Kenny Resin Figure by Netherland

If you haven’t been able to tell by from posts over the past few months, The Blot’s been on a big resin kick lately. While production vinyl figures are nice, there’s something about the handmade nature of resin figures (and of course customs figures too) that I’ve really come to appreciate. The newest resin figure that’s drawn my attention is Kenny by David “Netherland” van Alphen.

Featuring Netherland’s trademark retro analogue stereo head on a human body, Kenny stands 2” tall, is made of translucent resin, and comes packaged in a signed header card. The Blot’s really digging this Kenny resin figure, and at $12 each it’s a freaking steal! It even comes in 6 different colors including GID (glow in the dark), blue, red, green, blue/green, and red/blue. Pick one up from the Netherland Studios online store while supplies last!

First Look: Blue Beetle on Smallville Photos

Ok, as much as I’d like to only talk about Booster Gold’s appearance on Smallville this long, I’d be doing the show a great disservice if I totally ignored the fact that the Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) was also making his live action debut this Friday. To be honest, I’ve never truly warmed up to Jaime as the Blue Beetle, primarily because of the way DC killed off his predecessor Ted Kord. What really angers me is the fact they could have introduced Jaime as a new Blue Beetle without killing Ted off. It’s not like Ted ever used the scarab that gives Jaime his powers. But I digress…

Before I totally lose all of my non-comic book loving readers, check out these new photos from Comic Book Resources showing Jaden Brandt Bartlett as Jaime Reyes (aka the Blue Beetle). For as much as I love Smallville’s Booster Gold uniform, I equally hate the Blue Beetle armor. It just looks hokey and cardboard-y. To be honest, I’ve seen better and more realistic costumes at SDCC. But hopefully these still photos aren’t indicative of how the costume looks on tv.

For those of you interested in what the Smallville episode “Booster” will be about, here’s the official synopsis: DC Comics character Booster Gold arrives from the future; The Blue Beetle is born! — After everything that happened with the VRA, Lois (Erica Durance) tells Clark (Tom Welling) it’s best to make “Clark Kent” forgettable and awkward so people don’t suspect he’s The Blur. However, the two are stunned when a fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold (guest star Eric Martsolf), sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for press ops, completely winning over the city of Metropolis.

Booster begins his campaign to take The Blur’s place as the “World’s Greatest Superhero” and tries to charm Lois into writing a story about him, but she’s not having his antics and begins her own campaign for The Blur. During one of Booster’s saves, an alien weapon in the form of a scarab falls from a truck and fuses itself to a boy named Jaime Reyes (guest star Jaden Brandt Bartlett), turning him into the Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, Jaime is unable to control the suit and Blue Beetle starts attacking Metropolis. Tom Welling directed the episode written by Geoff Johns.

The Smallville episode “Booster” premieres this Friday, April 22nd, at 8/7c on The CW.

OsirisOrion x Skinner x Deadbear Studios Oil Slick Outsider Resin Figures

This is one of those releases The Blot’s been looking forward to for months! A while ago OsirisOrion let it slip on Twitter that he was working on a special collaboration with Skinner and Deadbear Studios (aka Motorbot), which to The Blot could only meant one thing…The Outsider! The Outsider was one of The Blot’s favorite sculpts from 2010 and I knew Osiris could do something really special with this articulated and highly detailed resin figure. Osiris finally unveiled what he’s been working on all this time, and he definitely didn’t disappoint with this four figure set of Oil Slick Outsiders.

Osiris’s oil slick design is definitely my favorite of his trademark (and quite unique) colorways, and I think it actually adds to the depth of The Outsider’s sculpt. I honestly didn’t think you could make The Outsider’s body look any crazier, but Osiris did it! The Oil Slick Outsider resin figure by Osiris Orion has a limited edition run size of 4 figures, and goes on sale this Friday for $100 each exclusively at Toy Street. The Blot is seriously jealous of the 4 lucky collectors who add this great collaboration to their collection.

Tenacious Toys Exclusive Pearl White Skekiltor Resin Figure by Halfbad Toyz

This Friday, April 22nd, a very cool toy-centric event called Toy Street will be taking place in NYC. Put on by Cookies N Cream, Toy Street is a one-day event from 12-8pm at 268 Mulberry Street in NYC. Tenacious Toys will be on hand with a number killer exclusives, including this crazy looking figure from Halfbad Toyz. The Pearl White Skekiltor resin figure stands 4.5” tall and can be purchased exclusively from Tenacious Toys at Toy Street! Skekiltor is an incredibly detailed figure, whose sculpt is really highlighted by this pearl colorway.

The Tenacious Toys Exclusive Pearl White Skekiltor has a limited edition run size 20 figures and will retail for $18 each. If you live in the New York area, be sure to hit up Toy Street this Friday and stop by both the Tenacious Toy table and the Halfbad Toyz table while you’re there.