Men in Black III Teaser Movie Posters

Is it me, or does Men in Black III have disaster written all over it? Legit sequels released ten years after the last installment are never good and rarely successful. Plus, while Will Smith is still one of the last remaining movie stars with real summer blockbuster potential, he hasn’t released a hyped summer film in years. Sadly our society is “what have you done for me lately,” and lately Hollywood’s been all about Jaden Smith not Will Smith. With that being said, these MiB3 teaser character one sheet movie posters are pretty cool looking (even if there’s not much to them). The only negative I can say is neither image really looks like the actor it is intended to be.

Here come the Men in Black…they won't let you remember. Men in Black III, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, is scheduled for a May 25th, 2012 release.

Toy Review: Kickstarter Edition Treature Erectus Resin Figure by Motorbot

While The Blot was in Dallas for Thanksgiving I got a very exciting package from Motorbot full of some crazy looking, never before seen resin figures! The toys inside were my reward for helping fund Motorbot’s Kickstarter project earlier this year and they were well worth the wait. The highlight of my Kickstarter set is one of Motorbot’s newest creations, the 7” Treature Erectus. I’ve blogged about the Treature Erectus a few times, but I thought a proper review was in store after finally seeing one in person.

Like most of you, The Blot has a hard time gauging just how big or small a figure is. For instance, a 20” Dunny is a much larger figure than the 20” Doze Green Kidrobot Black figure. So I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to find out the Treature is a massive7-8 inches tall. As you can see from the photo below, it’s almost as tall as an 8” Dunny and equally as wide. The detailing of the Treature Erectus is also impressive.

It features Motorbot’s trademark monster teeth and doll eyes, and has incredibly wrinkled skin that resembles the skin of an elephant. Be sure to check out the figure’s back, which really highlight’s Motorbot sculpting skills. But by far the most impressive aspect of the Treature Erectus is its arm joints. This rotocast figure has two points of articulation and some of the smoothest movement I’ve seen in a handmade resin toy. Motorbot’s skills have definitely come a long way since his last resin figure with arm articulation (2010’s The Outsider).

But I haven’t even mentioned the best part of the Treature Erectus, this 7-8 inch handmade, hand painted rotocast figure can be yours for just $60! Now that’s a price that can’t be beat. Pick one up from the Deadbear Studios online store today or contact Motorbot about commissioning a one of a kind Treature Erectus.

Night of the Living Dead Screen Print by Grzegorz Domaradzki

Every once in a while The Blot writes a blog post that gets lost in the queue and never gets published. It’s almost always 100% my fault, and sadly this awesome screen print had to pay the price. But better late than never!!! Check out this awesome movie poster by Grzegorz Domaradzki for George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Grzegorz took six months to meticulously craft this striking image and it definitely shows. I especially love the composition of the poster, which uses all of the film’s cast to create a skull.

Night of the Living Dead by Grzegorz Domaradzki is a 24”x36” hand numbered, four color screen print with metallic inks. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 250 prints and retailed for $40 while the Silver Glow in the Dark Variant has a limited edition run size of 100 pieces and retailed for $50. The Silver GID Variant is now sold out, and due to a printer error only approximately 70 mint copies of this colorway exist and are also all sold out.

However, a selected batch of the remaining slightly creased prints will be sold by Kryptonite Prints and Apparel at a discounted price of $30 each. Each print contains a minor crease of some sort measuring anywhere from 1-3 inches; some which can be drymounted or framed out, some which cannot. Pick one up at the Kryptonite online store, and use the promo code “THEBLOT” for 15% off your order!

Rainbow Custom Mummy Boy by D-LuX

As you all know, Super7 is currently holding a “Design Your Own Mummy Boy” custom contest where the winner gets their design turned into a production figure. Honestly, after seeing this figure the contest should be canceled, because this custom Rainbow Mummy Boy absolutely kills!!! Now The Blot hasn’t seen anyone else’s design yet and sadly D-LuX won’t be submitting this to the contest, but how sick are the colors and fades on this Mummy Boy!?! D used seven colors in all (metallic red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue and purple), topped off with gobs of color change flake and high gloss paint all on metallic silver vinyl.

