The Wolf Rider Print by Huck Gee

Yesterday Huck Gee dropped his newest print entitled “The Wolf Rider.” It’s a pretty awesome print that I believe fits into Huck’s Gold Life series. I’m just hoping we see a Wolf Rider custom figure released sometime soon! The Wolf Rider measures 22"x11" (including a 1” white boarder), is printed on fine art watercolor paper (225gs), and comes signed, numbered and gold embossed by the artist. The print has a limited edition run size of 100 pieces and can be purchased now through the Huck Gee online store for $65 each.

"Beneath the masks lie expert warriors, handpicked and rigorously tested by General Shirokuri himself. The wolves they ride are massive, fearsome, wintery beasts with minds as sharp as their claws and teeth. The bond is a lifelong commitment, paired when the wolf is still a suckling pup. They spend the rest of their days together. Eating, training, sleeping, the two become one. There is no distinction between beast and rider once joined in battle, communicating through a complex system of touches, motions and whispers, allowing them to be as effective in the roar of a battlefield as when prowling an enemy on padded paws in a hushed forest." - Chapters of the North, Volume III - Mahotsukai Hoohige

Batman Trexi Vinyl Figure Series by Play Imaginative

Play Imaginative continues its line of DC Comics Trexi figures (originally seen here) with a new series of Batman Trexi! There are four versions of Batman included in this series: DC Originals, Urban Legend, Batman Begins and Dark Knight Rises. Each 2.5” vinyl figure comes with two facial expressions (one on each side of its head), includes a cape (not pictured), and comes packaged in a full color window box. This way you know exactly which version of The Dark Knight you’re getting!

The Blot loves that they’re mixing comic book versions of Batman with movie versions of the character, and I think with the cape these figures will look really nice. My only issue is the head and how weird the bat ears look on the Trexi platform’s ears. Obviously that’s the only way to do it, but I don’t think the off centered look is a good look for Bruce Wayne. He’s way too prim and proper for that!

The Batman Trexi Series by Play Imaginative is scheduled to hit store shelves sometime in January 2013, and will retail for around $10-15 per figure.

Threadless Breaking Bad “Pollos” T-Shirt

Pollos by Alex Solis

Let’s be honest, you can really never have enough cool Breaking Bad t-shirts in your closet, and thanks to Threadless you can now add one more! “Pollos” re-imagines Los Pollos Hermanos’ chicken mascots as Walter and Jesse in their trademark yellow hazmat suits, and The Blot loves it! Plus it comes printed on a “Blue Sky”…err cyan…colored t-shirt. It’s kinda the perfect Breaking Bad tee don’t you think?

The Threadless Breaking Bad t-shirt “Pollos” comes printed on cyan t-shirt (sizes S-2XL) and is currently available for purchase at Threadless.com for $20 (on sale now for just $9.99!).

Iron Man Mark VII 1000% Be@rbrick by Medicom

To coincide with the release of Iron Man 3 next May, Medicom is releasing an Iron Man Mark VII 1000% Be@rbrick! Yes, you read that right...1,000%! That means it’s a 27.5” Be@rbrick of Iron Man featuring his Mark VII armor from the hit motion picture Marvel’s The Avengers. I may be wrong, but this is the first super hero 1000% Be@brick I can remember Medicom ever producing. Maybe there was a Batman or Spider-Man released at some point, but nevertheless it’s pretty damn rare. This just goes to show how far Iron Man has come has a character since Marvel went on their tear of live action summer blockbusters.

The Marvel x Medicom Iron Man Mark VII 1000% Be@rbrick is scheduled to hit store shelves sometime in April 2013 and will retail for around $350 each.

The Blot’s Heading to Wizard World’s New Orleans Comic-Con 2012

As we start the final month of 2012, The Blot’s heading to New Orleans on Saturday for my last convention of the year! I’ve had December 1st marked on my calendar for at least the past 8 months. Pretty much the moment I heard Stan Lee was confirmed for New Orleans Comic-Con I knew it’d be my opportunity to finally meet “The Man”, the myth, the legend! When I saw I could book a round trip flight from Houston to NOLA for around 5,000 miles on Southwest my fate was sealed.

