Weedian Leaf Edition Vinyl Figure by Arik Roper x Sleep x Unbox Industries

Arik Roper, Sleep and Unbox Industries have teamed up to release their first licensed figurine based off the legendary Dopesmoker LP cover art! Roper worked closely with Unbox Industries to ensure that the Weedian perfectly captures the essence of his iconic art. Cast in soft vinyl and meticulously hand painted, the Weedian stands approximately 9.5” tall from his foot to the tip of his vape tank. Each figure comes packaged in a beautiful gatefold box featuring the album’s cover art.

The first colorway of the Weedian vinyl figure is this green Leaf Edition. This is an open edition and new stock will be available soon at the Unbox Industries online store for $85.

Sesame Street x Mishka T-Shirt Collection

In one of the most surprising collabs of the year, Mishka has teamed up with Sesame Street to produce an officially licensed clothing collection that celebrates the iconic television show’s 45th anniversary! This fantastic Sesame Street x Mishka collection features original artwork — designed in-house — that updates and reinterprets classic Sesame Street characters. This awesome capsule collection includes a fantastic Oscar the Grouch design by Nicholas Gazin, a killer 2 Headed Monster design by Lamour Supreme and a bad ass The Count design by Arik Roper.

The Sesame Street x Mishka Collection includes a little bit of everything, t-shirts, fitted and snapback hats, long sleeve t-shirts, raglans and crewneck sweatshirts. The Blot loves Mishka’s unique take on these beloved Muppet characters, and how awesome is that tie-die!?! I seriously want so much of this collection it all in my closet. Everything seen here and much more is available now for purchase at the Mishka online store.

MondoCon 2 Report: Unbox Industries Booth with Lots of New Figures!

One of The Blot’s personal highlights of MondoCon 2015 was getting to meet Dan Willett of Unbox Industries and Texas’ own Retroband! Unbox Industries has been producing some amazing designer art toys the past few years, and have really been pushing the boundaries of what you can do with the medium of vinyl. I especially love how they are constantly looking for new and exciting artists to work with that you may not associate with the designer art toy scene. I only does Unbox Industries work with Mondo to produce many of their collectibles, but they’ve started working directly with many of Mondo’s acclaimed stable of artists.

If you were at MondoCon 2 last weekend then you know there was a lot of exciting talk going on about some of the upcoming designer vinyl figures on display at Unbox Industries and the artists they are currently working with. The hit of MondoCon seemed to be Gog by Rob Jones, which looked freaking incredible in person! I can’t believe all the detail they crammed into this figure. To me it really has an old school designer art toy figure from the scene’s gold age. Then there is the Weedian by Arik Roper, which is just a beautiful 3D rendering of Roper’s amazing artwork. These three figures look amazing and creepy as hell all at the same time!

The Blot was also super excited to in person Retroband’s new soft vinyl figure Meats!!! This hulking behemoth looks fantastic, and I love all the crazy wicked detailing Retroband put into this massive killer. Each figure will include two resin weapons, and I can’t wait to see what crazy accessories Retroband comes up with to include with the homicide Meats.

It was also cool to see John Kenn Mortensen’s Three Witches vinyl figures and Skinner’s Lolgolth Gnazgoroth in person. These toys are perfect examples of the type of groundbreaking work Unbox Industries is producing with a venerable who’s who of the art world. Look for more details on these exciting releases here on TheBlotSays.com very, very soon!

Batman 75th Anniversary Screen Print Series - “Batman Iron Age” by Arik Roper

Geek Art and French Paper Art Club have teamed up with DC Comics to produce a new officially licensed Batman 75th Anniversary Screen Print Series! For this series’ second print, they’ve commissioned New York based artist Arik Roper to pay tribute to DC’s Dark Knight of Gotham. Arik is an artist with a unique style that mixes old school fantasy and horror, with a psychedelic twist. For this series Arik chose to re-imagine Batman as if he originated in pre-historic times.

“Batman Iron Age” by Arik Roper is an 18”x24” Batman 75th Anniversary 5 color screen print. Hand numbered and limited to just 75 pieces, this print is now available at the French Paper AC online store for €40.