I really wish Black Friday hadn’t just come and gone, because otherwise I totally would have scooped up this sick one of a kind custom figure. Lucky for the rest of you, this seven color Rainbow Mummy Boy is still available for purchase from the D-LuX online store for $100. Someone needs to buy this immediately to save me from temptation.

Peanuts “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Screen Print by Tom Whalen

The Blot was super excited to find out Dark Hall Mansion would be releasing a companion piece to the previously released screen print “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” by Tom Whalen. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” reteams Whalen and Dark Hall Mansion to create a beautiful 10 color screen print featuring the entire Peanuts gang. I found it interesting to learn this 1965 masterpiece is Whalen’s favorite Peanuts special, because “it invokes a quiet tone and humble demeanor that captures the true spirit of Christmas so perfectly.”

A Charlie Brown Christmas by Tom Whalen is an 18”x24” signed and numbered screenprint . The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 450 pieces, the Purple Variant has an edition size of 100 pieces and the Silver Bells Edition (printed on metal) has a limited edition run size of 50 pieces! These go on sale first at eMoviePoster.com this Thursday, December 1st, at a random time in the morning. The next day, Friday, December 2nd, Dark Hall Mansion will the remaining stock of prints at its online store.

Black Friday Blue SSSSwirl Pumpkin Boy by Super7

Every once in a while I hear about a figure and I just drool. This is what happened yesterday when I found out Super7 had released a special Black Friday Pumpkin Boy just for its SSSS (Super Seven Secret Society) members. It’s times like these when I wish I had rejoined! This beautiful dark and light blue marbled unpainted Pumpkin Boy looks incredible doesn’t it?

My sources say the Black Friday Blue SSSSwirl Pumpkin Boy went on sale Friday, November 25th, at the Super7 online store and sold out quickly thereafter. While we never had a sh\ot at this SSSS exclusive, hopefully this means more Pumpkin Boys are on the way!

Fall Killer Scarecrow Custom 8” Dunny by Sket-One

The Blot was literally just thinking to myself, “I wonder when Sket One will be releasing another 8” custom Dunny?” After the huge success of his condiment customs, the designer toy scene was definitely clamoring for more Sket! Well, the wait is over…this Wednesday, November 30th, Sket One will be releasing the Fall Killer Scarecrow custom 8 inch Dunny.

Each Fall Killer Scarecrow custom vinyl figure comes signed and numbered by Sket, and includes a fall foliage display mat, a killer bloody machete accessory, a straw hat and a burlap covering hood. This is one bloody good custom if I do say so myself! Only 10 of these bad boys were created, and they will retail for $450. Pick one up this Wednesday at 12:00pm EST at the Sket-One online store.

Ron English x The Hundreds T-Shirt Collection

Last week The Hundreds released its newest collaboration, this time with the king of POPaganda, Ron English! With a career spanning three decades, Ron English, the world’s most famous pop artist, uses a photo-realist technique to create political, consumerist, and surrealist statements. The Hundreds by Ron English capsule collection features three t-shirt designs, each based on an original painting by Ron: “Smiley”, “Rabbit” and “Cowgirl”.

First up is the “Smiley” t-shirt, which features The Hundreds’ mascot Adam Bomb reinterpreted by Ron English in his trademark “Grin” style. This Adam Bomb is definitely all teeth! “Rabbit” features Ron English’s trademark creation, the 3 Eyed Rabbit, standing in front of a repeating blue and white bar logo. Last but not least is “Cowgirl”, another English staple, which features a woman with a cow's head, with a repeating pink The Hundreds bar logo in the background.

The Blot loves these types of collabs because it combines my love of pop culture, designer toys and clothing all into three awesome t-shirts!  Each Ron English x The Hundreds t-shirt comes in three colors, sizes S-XXL and retails for $36 each. Pick one up now from The Hundreds online store (while supplies last).