I’ve wanted to meet Stan Lee since pretty much forever, but for a number of unfortunate events it’s never happened. And this trip almost didn’t happen either when Stan fell ill and started canceling appearances earlier this fall. Thankfully he’s doing much better and if all goes according to plan I’ll be having my picture taken with him Saturday at 11:30am. Can’t wait to mark this one off my bucket list!

Like with many of Wizard World’s conventions, New Orleans Comic-Con will also feature the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (albeit this reunion is sans Patrick Stewart and Wil Wheaton). Along with the cast of ST: TNG, Wizard World will be hosting actors Eliza Dushku, The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Michael Rooker and Jon Bernthal, WWE Champion CM Punk, Kevin Sorbo, and one of my all time favorite celebrities, Adrianne Curry!

NOCC will also be hosting comic book superstars Greg Capullo, David Mack, Neal Adams, Ethan Van Sciver, Greg Horn and Ron Garney. But the one creator I have to meet this weekend is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman!!! There aren’t many comic creators The Blot gets really excited to meet but Stan Lee and Kevin Eastman in the same room? This is going to be one awesome convention.

It should be a fun event and The Blot will be live tweeting from the convention all day on Satuday, December 1st (unfortunately I can only attend one day). So if you’re not already following me at Twitter.com/TheBlotSays go do so now!

Battle Damaged The Avengers Movie 100% Be@rbrick Set

When The Blot heard Medicom was releasing a new The Avengers Movie 100% Be@rbrick 4 Pack I got really excited! Then I found out it’s just a “Battle Damaged” repaint of their previously released The Avengers Be@rbrick Set. What a letdown! I was hoping for a true repaint of one or two of the previously released characters packaged with Be@rbricks of either Loki, Maria Hill or Phil Coulson. It’s a nice looking set, but does anyone need both this and the original release?

The Marvel x Medicom Battle Damaged The Avengers Movie 100% Be@rbrick Set includes roughed up versions of Iron Man (in his Mark VI armor), Captain America, Thor and the Incredible Hulk. This 4 piece set is scheduled to go on sale December 19, 2012 in Japan, and will make its way to the United States shortly thereafter.

Game of Thrones Season 3 Teaser Poster

The Blot is in complete shock that Game of Thrones Season 3 is almost here! I honestly thought it wasn’t coming back until the summer, and it really doesn’t feel all that long since the S2 finale. I guess maybe we’re all finally become accustom to these extremely long breaks between seasons of our favorite cable TV shows. No matter how long it’s been, all of America is about to get GoT fever when Season 3 debuts on HBO March 13, 2013!

Jets Like Taxis x Formula Werks x Smash Transit Contest!

Jets Like Taxis have teamed up with Smash Transit and Formual Werks to hold a pretty sweet contest to end 2012. The three websites are teaming up to give away a ton of fantastic goodies to a whopping 22 winners! The contest runs until December 10th and the prizes include two $100 gift certificates (to either Formual Werks or Smash Transit), five $25 gift certificates (to either Formual Werks or Smash Transit), five “Design Your Life” t-shirts or totes (each comes with a sticker/button pack), and ten sticker and button packs!

What’s great about this contest is you can enter up to three times via Facebook, Twitter, and on the Jets Like Taxis’ website by subscribing to their email feed. Enter to all three to increase your chance at winning some epic prizes and end 2012 with a bang!

Zapp Comics Exclusive Brown Costume Wolverine Pop! Marvel Vinyl Figure

Wolverine's the best at what he does, and what he does is look cute on your shelf! Funko has teamed up with the New Jersey based comic book store Zapp Comics to release a very cool (and very limited) chase Wolverine Pop! vinyl figure. The Zapp Comics Exclusive Wolverine Pop! Marvel figure features Logan in his classic 1980s brown and yellow costume designed by John Byrne. This is still The Blot’s favorite look for the world's most popular X-Men, and really takes me back to my earliest days collecting and reading comics.

Zapp Comics Exclusive Classic Brown Costume Wolverine Pop! Marvel vinyl figure by Funko stands 3.75” tall, features one point of articulation, and comes packaged in a full color window box. This chase figure has a limited edition run size of 1,000 pieces and can be purchased from the Zapp Comics eBay store for $24.99.

