“Real Live” Solo Art Show by Leecifer

Leecifer is heading to Albuquerque this weekend for his new solo show “Real Live” at Stranger Factory! The show includes a killer new line up of sculptures and customized vinyl and resin figures featuring Leecifer’s signature painting style. The Blot’s a huge fan of Lee’s bright color palette mixed with a worn and weathered look he gives to all of his customs and original creations.

There will be an opening reception for Leecifer’s “Real Live” solo show on Friday, August 1st, from 6-9pm at Stranger Factory with Lee in attendance! The show runs from Aug 1st-31st, with online sales inquiries traditionally accepted the following Monday (August 4th at 12 noon) via strangerfactorysales@gmail.com.

Leecifer’s SDCC 12 Exclusive Customs

If you’ve been wondering where Leecifer has been, the California artist has been slaving away preparing more customs than you can shake a stick at for San Diego Comic-Con 2012. I especially love Lee’s set of DC Comics themed Camille Rose Garcia custom vinyl figures, which includes Catwoman, Harlequin, Batman and Robin, and Poison Ivy.

If you’re attending San Diego Comic-Con 2012, Leecifer will have customs at Dragatomi’s booth #4935 (along with a signing with Drilone on Saturday at 11am), at Giant Robot’s booth #1729 (BatDave for the UglyDoll Remix Project), Scott Tolleson's booth #4836 (Tolleson x Leecifer x Drilone Custom Chipsters) and Toy2R booth #5038 (The So-So Happy Qee). And make sure you also hit up Super7’s SDCC booth #4729 for the newest Honoo colorway!

DCon 2011 Exclusive Custom Vinyl Figures by Nebulon5

Nebulon5 has been working overtime preparing for next weekend’s Designer Con! The California artist has really taken his painting skills to the next level by applying his unique style to a huge variety kaiju inspired vinyl figures. The Blot especially loves the Neb5’s color scheme for these custom figures, which includes tons of pinks, reds, purples and greens. There’s definitely a little something for everyone, including a Boss Carrion, Mongolions, Rose Vampires, a Rose Vampire DX, Miltons and so much more!

Be sure to stop by SpankyStokes.com’s DCon booth next weekend to pick one of Nebulon5’s fabulous customs. Any unsold pieces from DCon will go up in Nebulon5’s online store the following Sunday, November 6th, at a random time.

Red Plasma Big Sal & Clear Red Foster Vinyl Figures by Super7

With summer basically over, Super7 decided to kick off the fall season a little early with a couple of clearly radical and redical new figures! First up is the devilish Big Sal by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas. The Red Plasma Big Sal was last seen in the vicinity of Dragon*Con, wearing a translucent dark red straight jacket with black, pink and yellow accents. Big Sal is considered dangerous and insane, approach with caution! Joining Big Sal is Foster, the ice cream sandwich that just can't keep his hand to or off himself. Each delicious bite brings him closer to his own demise. Foster is cast in translucent red vinyl with light blue spray.

Clear Red Foster will be released Friday, September 2nd, at 12 o’clock noon PDT at the Super7 online store, while Red Plasma Big Sal will be released the following Saturday (September 3rd) at 12 o’clock noon PDT. For those of you lucky enough to attending Dragon*Con this weekend, you pick up the Red Plasma Big Sal a little early direct from Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas!

St. Patrick's Day Big Sal Vinyl Figure by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivias

Once again on the loose from the space-asylum, Big Sal is determined to blend into the party while plotting his next move…even if that means having a few green beverages along the way! Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivias’ crazy Monster Family alien is back, this time in translucent green with black, white and green spray.

To coincide with the St. Patrick's Day holiday, the translucent green Big Sal will be released at 12 noon  PDT this Thursday, March 17th, at the Super7 online store for $30 each.

“1-Offs” Custom Vinyl Toys by Leecifer

This Saturday at Super7 is the “1-Offs” custom vinyl toy show curated by Leecifer. Over 30 artists are participating and each one will be premiering all new customs incorporating Super7 and Gargamel Toys. From what I’ve seen this is shaping up to be a truly amazing custom show, with every artist bringing their A game. