Watchmen Kubrick Figures

The Blot had a feeling when Medicom Toy first announced the release of its line of Watchmen 100% Be@rbirck figures that the Japanese toy company would follow those figures up with a line of 100% Watchmen Kubrick figures. We now have confirmation that Medicom is in fact releasing a series of blind box Watchmen Kubrick vinyl figures later in the year. The upcoming Kubrick series will include The Comedian, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach and Silk Spectre II.



No word yet on what the ratios of each figure will be, but it can be expected that one of the main six characters will be pretty hard to find. I am also expecting at least one, maybe two, super rare mystery chase figures to be included in the Watchmen Kubrick series. My guess is one of those mystery chase figures will probably be a Silk Spectre I Kubrick.


Look for the Watchmen Kubrick series to hit stores sometime during June of 2009. A case of 24 blind boxed figures will retail for around $260, so each blind box should sell for between $10-11.

The Lonely Island - Incredibad

The second release The Blot has been dying to get his hands on comes from the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island. The Blot’s been obsessed with The Lonely Island ever since I first found out about them back in 2005. At that time a relative unknown named Andy Samberg had just joined the cast of Saturday Night Live while his comedy partners, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, had been added to the show’s writing staff.


I wanted to find out more about these guys and stumbled upon The Lonely Island website. The rest of that afternoon Aly and I watched way too many video clips on their site like Awesometown, a failed FOX pilot, and The ‘Bu, a prime time teen drama spoof that co-starred Scrubs’ Sarah Chalke. I thought Samberg, Jorma and Akiva (also known as The Dudes) were hilarious, but their comedy style isn’t for everyone. I think if Aly never had to see another episode of The ‘Bu she’d die a happy woman.

Since joining SNL, The Dudes have exploded. Their SNL Digital Shorts have become internet sensations and they have even started to appear in movie (Hot Rod, I Love You, Man and Land of the Lost). But it’s their debut album Incredibad that has The Blot really excited. The album collects all of their extremely catchy and popular SNL Digital Short songs, including their first breakout hit “Lazy Sunday” featuring Chris Parnel, the Justin Timberlake assisted “Dick in a Box,” and their newest hit song “Jizz In My Pants.”


The Blot would probably buy a CD of just their Digital Short songs, but they’ve taken it one step further by writing all new material and collaborating with legitimate artists. You’ve gotta love when you a couple of comedians can convince Norah Jones and T-Pain to perform on a silly album like Incredibad. The double disk release includes one CD and one DVD, which features many of their SNL music videos and some all new content. I haven’t heard a lot of the new material, but I’m sure it’s going to be funny.

If you’re interested in finding out more about The Lonely Island and their new album check out this great interview Pitchfork did with the sketch comedy group a few months back. The Lonely Island’s new album Incredibad hit stores today, Tuesday, February 10, 2009.

Incredibad Track List
01. Who Said We're Wack
02. Santana DVX ft E-40
03. Jizz in My Pants
04. I'm on a Boat ft T-Pain
05. Sax Man ft Jack Black
06. Lazy Sunday ft Chris Parnell
07. Normal Guy (interlude)
08. Boombox ft Julian Casablancas
09. Shrooms (interlude)
10. Like a Boss
11. We Like Sportz
12. Dream Girl ft Norah Jones
13. Ras Trent
14. Dick in a Box ft Justin Timberlake
15. The Old Saloon (interlude)
16. Punch You in the Jeans
17. Space Olympics
18. Natalie's Rap ft Natalie Portman
19. Incredibad

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

This is the first time in 2009 that The Blot has actually been excited for a week’s new music releases. Two albums I have been anxiously awaiting for are both hitting store shelves on the very same week, and one of those is Lily Allen’s sophomore album It’s Not Me, It’s You.


While Allen’s music has taken a backseat to her drunken antics, crazy comments and unflattering paparazzi photos, her talent is undeniable. There really is a great artist underneath it all, if only you can get past her very public persona and late night shenanigans. Alright, Still was one of my favorite albums of 2006 and I’ve got high hopes for It’s Not Me, It’s You. I’ve been really enjoying the album’s first single “The Fear,” and if you’re a fan of pop music then you should definitely hear/download Allen’s cover of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” that was leaked a few weeks back.

Lily Allen’s new release It’s Not Me, It’s You goes on sale today, Tuesday, February 10, 2009.

It’s Not Me, It’s You Track Listing
01. Everyones At It
02. The Fear
03. Not Fair
04. 22
05. I Could Say
06. Back To The Start
07. Never Gonna Happen
08. F**k You
09. Who’d Have Known
10. Chinese
11. Him
12. He Wasn’t There