The Winner of The Blot’s Jigsaw Mighty Mugg Giveaway Is…

We have a winner of The Blot Says…’ Mighty Muggs giveaway! Congrats to Dan for winning The Blot’s very first contest. Dan, I will be shipping out your brand new Jigsaw Mighty Mugg next week after I return from a little family vacation (The Blot's heading to Denver on Friday).

I’d like to welcome all the new readers who found their way to The Blot Says… because of this drawing, and give a big thank you to all of my faithful readers who helped spread the word about the Jigsaw contest. This was actually pretty fun to run, and I am already planning an all new giveaway for next month!


Thanks again to everyone who entered the Jigsaw giveaway and for continuing to support The Blot Says… Make sure to be on the lookout for The Blot’s second giveaway scheduled for sometime in March.

Disney’s Vinylmation Park Series 1

For Valentine’s Day this year Aly got me an unexpected present, an It’s A Small World 9” Vinylmation Mickey Mouse vinyl figure designed by Disney designer Monty Maldovan. The Blot had been wanting one of these limited edition figures for a while, but they are being sold exclusively at Disney Theme Parks and there isn’t one of those anywhere near the state of Texas. So even though Aly doesn’t always approve of my vinyl addiction, she made a little detour during her to trip LA a few weeks ago and surprised me on V-Day with my very first Vinylmation figure.


For some reason, Disney’s new line of original collectible vinyl figures hasn’t gotten much press. The Blot first learned about Disney’s Vinylmation figures a month or two ago, but couldn’t find any information about them besides the fact that they were being sold exclusively at Disney Theme Parks. So, The Blot put in a call in to my source at Disney and I’ve since learned that the first release was entitled Vinylmation Park Series 1 and includes a blind boxed series of 3” figures and a corresponding series of limited edition 9” figures.


The Blot's huge fan of old school Disney rides and their retro feel, so I really love the Small World 9” figure and the Teacup 3” figure’s designs. Plus, Mickey Mouse really does make a great vinyl platform for artwork of all kinds!

Park Series 1 features art and designs inspired by the Disney Theme Parks and were designed by members of the Disney Design Group and Walt Disney Imagineers. There were 12 different designs in the 3” Parks Series 1 (including one mystery chase figure), but from what I’ve read all of the figures have the same ratio. I haven’t been able to find out exactly how many different designs were produced in Vinylmation’s 9” Mickey form, but each design is limited to between 200-600 figures.


The 3 inch Vinylmation Blind Box series sell for $9.99 while the 9 inch Vinylmation figures sell for around $40. Since Park Series 1 did so well (the 3” figures have long since sold out), Disney is already working on production for their next Vinylmation release, Urban Series 1. Expect more a future blog post on the upcoming series as details become available.

Star Wars Mighty Muggs Internet Exclusive Wave 9

It looks like we now have confirmation that the long rumored Internet Exclusive Star Wars Mighty Muggs Wave 9 line-up is official. Unfortunately, it does not consist of four characters never before see in Mighty Muggs form like was first advertised. Instead it has the four figures we were expecting: Episode IV Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Biker Scout Trooper, a Gamorrean Guard and Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear. It’s still a pretty cool set, and thankfully we’re getting four all new designs with no re-released figures. In fact, this might be one of the few Star Wars waves where The Blot actually wants all four figures included in the set.


It looks like most online retailers will be selling Star Wars Mighty Muggs Internet Exclusive Wave 9 for around $50 per set, and we can expect the four figures in Wave 9 to ship out to customers sometime in April of 2009.