Big Top Pee-wee Screen Print by DKNG

Later today Mondo will finally be releasing the long delayed Big Top Pee-wee screen print by DKNG! It was originally designed for a special screening of Big Top Pee-wee in LA that was unfortunately canceled, but thankfully the print is still being produced and seeing a wide release. The Blot really loves all of the imagery and colors of this print and I’ve got a feeling many of you will too!

Big Top Pee-wee by DKNG is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print, with a limited edition run size of 150 pieces. It goes on sale via the Mondo online store today, Thursday, November 29th, at a random time for $40 each.

Oustmart Originals x Sergio Mancini “The Black” T-Shirt

outsmART originals released its fourth limited edition t-shirt yesterday and it features a very cool design by Sergio Mancini! “The Black” is actually Sergio’s first t-shirt, but hopefully not his last. The Blot especially loves the use of color in a design focusing on the power of black. These “The Black” t-shirts by Sergio Mancini has a limited edition run size of just 200 pieces, and is available for pre-order via the outsmART originals website from Tuesday, November 27th through Monday, December 3rd for $25 each.

Once the order period has ended (or the shirt sells out) this design will never be printed again, so make sure you get your orders in while you still can! Sergio Mancini’s “The Black” t-shirt comes screen printed on 100% cotton American Apparel Fine Jersey t-shirt and is available in women’s and men’s style shirts, sizes S-3XL.

Cyborg New Teen Titans DC Universe 100% Be@rbrick by Medicom

Now that Cyborg has been called up to the major leagues by joining the Justice League, the character has been popping up everywhere! It’s really amazing just how many random Cyborg toys and statues DC Comics has released in the past year since he became one of their “Big 7.” So it only makes sense for Medicom to release a New Teen Titans era Cyborg Be@rbrick to go along with their recently announced Robin Be@rbrick! The figure is based on George Perez's artwork from the classic New Teen Titans series, features a metallic finish, and comes packaged on a blister card feature artwork inspired by Perez’ pencils and inks. Now, when is my Beast Boy Be@rbrick coming out!?!

Cyborg New Teen Titans DC Universe 100% Be@rbrick by Medicom has a limited edition run size of 1,500 pieces, and can pre-ordered from Entertainment Earth for $14.99 here. This awesome mini-figure is not expected to ship until February 2013.

Blood Splattered Exclusive The Walking Dead Bicycle Girl Zombie Pop! Vinyl Figure

The fourth and final Blood Splattered Exclusive The Walking Dead Pop! vinyl figure is finally about to hit store shelves and it’s the Bicycle Girl Zombie! This is a Previews Exclusive meaning it can only be purchased through comic book and specialty stores that order from Previews. The Blot always prefers his zombies extra bloody, and if you’ve already gotten the first three Blood Splattered The Walking Dead exclusives then you know you’ve got to get your hands on this one as well!

The Previews Exclusive The Walking Dead Blood Splatter Bicycle Girl Zombie Pop! vinyl figure stands 3.75” tall, features one point of articulation, and comes packaged in a full color window box. While this figure is not expected to ship until January 2012, you can pre-order one today through the Entertainment Earth for $11.99 here.

Secret Painting Club Blue Edition by Couk

UK artist James Downing (aka Couk) has been working on a really cool project entitled the Secret Painting Club (Blue Version), which is a new blind bag series of 20 original 4”x3” acrylic painting on box canvas! Each painting is a one-off original, never to be reproduced, and comes packaged in a sealed bag so the piece you get is completely random. The idea behind Couk’s concept is that feeling of anticipation as you open a Dunny/ Kubrick/Qee blind box, while not knowing exactly what you might get. Combine that adrenalin rush with the ability to own a one-off piece of original artwork and you’ve got a killer combination.

Each secret painting can be hung or stood upright on a surface, and comes wrapped in black paper along with a hand-drawn character card (containing a sketch and some information about the character) and a full color collector's card (showcasing all 20 characters). All of this is tucked away in a printed paper bag, sealed tightly with a Couk wax seal. The Blot loves the idea of affordable original art and Couk’s Secret Painting Club sounds and looks amazing!!! This is the Blue Edition of the Secret Painting Club meaning each painting features a blue background.