Armora & Dragovo Resin Figure Set by Erick Scarecrow

One of the coolest Black Friday releases is this two figure set from ESC Toy. Erick Scarecrow definitely went all out with this hand painted 18" Armora resin figure, which was released in conjunction with ESC Toy’s 6th Anniversary! Each Armora comes with a 6.5" Dragovo resin figure, comes signed and numbered by the artist, and is hand packaged in hand cut stryofoam. You can also watch the amazing animated commercial for this Armora and Dragovo set below:

Armora and Dragovo Resin Figure Set by Erick Scarecrow has a limited edition run size of 15 sets, retails for $600 and can be purchased directly from Erick at the ESC Toy online store now!

DC Comics x Mondo Screen Print Series - The Fortress of Solitude

Yesterday Mondo dropped a HUGE bombshell…it will be teaming with DC Comics on a new line of screen prints! Mondo kicks off this new series on Black Friday with Superman’s “Fortress of Solitude” by JC Richard. This panoramic print has a limited edition run size of 390 pieces and will retail for $50 each. Pick one up at a random time this Friday, November 25th, at the Mondo online store.

Mondo Creative Director Justin Ishmael explained to CBR in an interview published on Wednesday that he has plans to release more panoramic screen prints of locations in the DC Universe, including Star City, Metropolis, Gotham, the Batcave and OA. In the article Ishmael also stated he hopes to do straight poster posters as well, “kind of what we're doing with movies -- a poster, with titles and credit blocks. We're going to try to do that. If we do a Watchmen poster, it'll be something like that. It'll kind of resemble a movie poster. We're not sure if we can do this, but the idea is to do a credit block using the creators [in the credits].”

From the article (which you can read here), it sounds like Justin’s already got plans for Fourth World, Metal Men and Vertigo posters, as well as “event” type prints for crossovers like Crisis on Infinite Earths. I don’t know about you, but this sounds pretty amazing! And with Justin’s limitless creativity leading the way, The Blot’s pretty sure we’re going to see some crazy DC Comics inspired artwork coming our way very, very soon!

Adventure Time Screen Print by Mike Mitchell

The Blot has to tell you something that’s maybe a little embarrassing for a pop culture connoisseur such as myself…I have no idea what Adventure Time is! Ok, that’s not entirely true. I know it’s a cartoon featuring a kid with a white hat and a dog, but that’s really about it. Oh yeah, it’s also evidently extremely popular! Even the guys at Mondo love it, and describe it as “smart, funny and ultra creative.” That’s the reason Mondo has teamed with the Cartoon Network to produce an all new series of Adventure Time screen prints!

The Mondo x Cartoon Network Adventure Time Screen Print Series kicks off this blackest of Fridays, with its first poster by Mike Mitchell. This is an 18”x36” hand numbered screen print, has a limited edition run size of 220 pieces and will retail for $40 each. There is also a Blue Variant Adventure Time screen print that has a limited edition run size of 90 pieces and will retail for $65. This go on sale at a random time tomorrow, Friday, November 25th, at the Mondo online store.

Pumpkin Gread & Pumpkin Funguhs Resin Figures by Lysol

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, which leads us into the busiest shopping weekend of the year! The Blot’s a sucker for Good Friday (my own personal nickname for Black Friday) deals, but this Saturday’s also great for picking up new releases from some of my favorite artists. Take Lysol of Dead Hand Toys for instance. Late last night he dropped word on his Twitter feed that he’d be releasing not one, but two Thanksgiving themed resin figures on Saturday. The Pumpkin Gread and Pumpkin Funguhs go on sale at the Dead Hand Toys online store Saturday, November 23rd, at 12pm EST. While prices and run size are currently unknown, you can rest assured these little monsters are sure to sell out quickly!

