NYCC '11 - The Avengers Mini Mighty Muggs 2 Packs

When Hasbro announced they would be continuing their Marvel Comics Mini Mighty Muggs toy line The Blot thought it was kind of a joke. 1-2 releases at SDCC and NYCC isn’t really continuing a line when a majority of Mighty Muggs fans can’t get their hands on the figures. So you can imagine my surprise when Hasbro announced at New York Comic-Con 2011 that a new line of Avengers Mini Muggs 2 packs would be seeing a wide release next in conjunction with next summer’s The Avengers live action movie. This is pretty awesome news even if the four heroes are just repaints from last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusive Avengers box set.

Hasbro will be producing four The Avengers Mini Mighty Muggs Sets, with each 2 pack featuring one super hero and one villain. They are Captain America vs Red Skull, Iron Man vs Iron Monger, Thor vs Loki, and Hulk vs the Abomination. I love the idea of each set including an Avenger and their archenemy, I just wish there was a bigger difference between this release and the SDCC box set. The Captain America and Hulk Mini Muggs are almost identical to the previous release. I’ve seen no word yet on when these figures will be hit store shelves, but as soon as I hear something I’ll be sure to post that information here!

Courageous Spear Boy Custom Dunny by Huck Gee

Meet Courageous Spear Boy, the newest custom 8” Dunny from Huck Gee! Continuing his Gold Life series, Courageous Spear Boy looks ready to take on an army. In honor of this courageous warrior Huck has even created a little ode: "Courageous little spear boy. Going off to fight the big fight. Gonna make his mama proud. Courageous little spear boy. Doesn't know what he's in for. His armor plate. His pointy stick. His wooden hat. Gonna grow up and be a big samurai some day. Courageous little spear boy."

Courageous Spear Boy by Huck Gee comes signed, numbered and includes all of the accessories seen above. 10 figures were created in all, each retailing for $650. This set will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. So all interested should definitely email sales@huckgee.com immediately. These actually dropped last week so there’s a good chance they’re already spoken for, but it’s always worth a shot!

Star Trek “A Piece of the Action” Screen Print by Rich Kelly

The newest print in Mondo’s Star Trek Screen Print Series is based on the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “A Piece of the Action” and was designed by Rich Kelly. This popular episode features the crew of the Enterprise visiting a planet that resembles Earth circa the 1920s, gangsters and all! The Blot has to say, Kirk and Spock do pull off the gangster look very convincingly! Unfortunately, this might be the weakest print Mondo has released as part of its Star Trek series...something about it just feels off.

“A Piece of the Action” by Rich Kelly is an 18”x24” hand numbered screen print with a limited edition run size of 260 pieces. There is also a Variant Edition that has a run size of 65 pieces. The Standard Edition Star Trek print will retail for $40 each, while the Variant Edition retails for $60. These actually went on sale last Friday, and the Variant is currently sold out. However, the Standard Edition is still available from the Mondo online store.