The Secret Painting Club Blue Version by Couk goes on sale at 4pm EST this Sunday, December 2nd, at Couk’s online store for £23 each. Characters in the Blue Series include Double H (who wears a skull hat haunted by his schizophrenic grandpa), Vee (a lone head with a new body made out of construction paper and toilet rolls), Plibt (who is upset that there's a girly tree growing from his head), and Hoodsie (a hybrid of bird, bear and custard).

New Hawaiian Wooper Looper Vinyl Figures by D-Lux & Gary Ham

Gary Ham has teamed up with D-Lux to release a really sweet micro run of custom Wooper Loopers this Saturday! Featuring D-Lux’ signature New Hawaiian color scheme, these 5 Wooper Loopers sport florescent yellow, pink, orange and metallic teal sprays. The Blot loves this colorway and all it’s crazy vibrant colors, but don’t take my word for it! Check out what Gary Ham had to say about these beautiful New Hawaiian Wooper Loopers: "D-Lux's neo-Hawaiian treatment makes my mouth water. Reminds me off shaved ice and sunsets. Win!"

The “New Hawaiian” Wooper Looper comes bagged with a wood block stamped custom header card, and can be purchased from D-Lux’ online store beginning at the stroke of midnight EST on Saturday, December 1st for around $65.

Guzu Gallery presents Strange Beasts: A Tribute to the Japanese Kaiju Phenomenon Art Show

This Friday Austin’s Guzu Gallery will be hosting their first themed art show entitled “Strange Beasts: A Tribute to the Japanese Kaiju Phenomenon.” The show includes screen prints, original artwork and custom toys from artists both local and nationwide, and from the pieces The Blot’s seen so far this show is going to be pretty awesome!

A band of twenty rogue artists have been assembled to defeat…ahem, pay homage to…those mighty, mammoth monsters from the movie and TV screens of Japan. As we speak, kaiju are awakening all over the world…soon the invasion will begin at Guzu Gallery! The Strange Beats opening reception will be this Friday, November 30th, from 7-10pm and the artwork will remain up through the end of 2012. If you can't make it out to the gallery in Austin don’t worry, they will have a number of limited edition screen prints available via the Guzu Gallery online store beginning Saturday, December 1st, at noon CST.

Strange Beasts features works by Joshua Budich, Nicole Cantu, Jason Chalker, Tracie Ching, Tim Doyle, Clay “Ferg" Ferguson, Matt Frank, Paul Hanley, Alexander Iaccarino, Shawn K. Knight, Danny Miller, David Moscati, New Flesh, Jesse Philips, Zach Taylor, Eric Torres, Vincent X. Torres, Nathan Walker, Scott Wetterschneider, and Robert Wilson IV.

Robin New Teen Titans DC Universe 100% Be@rbrick by Medicom

Medicom is continuing its popular line of DC Comics 100% Be@rbricks with a New Teen Titans era Robin Be@rbrick! The figure is based on George Perez's artwork from the classic New Teen Titans comic book series and comes packaged on a blister card feature artwork inspired by Perez’ pencils and inks. The Blot is really hoping the card features the Super Powers design Medicom has been using lately because if so this figure is an instant buy for me!!!

Robin New Teen Titans DC Universe 100% Be@rbrick by Medicom has a limited edition run size of 1,500 pieces, and can pre-ordered from Entertainment Earth for $14.99 here. This awesome mini-figure is not expected to ship until February 2013.

HMV Exclusive GID Chase White Walker Game of Thrones Pop! Vinyl Figure

Thanks to an eBay seller we have our first look at HMV’s exclusive Glow in the Dark White Walker Game of Thrones Pop! vinyl figure by Funko! While I’m not all that familiar with HMV, evidently it is Canada’s premier retailer of music, DVDs, Blu-rays, books and more. You can now add hard to find, exclusive Pop! vinyl figures to that list! As far as The Blot knows this is the only Game of Thrones Pop! Television chase figure Funko has released making it even more of a must get to Pop! collectors and Game of Thrones fans.