The Muppets Retro Concert Poster Screen Prints by Michael De Pippo

A few months ago artist Michael De Pippo designed some killer retro concert posters for the greatest Muppet band of all time, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem! For his tribute to the new Muppets movie, De Pippo wanted to keep things simple, “create a vintage concert poster for each band member (Dr. Teeth, Janice, Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Zoot and Animal). Using clean, crisp vectors, negative space and few colours, I wanted to keep them as simple and stylized as possible; reminiscent of retro posters from back in the day.”

There was such a huge outcry of love for Michael’s artwork that he’s now teamed up with Acme Archives to release a series of officially licensed The Muppets Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Retro Concert Poster Screen Prints! Five prints have been created for this series, each spotlighting a different member of the band (“Dr. Teeth: Keyboard”, “Animal: Drums”, “Floyd: Bass”, “Janice: Guitar” and “Zoot: Sax”).

Each The Muppets Retro Concert Poster 18”x24” screen print has a limited edition run size of 250 pieces, comes signed by De Pippo and retails for $60 each at the Acme Archives online store. Each week a different Electric Mayhem screen print will go on sale, with the first print, “Dr. Teeth: Keyboard”, available now! The only thing The Blot can't decide is which one to get!

The Muppets Portrait Movie Poster Set

I can’t believe this day is finally here, the world premier of The Muppets! The Blot probably won’t be seeing it until the weekend, but I’m really excited to hear what everyone else thinks. So far on Rotten Tomatoes, with 58 reviews the film has a perfect 100% Fresh score. Can’t beat that! In the mean time check out this nice set of The Muppets Portrait One Sheet Movie Posters.

This Muppets Portrait movie poster set includes Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Animal, Gonzo and Beaker. There’s also reportedly a second set of four The Muppets portrait movie posters featuring Jason Segel as Gary, Amy Adams as Mary, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the newest Muppet, Walter. Sadly, I couldn’t find a good copy of them to post, so you’ll just have to look at these four.

The Muppets take theaters everywhere starting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 23rd.

The Sucklord Wood Figure by Gary Ham

The Blot had the biggest fan boy moment when I stumbled upon Gary Ham’s amazing The Sucklord custom wood figure on eBay (seen here). Gary was motivated to create this “tribute to all things Suckadelic” by The Sucklord’s dismissal from Work of Art last week. The SUCKset, as Gary dubbed it, is a 100% handmade and hand painted wood toy of The Sucklord and includes everything seen here. What’s even cooler is all of the accessories are also handmade of wood.

The Sucklord Wood Figure stands 7" tall with 5 points of articulation, includes two interchangeable heads, and tons of Suckadelic accessories. With this set you get 1 Morgan Phillips head; 1 Sucklord head; 1 light saber; 1 beat box; 1 roll of Ass Wipe; 1 carrot; 1 photo of Sucklord’s girlfriend; 1 Work of Art NY Times challenge replica; 1 jar of urine; 1 Village Voice with Sucklord on the cover; 2 Suckpax; 1 bong; 1 bootleg Gay Stormtrooper; and 1 cape. Does this figure have it all or what!?!

Two SUCKsets were created, but only one is being sold to the public via an eBay auction that started yesterday and will be running for one full week. As Gary explained, “in true Sucklordian fashion, this piece is available to whomever wants it the most.” The SUCKset auction started at an incredibly modest $50 starting price, however in only a matter of hours it has quickly rose to over $500. Where this amazing figure ends is anyone’s guess. Good luck bidding!

You can also check out a great interview Gary did with Jeremy Brautman about the figure here.

The Muppets Character Movie Poster Set

Tomorrow marks the world premier of The Muppets, and The Blot can’t wait! It’s a travesty what Disney has allowed to happen to this once proud franchise, and I really hope this film puts Kermit and Co. back on top where they belong. It’s insane to me that there hasn’t been a live action Muppets movie in 12 years. What was the House of Mouse thinking!?! Thankfully, from the reviews I’ve read it sounds like Jason Segel, James Bobina, Nicholas Stoller and Bret McKenzie knew what they were doing.

