avengers Assembled” Character Movie Posters

One of The Blot’s favorite things to come out of San Diego Comic-Con this year are these concept art character movie posters for next year’s The Avengers! For the past 4 years Marvel has been building up to The Avengers, and from the looks of things they might just pull it off. Each poster features a different star/member of The Avengers and when combined create a beautiful banner.

These posters also mark the first time we see what the Hulk will officially look like in The Avengers and what, if any, costume Hawkeye will wear. The Blot’s also really excited to see the inclusion of How I Met Your Mother’s Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in the SHIELD poster! I guess this mean she’ll play a pretty significant role in the film, which is definitely a good thing!

The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon and starring Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, is scheduled to premiere on May 4, 2012.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Freddy Pop! Funko Vinyl Figures

Thank god The Blot is not a completist because there is no way I could have get my hands on all of these San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusive Pop! Funko vinyl figures. If you’re not familiar with Freddy, he’s Funko’s official mascot and the star of Funko’s newest line of Pop! vinyl figures. What’s cool about this release is that every Pop! Funko figure is Freddy dressed up as a different character, including Superman, Flavor Flav, Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Freddy Krueger, The Ramones and Buzz Lightyear.

While every SDCC 2011 Exclusive Freddy Pop! Funko vinyl figure is limited edition, Funko also threw in some ultra rare chase figures for fans to hunt down! These include metallic variants and glow in the dark chases of most of the Freddy Pop! vinyl figures.

The Blot really doesn’t know very much about these Freddy Pop! Funko figures, but thanks to Gemini Collectibles we have all of the figures above. You can also purchase some of the Comic-Con exclusives seen here at Gemini Collectibles online store but be prepared to pay $60-225 per figure!

Captain America: The First Avenger Final One Sheet Movie Posters

Early yesterday morning hundreds of people at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 got a special sneak preview of Captain America: the First Avenger and you know what? They really liked it! I know this exactly the type of audience the film was produced for, but if they had hated it the film would have been D.O.A. As it is now, it seems like generally audiences like it and it’s holding strong on Rotten Tomatoes with a 71% Tomatometer score. Can’t ask for more than that!

In case you’re still on the fence about seeing Captain America, don’t look at the film’s final theatrical one sheet movie posters shown here. While the first poster is ok, the second one leaves must to be desired. Whoever photoshopped Chris Evans’ head on that Captain America body needs to go back to school. Why they wouldn’t have just used his original masked head is beyond me. It’s not like Chris Evans is a draw for this movie. The draw is Marvel’s Captain America, just like all of their other super hero films.

Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones, is scheduled to debut in theaters on July 22, 2011.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Slimer Meathead Resin Figure by Motorbot

Since Motorbot had to cancel his plans to attend San Diego Comic-Con 2011, he’s catering to those of us stuck at home and releasing his SDCC exclusives online. These Comic-Con 2011 exclusives will only be available online from July 21st-24th at the Deadbear online store, and his first exclusive is the Slimer Meathead!  Doesn't it look awesome!?!

Out of all of Motorbot’s amazing resin figures, The Blot’s favorite colorway has always been his Slimer color scheme. A tribute to the popular Ghostbusters ghoul of the same name, the Slimer Meathead features translucent green resin, a hand painted mouth and a yellow doll eye. Each San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Exclusive Slimer Meathead retails for $15, comes bagged with a header card and can be purchased here until Sunday, July 24, 2011!

Captain America: The First Avenger One Sheet Movie Poster

We’re officially two days away from the world premiere of Captain America: The First Avenger and I have to admit, I’m actually pretty excited for it. There was a time when The Blot had extremely low expectations for this film but that all changed over the past 2 months. What can I say, Marvel has really won me over with the film’s incredible trailers. I am still a little worried about the fact that Captain America stars Chris Evans (he’s proven to be the kiss of death for comic book adaptations ala Fantastic Four, Scott Pilgrim and The Losers), but I’m willing to give him a pass since I actually enjoyed all three of those movies.

Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones, is scheduled to debut in theaters on July 22, 2011.