The HMV Exclusive GID Chase White Walker Game of Thrones Pop! Television vinyl figure by Funko features one point of articulation, stands 3.75” tall, and comes packaged in a full color displayable window box. Currently you can’t purchase this saught after chase through HMV’s online store, but hopefully that will eventually change. Otherwise we’ll all be forced to pay eBay’s ridiculous prices for this awesome glow in the dark figure.

Kidrobot Black - Kuro Megami by Junko Mizuno

The newest Kidrobot Black release dropped last week and it is insane (in a good way!). Kuro Megami by Junko Mizuno is 11 inches of black vinyl craziness. Like the Asian ancients before her, Kuro Megami commands power with imagery. Under her breasts, a skull and heart reside. She houses both life and death. She is a symbol for worship and a vessel for cosmic energy: strong and unsympathetic.

Kuro Megami features flowers seductively leading to the serpent in her womb. She wears a coat of hair that shines like armor, protecting her body as well as her identity. Two sweet and small guards stand at her feet with chains holding them in two of six gloved hands. This figure seriously has it all! And The Blot does love it’s trademark Junko hair! I’m also a little jealous of it.

Kidrobot Black x Junko Mizuno Kuro Megami vinyl figure has a limited edition run size of 200 pieces, comes hand numbered with the artist’s signature engraved on the bottom, and is sold exclusively at black.kidrobot.com and select retailers worldwide for $400 each.

Obey Giant “Station to Station” Large Format Screen Print Series by Shepard Fairey

Later today Obey Giant will release a series of, well, GIANT screen prints! Entitled “Station to Station”, the series includes four 4 color screen prints each measuring 39 5/8” x 54 5/8”. The Blot hopes who ever scores these massive prints has some pretty big walls. Each “Station to Station” piece is printed on 100% cotton rag archival paper and has a limited edition run size of 50. Prints can be purchased individually for $850 each or as a four piece set (including Station to Station 1, 2, 3 and 4) for $3200 from the Obey Giant online store. I don’t know what’s more shocking, the print size or their price! Regardless, they’ll definitely make an impact displayed all together.

Vintage Art-Too Black Book Edition Artist Series Bootleg Star Wars Figures

Peter Wheatstraw Goral (of Killer Bootlegs) has recruited a motley crew of artists, graffiti writers, stencil/street artists, tattoo artists, and screen printers to create a new carded Black Book Edition Artist Series of Killer Bootlegs’ popular Vintage Art-Too bootleg Star Wars action figure. Art-Too, which was initially a collaboration between Killer Bootlegs and U.K. based graffiti writer Hoakser, is a cast from a vintage R2-D2 Kenner action figure and was redesigned to resemble an old school Krylon can.

Blank blistercards were shipped all over the country to create this exciting new Art-Too Artist Series. Artists were given the theme of Star Wars, hip-hop and graffiti, and told to go nuts with their designs and it definitely shows! All of the packaging designs in this series are seriously sick and do a great job tying the themes together. The artists involved in Killer Bootlegs’ Art-Too Black Book Edition Artist Series include Cash Cannon, Corey Hagburg , Dan Moorman, Eddie Fajardo, Emmanuel L White Eagle, James Ford, Jarrod Hennis, John Santagada, Joseph Goral, Laurence Barr, Manny Tang, Michael Lara, Ryan Lape and Nasty Neil of Wasted Talent.

The Killer Bootlegs Blackbook Edition Artist Series Art-Too Bootleg Star Wars Carded Action Figures are currently available for purchase via Tenacious Toys’ online store where each one of a kind Art-Too can be purchased for $75.

Barneyism of the Week - Strip Club Free Agent

Guys, I’m going through something kinda hard.

Since Quinn and I broke up she’s gone back to dancing at the Lusty Leopard,
and it’s just really tough because…

“Because you have to find a new strip club.” - Ted

I HAVE TO FIND A NEW STRIP CLUB!

I’ve been going to Lusty Leopard for 7 years!

“Wow, that’s like 49 in perv years.” - Lily

69…self-five!

- Barney Stinson

“The Stamp Tramp”

How I Met Your Mother

Black Calaverita Vinyl Figure by The Beast Brothers

The second colorway of The Beast Brothers’ popular vinyl Calaverita dropped today and it’s a beauty!!! This marks the figure’s first wide release, and because of that has an open edition so everyone can add this amazing figure to their collection! Made from soft Japanese vinyl (aka sofubi), the Unpainted Black Calaverita stands 6” tall, comes packaged in a clear bag with a header card and can be purchased exclusively at The Beast Brothers online store for $60. The Blot loves this figure, and I can’t wait to see what other colorways The Beast Brothers have coming out! These will definitely make an awesome addition to everyone’s collection.