There’s not too much to these The Muppets one sheet character movie posters, but I love them! They each feature two important characters, include a strong catch phrase and have great coloring. And so, without further adieu: It's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights, It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight. It's time to put on makeup, It's time to dress up right, It's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight.

And now let's get things started. Why don't you get things started? It's time to get things started. On the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational. This is what we call the Muppet Show! The Muppets premieres tomorrow, Wednesday, November 23rd, in theaters everywhere.

The Muppets Twilight Themed Character Movie Posters

I’m not sure why, but the main thrust of The Muppets marketing campaign has been spoofing other movie franchises. Don’t get me wrong, it’s all been very entertaining. I just don’t know why they continued to do it the whole time. That being said, these Twilight spoofing one sheet character movie posters are pretty funny, especially Rowlf as a Jacob.

The Muppets Twilight Themed Character Movie Poster Set “The Muppet Saga” includes Kermit the Frog as Vamphibian (a.k.a. Edward), Miss Piggy as Bella Swine (a.k.a. Bella Swan) and Rolf as WereRowlf (a.k.a. Jacob). I have to say, I’m not sure what I’m more excited for: the return of the Muppets to the big screen or the Twilight Saga finally ending! Actually, I do know…but the world premier of The Muppets tomorrow comes in at a close second!

The Muppets take theaters everywhere starting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 23rd.

The Avengers Teaser Character One Sheet Movie Posters

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Last week Marvel finally updated the website for its upcoming live action movie The Avengers, which included releasing these awesome teaser character movie posters! The Avengers has one of the largest, star studded casts of any comic book film ever produced, which means its marketing department is going to need to create at least eight different one sheets for every character movie poster sets it releases. Thankfully they went for a pretty simple, yet effective design for these teaser movie posters, combining each hero and villain with the film’s trademark “A” logo.

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The Avengers is sure to be one of the biggest hits of the summer of 2012, and it’s bringing some serious fire power with it (as you can tell from the movie posters in this set). The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, 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 the Incredible Hulk, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

The Avengers assemble in theaters on May 4, 2012.

Alice in Wonderland Disney Vinylmation 3" Series

The newest Disney Vinylmation 3” series was released earlier this month, and it’s an entire line based on The Blot’s favorite Disney cartoon, Alice in Wonderland! Not only that, but it was designed by the uber-talented Disney Design Group artist Thomas Scott. On really interesting aspect to this series is that it does not include Alice, who was released as part of Vinylmation’s Animation Series 1. The AiW Series was created as an extension of that release and was built upon the design of the original Alice Vinylmation 3" figure.

Alice in Wonderland Disney Vinylmation Series includes Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, March Hare, Caterpillar, Oyster Baby, Dodo, Hedgehog, Mystery Chase Dinah and Mystery Chase Variant Hedgehog. On top of these 13 blind boxed figures, Disney will also be releasing a number of 9”/3” two figure sets, like the Walrus and the Carpenter set seen here. It will have a limited edition run size of 1,500 pieces and will be released in 2012. Scott has also designed a AiW Vinylmation 3” two figure set, that is scheduled for released in 2012.

The Alice in Wonderland Disney Vinylmation Series went on sale November 4th and 5th at the California and Florida D-Street locations and online November 11th at the Disney online store. Like with all limited edition Vinylmation releases, these went extremely fast. But I’m sure you can still find a few blind boxes if you look in the right places.

The Dark Knight Rises Second Look: Tom Hardy as Bane

While we got a great shot of Bane’s back a few months ago (you can see the original photo here), the January 2012 Empire magazine gives the world its first full look at Tom Hardy as Bane. This Empire exclusive photo graces the magazine’s cover and shows off The Dark Knight Rises’ villain’s new look. This movie version of “The Man who Broke the Bat” looks pretty crazy, doesn’t he? The Blot is itching to find out if this version of Bane still gets juiced up on Venom, and just what the deal is with this new mask of his. I wonder if there will be any real info this cover story of Empire’s on The Dark Knight Rises? My guess, probably not!