The Avengers Teaser Movie Poster - SDCC 2011

San Diego Comic-Con 2011 has officially begun and the leaks are already hitting the internet. Take, for example, the first one sheet movie poster for 2012’s The Avengers seen above. What is sure to be Marvel’s next summer blockbuster, The Avengers is going to be huge! The Blot can just feel it. How can you go wrong with a movie directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Mark Ruffalo (Hulk).

The Avengers is scheduled to premiere in theaters on Friday, May 4, 2012.

Surprise New Figure from Dragatomi Debuts Tonight at SDCC 2011 Preview Night

Something strange and exciting was caught on tape in the woods this week…but only the fine folks of Dragatomi know what mythical creature hides behind the trees. The only way to find out is by braving the wild and heading over to Dragatomi’s San Diego Comic-Con Booth # 4935 tonight during Preview Night to see the world debut of this all blue figure.

Is it vinyl or is it resin? Who was it designed by? The Blot’s guessing Bigfoot, who just happens to have a signing scheduled at Dragatomi’s SDCC Booth #4935 at 1pm on Saturday, July 23rd for a new print release, but what do I know! Watch the video and examine the photo for yourself, and let me know your guesses!

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Captain America: The First Avenger Mondo Screen Print Series by Olly Moss, Tyler Stout & Eric Tan

For the first time ever, Mondo will have its very own booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2011! Not only that, but the Austin based company will be releasing six all new Captain America: The First Avenger screen prints by three fan favorites: Olly Moss, Tyler Stout and Eric Tan. Marvel Comics fans may recognize Tyler Stout’s two prints, as the image was first seen as the cover the comic books Captain America: First Vengence issue #4. The other four propaganda style prints by Olly Moss and Eric Tan will be making their debut at SDCC.

Tyler Stout’s Captain America print measures 24″x36″, has a limited edition run size of 650 pieces and will sell for $50. The Stout’s Metallic Variant has a run size of 220 pieces and will retail for $100. Olly Moss’ Captain America Propaganda screen prints measure 18″x24″, have run sizes of 375 pieces, and will retail for $85 per set. Eric Tan’s Captain America Propaganda screen prints measure 18″x24″, have run sizes of 220 pieces, and will cost $80 per set.

There has been no word on when these prints will go on sale at Comic-Con, but I believe they will be made available for purchase at random times throughout San Diego Comic-Con 2011 at Mondo’s SDCC Booth #433. I would also recommend following Mondo on Twitter to find out more details concerning the sale of these amazing SDCC 2011 Exclusive Captain America: The First Avenger screen prints.

Color Ink Book’s SDCC 2011 Exclusives

This is a huge San Diego Comic-Con 2011 for Color Ink Book and The Brothers Washburn with over 7 exclusives and 11 different signing events! Head over to the Color Ink Book SDCC Booth #5569 for the debut of Travis Lampe’s Rayola plush figure and pick up the SDCC 2011 Exclusive Monochrome Colorway (limited edition run of 80 figures).

You will also find the Color Ink Book x Skinner SDCC 2011 Exclusive GID Toxic Mini Lurker at the Color Ink Book (limited edition run of 50 figures) and a fun new print by Alex Pardee. To find out more about Color Ink Book’s Comic-Con Exclusives, including t-shirts, magazines and prints, click here for a full run down!

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Ty_po Dunny Series 2 by Ryan the Wheelbarrow

For those of you attending San Diego Comic-Con 2011, be sure to stop by Dragatomi’s Booth #4935 for some amazing custom toys, including Ryan the Wheebarrow’s new Ty_po Dunny Series 2. This exciting new black and gold 14 piece 3” custom Dunny series will be blind box assorted in hand screen printed boxes and will retail for $60 each. Created with spraypaint, die cut vinyl lettering and dry transfer instant lettering on a 3" Dunny, then glossed for your viewing pleasure.