Captain America The Avengers 400% Be@rbrick by Medicom

The Avengers movie may have come out 6 months ago, but that won’t stop Medicom from producing even more Avengers Be@rbricks and Kubricks! Medicom’s latest The Avengers release is this killer Captain America 400% Be@rbrick featuring the character’s look from the live action movie. The Blot’s more of a traditionalist, so this movie toy isn’t screaming "buy me", but if Medicom ever releases a comic book accurate Captain America 400% Be@rbrick I’d be all over it!

The Captain America The Avengers 400% Be@rbrick by Medicom is scheduled to hit store shelves in April 2013 and will retail for around $85-100.

Sketracha Hot Chili Sauce Custom 8” Dunny by Sket-One

The Blot is beyond excited that Sket One has decided to revisit his popular line of custom Condiment Dunnys with a release that pays tribute to everyone’s favorite hot chili sauce, Sriracha!!! Each piece is handmade, and Sket really did an amazing job transforming these 8” Dunnys into Huy Fong’s iconic Sriracha bottles.

The Sketracha features a new custom bottle head with the actual Sriracha cap, and features a really amazing glossy finish. Sket really went all out on these customs making sure no detail is missing. Even the text on these is spot on. Just looking at these custom figures makes me want to bust out the cock sauce for tonight’s dinner!

Each Sketracha Hot Chili Sauce 8” Custom Dunny by Sket One comes signed and numbered by the artist, and includes a pair of bright green bamboo chopsticks and a bamboo placemat. These beautiful customs go on sale this Friday, November 30th, at 12am EST for just 24 hours at the Sket One online store! Look for them to retail for around $450.

Tippy Winkles Vinyl Figure by Felt Mistress

Crazylabel has teamed up with the Felt Mistress to release a very exciting new vinyl figure! Meet Tippy Winkles, a 6” vinyl figure that does an amazing job recreating Felt Mistress’ unique style. This new figure with a felt version of Tippy Winkles would make for a killer display don’t you think!?!

Crazylabel x Felt Mistress Tippy Winkles vinyl figure is currently available for pre-order at a special introductory price of just $29.95 at the Crazylabel online store. But this awesome price won’t last long! In fact, after today (Monday, November 26th) the figure reverts to its retail price of $39.95. Look for Tippy Winkles to start shipping in December 2012.

Star Trek Mimobot USB Flashdrives Wave 1 by Mimoco

Set your phasers to stun and take your digital files to warp speed with Mimoco’s new line of Star Trek Mimobot USB Flashdrives!!! Star Trek Mimobot Wave 1 includes four of Star Trek’s most popular characters: Captain Kirk and Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series and Captain Picard and Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. What’s really cool about this release is every Star Trek Mimobot comes preloaded with exclusive Star Trek content including never-before-seen material from the Star Trek: The Next Generation blu-ray release, vintage toy commercials, and comics!

In Mimobot form Captain Kirk maintains the swagger and smirk that helped make the character a legend as he led the original Starship Enterprise. Nothing can keep Captain Kirk from his mission to explore new life on strange worlds, and Captain Kirk Mimobot will take all your digital data right along with it!

Spock Mimobot is the voice of logic. Cool, calculating, but intensely loyal despite himself, Spock proved the perfect foil to Captain Kirk. It was the back and forth between Captain Kirk and Spock as they debated morality and duty which made Star Trek: The Original Series such a compelling treatment of the human comedy. Let your data Live Long and Prosper with your Spock Mimobot!

Captain Picard Mimobot leads the new crew of the Starship Enterprise on their mission of exploration and discovery in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Captain Picard had the strength and sensitivity to continue the story where Star Trek: The Original Series left off. Plug in your Captain Picard Mimobot and Engage!

Perhaps the most perfect character to ever be adapted to Mimobot flash drive form is Data, the android crew member from Star Trek: The Next Generation, is uniquely suited to storing and transporting your...er, data!

