Mechanized Records Exclusive Skin Deep MAD*L

Coming out this Friday, November 21st from 7-10pm at its official release party is the latest store exclusive MAD*L Skin Deep. Released by Salt Lake City’s Mechanized Records, the 5 inch Skin Deep MAD*L is designed by the creator of all things MAD*L, MAD. MAD will also be in attendance for this latest figure’s release, signing and doodling for all his fans. For those of you in Los Angeles the figure will also be for sale at the Vinyl Toy Network event on December 6th and 7th.


I love the details on this figure, especially Skin Deep’s tattoos and MAD’s signature Big Money belt buckle. The figure will retail for around $40 each and if you act fast (only two remain) you can purchase one of these bad boys directly from MAD at his official eBay store. No concrete word on this figure’s run size yet, but I would imagine it is 500 pieces similar to the other store exclusive figures recently produced (although I did read somewhere it might be significantly less).

Frozen Empire Toys Exclusive Andrew Bell MAD*L

The Frozen Empire Toys exclusive MAD*L by Brooklyn, NY artist Andrew Bell has quickly become my favorite MAD*L of all time. To go along with the store’s “frozen” theme, Bell wanted the vinyl figure to look like ice, so this frosted and slightly transparent MAD*L was made with translucent plastic. How cool is that!?! This guy will definitely be sitting on my bookshelf as soon as they go on sale.


The 5 inch Frozen Empire Toys exclusive MAD*L designer vinyl figure by Andrew Bell is limited to just 500 pieces and sells for $37.50 (plus $6.50 for shipping and handling). While Frozen Empire Toys’ pre-sale has already sold out, you can still grab one of these very unique figures when they go on sale on November 28th, 2008 at 8:00pm EST.

Lift Exclusive Detroit MAD*L by Tristan Eaton

Today The Blot Says… will be featuring a couple of different store exclusive MAD*Ls released in the second half of 2008. MAD has been extremely busy this year having already released his ToyQube exclusive Ninja MAD*L, MAD*L Phase 3 (all four figures can be seen here), and two DIY 10 inch blank MAD*Ls.


This first store exclusive is one The Blot is really hoping to get his hands on soon. The Lift exclusive Detroit MAD*L by Tristan Eaton was released to commemorate the store’s MAD*L Citizens custom figure show. The 5 inch figure is covered from head to toe with images in tribute to Detroit Rock City in Eaton's signature style. I think Tristan did a fantastic job with this figure and it's a great homage to city's rich history.


The Detroit MAD*L by Tristan Eaton is limited to just 500 figures and Lift has already sold out of its initial 150 figure shipment. You can currently pre-order one of these great figures here for $38, and if you get your order in before the pre-sale ends Lift will even throw in free shipping within the U.S.