Lost Wednesdays - Premiere Date Set and New Season 5 Footage

The Blot’s got some really exciting Lost news for today. EW.com is reporting that ABC has set a date for Lost’s return to network television. The show’s fifth season will start on January 21, 2008 at 8/7c with a special three hour event. (link) This means Lost will be returning to Wednesday nights, where it originally aired for its first three seasons, and not Thursday nights, where Season 4 aired behind ABC heavyweight Grey’s Anatomy.


According to reports, the Lost Season 5 premier will start off with an hour long recap special at 8/7c, which will be followed by the season’s first two episodes broadcast back-to-back starting at 9/8c. (link) From there on out it sounds like Lost will be airing regularly in its original time slot of 9/8c. I think this is pretty exciting news, and hopefully I’ll have more news to share as we get closer to the Season 5 premiere date.

To help spur even more excitement over the upcoming season, ABC has released 15 seconds of all new footage from Lost Season 5. The new Destiny Calls promo clip may be extremely brief, but it gives Lost fans tons to scrutinize and debate. Check out the new Destiny Calls Lost promotional clip below:



And lastly, Medicom Toy Japan, Diamond Comic Distributers and Meltdown Comics are hosting the world premiere and signing event of the Be@rbrick and Kubrick Lost collection in LA on Wednesday, Nov 19. (link) Fans will have the opportunity to buy one event exclusive Be@rbrick per person, and have it signed by the show's creators and executive producers, which includes J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Series 1 Lost Kubricks will also be sold without a limit until Meltdown sells out.


I can’t even tell you how mad I am that I’m missing out on this event. That’s what I get for not living in LA. Why doesn’t cool stuff like this happen in Houston? If any L.A. readers of The Blot Says… are thinking about attending this event please let me know because I would kill to get one of these exclusive Lost Be@rbricks autographed by the show’s creators.

Stealth Moneygrip by kaNO

This is Part 3 of The Blot’s 5 part series on Comic Book Inspired Designer Vinyl Figure Colorways.

The Blot has been waiting to talk about this particular vinyl figure for a while now. kaNO’s Moneygrip is a really unique platform and I have absolutely loved all of the line’s different colorways. Even the customs I’ve seen have blown me away, and that’s really saying something because the Moneygrip platform is somewhat limiting as to surface space. But the best Moneygrip I’ve ever seen is a production piece entitled Stealth Moneygrip.


Why you might ask is the Stealth Moneygrip so damn cool? Because the Stealth colorway is based on the greatest arms dealer the world has ever know, Destro. kaNO has taken the coolest Cobra villain of them all and transformed him perfectly into a Moneygrip. It’s all there, the shiny metallic head, the all black outfit and even the pimp 70’s style popped out red collar. The only thing the character is missing is Destro’s signature ruby red pendant.

Ok, I know some readers might balk at my inclusion of the Moneygrip Stealth colorway into The Blot’s Comic Book Inspired Colorways Week, but to me G.I. Joe is a comic book property. While G.I. Joe obviously started as just a toy line, in the 80’s the Real American Hero toy line evolved into so much more (including a successful cartoon and a popular, long running comic book series). In fact, even after the cartoons were canceled and the toy lines became almost non-existent, it was the comic book lines from Marvel, Image and Devil’s Due that kept the property alive. Therefore, I am proud to include this Destro tribute colorway as part of this week long feature.


All of kaNO’s Moneygrip designer vinyl figures stand 5 inches tall. The OG Moneygrip retails for around $50 and is limited to just 250 pieces, while the Stealth Moneygrip retails for between $45 to $55 dollars and has a limited run of just 100 figures.