Remember when I said Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster was making a comeback!?! Well, it looks like he’s officially become one of the hottest characters in the world of pop culture with this, his third Threadless t-shirt in the past 3 months. That’s pretty unbelievable isn’t it? “Monster in the Closet” is another great tee, which shows what monster haunts the dreams of cookies (it’s Cookie Monster of course!).
The Sesame Street inspired t-shirt “Monster in the Closet” comes printed on a navy t-shirt and is currently available for purchase at Threadless.com for $18. The shirt comes in both guys and girls styles, sizes S-2XL.
Jeremy Whiteaker’s Fire Robo returns red hot! The Monster Family’s mechanical protector springs into action this Saturday with an all new clear vinyl colorway. Always ready to stand in harms way and blaze a trail to safely, the Clear Red Fire Robo is sure to be a hit with Super7 fans.
The Clear Red Fire Robo will go on sale Saturday, September 11th at 11am PDT. The figure will retail for $30 and be available at Super7’s online store.
Arbito's space traveling sandwich made its unpainted debut this summer at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Since then, the cosmic burger has journeyed to the most psychedelic reaches of the galaxy and returned looking truly far out. This Monster Family figure, the first ever painted release of Patty Power, looks amazing! What The Blot really likes about it is how Super7 was able to reproduce Arbito’s painting style so effortlessly on a factory produced figure.
If you’ve been wanting a Patty Power figure but have been waiting for just the right release, this is definitely the one to get! Far Out Patty Power by Arbito will go on sale this Saturday, September 11th, at 11am PDT. The figure will retail for $30 and be available at Super7’s online store.
The Blot’s got mixed feelings about ABC’s new hour long sci-fi drama No Ordinary Familystarring Michael Chiklis. I love Chiklis and am always up for a new super hero television show, but haven’t we already seen this story on TV and in the movies multiple times before? Whether it’s the Fantastic Four (which also starred Chiklis) or Pixar’s The Incredibles, how many times is Hollywood going to try and repackage the classic (and now repetitive) storyline of “family gets in an accident, gains super powers from said accident and then tries to learn how to use their newfound powers to fight crime.”
Sorry if I’m being overly pessimistic, but is it really possible for No Ordinary Family to have a fresh take on the overused “family gets superpowers” clichéd story? God I hope so! If not, Hollywood is about to have another comic book inspired bust on their hands. Sadly, the marketing campaign for No Ordinary Family has been pretty lackluster so far (in my opinion at least). As you can see from No Ordinary Family Season 1’s one sheet television poster above, all of the show’s posters and billboards revolve around the Chiklis’s onscreen family standing in front of a blue sky…doesn’t exactly scream excitement does it? I guess we’ll learn if the show can live up to the hype soon enough. It premieres on Tuesday, September 28th at 8/7c on ABC.
Official Show Description: The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim (Michael Chiklis) feels disconnected from his workaholic wife, Stephanie (Julie Benz) and two teenage children, Daphne (Kay Panabaker) and JJ (Jimmy Bennett). To encourage family bonding time, Jim decides the family will join Stephanie on her business trip to South America. When their plane crashes into the Amazon River, they barely enjoy a moment to celebrate their survival before returning to the grind of everyday life. But they will soon realize that their lives have been forever changed. Each member of the family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers. Will their newfound abilities finally bring them together or push them further apart?
For the Powells, embarking on a mission to understand their new abilities becomes the key to rebuilding their family life, as they learn what defines and unifies them. Despite the fact they can collectively lift a car, run at lightning speed, read your mind and calculate the dimensions of the Eiffel Tower -- all before you say "superhero" - they are first and foremost an average family with everyday problems. No Ordinary Family also stars Romany Malco, Stephen Collins and Autumn Reeser.
