DCon Exclusive Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker Custom Star Wars Vinylmation Figure by Evilos

Evilos is dropping a pretty sweet custom Star Wars Vinylmation figure entitled “NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” under the Star Rars: Evilos Strikes Back banner at Designer Con 2011 next week. If you can’t tell from the photo, this is a custom Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker Vinylmation figure, minus his right hand courtesy of Darth Vader. While the figure is awesome in its own right, what I really love about this release is its custom packaging!

I’m a sucker for custom blister card packaging and Evilos did an amazing job with this one.  From the blister card photo depicting the Vader/Skywalker showdown on Bespin to the perfectly diagramed hole in the top so these could be sold on a j-hook, everything about this blister packaging is perfect. If I had one complaint it would be that the custom’s Mickey Mouse Vinylmation's ears were cut in half so the figure could fit in the blister pack. While I would have preferred for the ears to have remained whole (unless their being cut signified some particular purpose), I’m ok with it because of how cool the blister card packaging is.

Pick up this DCon 2011 Exclusive Empire Strikes Back Luke Skywalker Custom Vinylmation Figure by Evilos at DCon booth #117. These figures have a limited edition run size of 50 pieces and will retail for $75 each.

Johnny Cupcakes NFL Inspired Cupcake & Crossbones T-Shirts

Some of The Blot’s favorite Johnny Cupcakes t-shirts are their pop culture inspired Cupcake and Crossbones designs, where they transform the company’s trademark logo into something just a little different. These NFL inspired designs are a classic example of that! Paying homage to the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders, these NFL Cupcake and Crossbones tees feature each team’s colors, incorporate each team’s mascot (a patriot and a pirate), and the cupcakes kind of look like football helmets.

My guess is these two teams were chosen because of their proximity to Johnny Cupcakes retail locations (the Raiders used to be based in LA), but I would love to see a Dallas Cowboys inspired design created as well!  What team would you like to see included in this release?

The NFL inspired Johnny Cupcakes t-shirts “Patriot Cupcake and Crossbones” and “Pirate Cupcake and Crossbones” are currently on sale at the Johnny Cupcakes online store for $35.99. The shirts are available in both men’s and women’s styles, sizes S-3XL.

Day of the Dead Exclusive Don Pablo Calaveroid Android by The Beast Brothers

Instead of releasing a second consecutive Halloween exclusive Android, Andrew Bell decided to take things to the next level. Because isn’t Halloween just so October 31st? This year it’s all about Dia de los Muertos, aka the Day of the Dead. Because of that, Bell asked his friends Ernesto and Carlos East, aka the Beast Brothers, to lend their Mexican flair to a Special Edition Android mini collectible!

The result is the beautiful and colorful Don Pablo Calaveroid Android! This limited special edition figure will be available at the Dead Zebra Shop starting on the Day of the Dead, November 1st, 2011 at 11am EST and again at 11pm EST.

Fall 2011 Custom Ugly Unicorn Vinyl Figures by Rampage Toys

Man, has Jon Malmstedt of Rampage Toys been on a roll this past two months or what!?! The amazing custom Ugly Unicorns just keep on coming and these are even better than the last. This time around all of the customs are fall themed. Custom #12 is the “Masked Ugly” who is sporting ugly eyes and a removable custom paper mask, perfect for a little trick or treating on Halloween.

Custom #11, The Blot’s persona favorite, is named “Shinto Ugly” and sports wood grain legs, a tarnished copper roof of hair, and some paper accessories (the paper folded to resemble lightning is typical adornment at the gates of entry for Shinto shrines). Last but not least is Custom #13, the Momiji Ugly! Momiji means maple tree in Japanese, and features green, orange, yellow, red, brown and white sprays, brushwork and water colored paper maple leaves.

These Fall Custom Ugly Unicorns by Rampage Toys will go on sale sometime during the morning hours of Halloween at the Rampage Toys online store. Catch one if you can!

Burnt Offerings DokuDuo Vinyl Figure by Brian Flynn

The newest Monster Family figure from Super7 is seeing its word debut in vinyl later today! From the ghostly land of beyond comes the sweetly spooky totem, DokuDuo! Brian Flynn's Burnt Offerings DokuDuo is cast in dark red vinyl with orange, yellow and metallic purple sprays. Is this 4” figure beautiful or what!?!

Pick one a Burnt Offerings DokuDuo vinyl figure by Brian Flynn today, Friday, October 28th, at noon PDT at the Super7 online store for $35 each.

“Joe Kaws” Snoop Vinyl Figure by Kaws

The Blot would have written about this release sooner, but I really wasn’t sure what to make of it. The last few pop culture inspired releases by Kaws have been pretty lackluster, but this Snoopy (Kaws Version) vinyl figure takes the cake! Literally all Kaws did was add X’s to poor old Snoopy’s eyes. Is that art? I can only guess what Charles Schulz would say about this one!  And all you Kaws apologists out there don’t try to tell me he’s trying to make a statement about commercialism or pop culture. I could have taken a sharpie to poor old Snoopy’s eyes.

Something about this figure just looks off. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll retail for around $200 and sell out in about 2.3 seconds just like the Tweety Bird figures released before this one. The Snoop (Kaws Version) vinyl figure will go on sale today, Friday October 28th at noon EST on Kawsone.com.