Each Star Trek Mimobot design comes in a range of 8GB to 64GB memory capacities, and are preloaded with bonus Star Trek themed digital extras like wallpapers, icons, avatars and iconic sounds and character dialogue from the shows. The Star Trek Mimobot USB Flashdrives are currently available now for purchase at Mimoco's online store starting at just $19.99.

Black Friday Exclusive Marina Oyl Resin Figure by Erick Scarecrow

It’s become somewhat of a tradition for ESC Toy to release a super cool exclusive for Black Friday, and this year is no exception! On Friday Erick Scarecrow will be dropping his new hand painted Marina Oyl resin figure, which includes an itsy bitsy pipe. This is the first release of ESC’s new Marina figure and what better way to kick off this new figure than with a Popeye inspired colorway!

The Black Friday Exclusive Marina Oyl resin figure by Erick Scarecrow has a limited edition run size of 15 pieces and goes on sale at 12am EST September 23rd at the ESC Toy online store.

Ruby Edition Resin Mini Mad'l by MAD

On Friday, November 23rd, MAD will be releasing its eleventh colorway of his extremely popular line of handmade 3” resin Mini Mad’ls. For this special Black Friday release MAD cooked up something super nice…a beautiful translucent red Ruby Edition Mini Mad’l! It’s crazy nice right?

20 Ruby Edition Mini Mad’l 3” resin figures were created for this release sold exclusively at MAD’s online store for $50 each. Each figure comes packaged in a custom gift box, which includes a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Modern Hero Resin Figure by MAD

MAD’s Modern Hero has always been one of The Blot’s all time favorite characters in the designer toy world, and I’m proud to say I own the character in a variety of different platforms. So when MAD announced he was working with Shinbone Creative to create his very first original Modern Hero figure The Blot was pumped! The 7” all black Modern Hero resin figure has a limited edition run size of just 13 pieces, and goes on sale on Black Friday, November 23rd at MAD’s online store for $300 each! Each hand finished polished resin figure comes packaged in a laser etched wood display case.

7 inches is so much bigger than I expected, which also explains the higher price tag. But if you’re on the fence about picking one of these awesome figures up be aware of one thing…this may be the only resin Modern Hero ever released! MAD’s gone on record that the production process was very time consuming and after this release he’s going to be focusing most of his attention on getting his Modern Hero vinyl figure produced. So all of the completists out there really need to jump on this release when they get the opportunity this Friday! Now, who’s got a spare $300 sitting around for The Blot? ;)

The Priest Vinyl Figure by Mark Gonzales

Skateboard legend Mark Gonzales has teamed up with Super7 to produce a vinyl figure of one of his trademark illustrations, The Priest! Gonzales’ distinctive artwork has piqued the interest of skaters and art fans alike for decades, and his The Priest illustration has been a constant image throughout his work. In fact, the original black & white image of The Priest was adapted into a three-dimensional sculpture in which castings served as a canvas for Gonzales’ original art. Now the Priest has been carefully recreated from the original sculpture into a high-quality designer vinyl toy.

After getting our first look at this exciting new figure more than two years ago, The Priest is finally ready to invade your designer toy collection! Standing over 10” tall, you may display your Priest with a choice of two expressions, happy or angry. All it takes is a twist of his poseable head. This limited-edition run was produced in Tokyo, Japan, and is collaboration between Super7 and Krooked Skateboards. Each figure comes packaged in a deluxe collector’s box, illustrated throughout with Gonz artwork, and retails for $75. Pick one up starting on Saturday, December 1st, at the Super7 online store.

Shadow Friend 8″ Dunny by Angry Woebots

Collectors worldwide have been salivating over the notion of an Angry Woebots panda 8” Dunny for years, and it’s finally here! Even when we all knew one was coming after Kidrobot released those killer Shadow Friend t-shirts and hats a few weeks ago Woe’s diehard fans were still anxious to see the final product. The Blot can honestly say it was worth the wait! Woe definitely did not disappoint with his new Shadow Friend Dunny. I love the colors and the trademark Woe brushstrokes across the Dunny’s ears, legs and arms. If I had one piece of constructive criticism it’d be the placement of the panda’s face. It almost accentuates the Dunny platform’s nose/mouth, and makes Shadow Friend look like he’s got a huge chin. But that’s pretty nitpicky…I’m still dying to add this gnarly panda to my collection!