Ryan will also be dropping 2 fresh ty_po dunny 8" Dunnys, which utilize his new combination of up-cycled vinyl stickers with the vintage Chartpak & Letraset fonts. One clean and one not so much. The golden one ( ex. 8c - x sell_nt ) combines the masking of adhesive die cut letters with gold spray paint and a glossy coating. The black design ( ex. 8d - old scratch ) as well as the Ty_po Dunny Series 2 uses said masked golden vinyl letters to create a negative balance with controlled chaos. All contain various text_ures with abstract eyes peering into your soul and giving them each their own individuality. Both 8" one-offs will also come with hand screen printed boxes and retail for $260 each.

Ryan the Wheelbarrow will also be holding a signing and creating complimentary screen printed cards at the Dragatomi booth on Sunday, July 24 from 1-2pm.

SDCC Exclusive Easter Egg Custom Mongolions by L’amour Supreme

The Blot knows very little about these beautiful custom Mongolions by L’amour Supreme but they are way too beautiful to ignore. These Easter Egg Mongolions feature pastel colored rubs which really show off the figure’s killer sculpt. For those of you interested in these San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Exclusive custom Mongolions, I recommend tracking down whatever booth L’amour Supreme is showcasing his wears on Preview Night. If you wait much longer than that you may miss out completely on an Easter Egg Mongolion.

Jamungo x Scott Wilkowski SDCC 2011 Exclusive BUDbat Resin Figure

For the 2nd year in a row Scott Wikowski will be releasing a killer looking Jamungo BUD resin figure. This year’s San Diego Comic-Con exclusive is the BUDbat and just look at how amazing these resin heads are! The Jamungo x Scott Wilkowski SDCC 2011 Exclusive BUDbat comes in 2 different colors (Green and Blue) and has a limited edition run size of 80 figures. Each BUDbat retails for $60 and can be purchased at the DKE Toys SDCC Booth #4728. And don’t forget to stop by the DKE Toys booth on Saturday, July 23rd at 5pm for signing featuring BOTH Ferg and Scott Wilkowski.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Ducktales #1 8-Bit Variant Cover by Boom! Studios

One of The Blot’s favorite SDCC 2010 exclusives was the Darkwing Duck #1 variant cover which paid homage to Frank Miller’s iconic cover for The Dark Knight Returns. This year Boom! Studios is at it again with an awesome San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusive variant cover for its newest series, Ducktales! The Blot was a huge Ducktales fan as a kid and I spent many a night playing the Ducktales Nintendo video game. So this 8-bit variant cover definitely hits close to home.

Pick up the San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Exclusive Ducktales #1 8-Bit Variant Cover at the Boom! Studios SDCC Booth #2743 and you might just "solve a mystery or re-write history" at Comic-Con this year. The Ducktakes 8-Bit Variant Cover has a limited edition run size of 500 pieces and retails for $10 each.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive The Muppet Show “It's Not Easy Being Green” Variant Screen Print by Dave Perillo

The Muppets make their first appearance in Acme's popular and growing Disney Underground line with this San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Exclusive The Muppets variant screen print by Dave Perillo entitled “It's Not Easy Being Green.” Limited to just 100 pieces, this 18"x24" signed and numbered 4 color screen print can be purchased at Acme’s SDCC Booth #5629 for $50 each.

For those of us unable to attend SDCC, there is the standard version of Perillo's The Muppets screen print (which you can see above) that will eventually be available for purchase via Acme’s online store.

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Grapefruit Honoo the Flame by Leecifer

Leecifer’s first production San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive drops this week and it’s a clear orange “Grapefruit” Honoo the Flame! This fiery little monster is sure to heat up any collection with his infections smile and devilish looks, and he can now be yours via a trip to SDCC 2011. Catch this 4” fireball at the Super7 SDCC Booth #4729 for $35 each and you might even run into Leecifer while you’re there!

SDCC 2011 Exclusive Daibutsu Midori by Erick Scarecrow

ESC Toy has announced its fourth San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusive, and it is the all green Daibutsu Midori. This limited edition hand painted resin figure will come with a special 8”x10” giclee print by Erick Scarecrow. Due to demands in Erick Scarecrow's current schedule, he will not be able to attend SDCC this year. Therefore, all four exclusives will be available at the ESC online store beginning on July 21, 2011 at 10am EST. Finally, a way for those of us not attending SDCC to get in on the action!