The Dark Knight Rises is scheduled for release on July 20, 2012.

Barneyism of the Week - Cheating

“This might be the worst thing I’ve ever done.” - Robin

Hey now, you weren’t at the top of your game but it was still pretty…

“Oh my god, I just cheated on Kevin.
He is the nicest guy ever.
I’m a terrible person.” - Robin

It’s ok, we both cheated.
What’s that saying about two wrongs making a right?

“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” - Robin

Naw, that’s not it.

- Barney Stinson

"Tick Tick Tick"

How I Met Your Mother

Stealth Warfare Edition Yankee Pig Dog Labbit by Kronk

Well, the second colorway of Kronk’s Yankee Pig Dog Labbit was released yesterday, and this version is just as poorly made as the first colorway. Why oh why does Kidrobot continue to release subpar product? Who knows, at least this time they acknowledge the “inconsistencies in production.” Is it really too much to ask for a well made $69 toy? The Blot doesn’t think so, but evidently Kidrobot does!

Flying straight out of South Africa comes Kronk’s Stealth Warfare Edition Yankee Pig Dog Labbit, here just in time to keep the skies safe and his butt hole in all the action. Stinking of freedom, this badass bulldog is 7 inches of vinyl and dons molded rivets, a flying cap and goggles, and jetpack. Paying homage to Labbit inventor Frank Kozik, Yankee Pig Dog sports a ‘stache worthy of the Red Baron.

The Stealth Warfare Edition Yankee Pig Dog Labbit is made of black vinyl, wears a red, white and blue uniform, and has a limited edition run size of 900 pieces. With dogged determination, Yankee Pig Dog sniffs out evil in the name of Strength, Courage, Justice, and Stupidity! Pick up one of these awesome in theory Yankee Pig Dog Labbits today at all Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers on for $69.

LASH x SpasmOne Unpainted Crystal Clear Ollie with Guts Insert

The Blot is super excited about this release for a number of reasons, but first and foremost because Mutant Vinyl Hardcore’s latest Ollie colorway will be a made to order release!!! This means there is no set run size, and anyone that wants one can pre-order it this weekend. The Blot’s been dying to get his hands on one of LASH’s giant figures for the past year, but I have terrible luck with lotteries and didn’t have the funds for the last Ollie made to order colorway. Even better still this Ollie comes unpainted in crystal clear vinyl, one of The Blot’s personal favorites!

As you all know I’m a sucker for clear vinyl and LASH’s one eyed monster looks amazing in it. Plus LASH has teamed with SpasmOne to create an amazing vinyl insert, which showcases Ollie’s red circulatory system, heart and all! Pre-orders will begin today, Friday, November 18th, at 5:00pm and will continue until Sunday, Novmeber 20th, at 11:59pm. This will give everyone more than 48 hours to get their order in for this Unpainted Crystal Clear with Guts Ollie by LASH and SpasmOne.

But that’s not all…in addition to the standard version seen here, there will be a mystery chase version! The chase will have different color guts and will come with a half painted fade in MVH color scheme of purple, green, black and red. Sounds sick doesn't it? So head on over to the MVH online store this weekend and pre-order your first, second or even twentieth Ollie for just $150.

OG Pinnola Resin Figure by Erick Scarecrow

ESC Toy just keeps dropping amazing figures one after the other! Following the hugely successful drop of its now sold out NYCC Exclusive Warhol Pinnola comes the figure’s second colorway dubbed the “OG”. This “Original” hand painted Pinnola resin figure stands 6.5” tall, features yellow, pink and orange paint, and comes signed, numbered, and hand packaged by Erick Scarecrow. Head over to the ESC Toy online store now to pick up the Pinnola OG colorway, where it retails for $135 each. But you’d better act fast, as this colorway is limited to just 20 pieces.