Shadow Friend is the perfect playmate. He follows you wherever you go, playing right along. As a backwards twin to the original Woes design by Angry Woebots, Shadow Friend takes all of the gushy, “I heart you” feelings associated with mammoth cuddle monsters, and replaces them with an awkward nervous fear. Inspired by Angry Woebot’s 3” 2Tone Dunny, this is a darker version of his iconic stressed out giant panda.

Showing off its latest catch of speared fish, the 8” Shadow Friend Dunny intimidates with hot pink beady eyes and a one fanged snarl. Representing the number of Giant Pandas left in the wild, 1000 Deep is printed on the back of Dunny’s head, and a black skull printed on its chest, a symbol of the species struggle to stay alive. Like their fuzzy counterparts, Shadow Friend Dunnys have very limited numbers…only 1,250 were produced! Collectors can pick up this endangered species beginning December 6th at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers for $75 each.

Tarantino XX Screen Print by Ken Taylor

Later today Mondo will be releasing a new screen print based on the artwork Ken Taylor did for the Quentin Tarantino box set Tarantino XX that hits store shelves this week. The box set includes eight films chosen by Tarantino to illustrate the first 20 years of his career, including Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds. What’s really cool about this Tarantino XX poster release is each print also includes a giclee of additional artwork Taylor designed for the box set. This 9”x37” giclee is a collage including images from all 8 movies in Tarantino XX.

Tarantino XX by Ken Taylor is a 24”x36” 12 color, hand numbered screen print. Limited to just 325 pieces, the print will go on sale at a random time today Tuesday, November 20th, at the Mondo online store for $100 per set.

Uglydoll Mimobot USB Flashdrive by Mimoco

The cute and ugly designs of David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim’s Uglydoll franchise have invaded Mimoco’s headquarters and taken over its popular line of Mimobot USB flashdrives! Four favorite Uglydoll characters have been reimagined in classic Mimbot form, making portable data storage ugly and simply irresistible all at the same time. Uglydolls Mimobots Wage, Ice-Bat, Babo and Ox come in a range of 8GB to 64GB memory capacities and are preloaded with bonus Uglydoll-themed digital extras.

The Uglydoll x Mimoco Mimobot USB Flashdrives are currently available now for purchase at Mimoco's online store starting at just $19.99.

Kozik x Egan “Hanta Virus” & “Hypothermia” GID Edition Bones Vinyl Figures

Frank Kozik and Mike Egan are teaming up once again on two new limited edition glow in the dark Bones colorways! The first two Designer Con 2012 Exclusive GID editions were so popular they just had to do more. This time Kozik hand painted glow in the dark versions of Egan’s Bones 8” soft Japanese vinyl figure to create two more electric colorways: yellow/orange “Hanta Virus” and blue “Hypothermia”! Both retail for $75 and have limited edition run sizes of just 25 pieces each.

Both Frank Kozik x Mike Egan GID Bones colorways come bagged with a header card, and each figure and card have a matching signature and number. Pick one up (or both) today, Monday, November 19th, at Kozik’s online store at noon PST.

And The Winner Of The Lil’ Teammates NFL Vinyl Figure 3 Packs Are…

Before I announce the winners of the Lil’ Teammates NFL Collectible Team Sets, I want to give a HUGE thank you to The Party Animal for these awesome prizes! And if you didn’t win be sure to look for these fun 3-packs in stores near you. They make excellent holiday gifts for the NFL fans in your life!

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for...the winners are:

@Cowen45 and @WWJD7

Congrats to the winners! Please shoot me an email with your name, address and the NFL team set you want (see the NFL teams available here), and The Party Animal will get your sets out to you soon.

Barneyism of the Week - Double Standard

Talk about a double standard.

Every time I go after a busty dullard who can’t tell time,
or thinks I’m the ghost of Leonardo Dicaprio,
I’m shallow.

But somehow it’s ok for Robin to date a guy who can’t be trusted around outlets.

- Barney Stinson

"Splitsville"

How I Met Your Mother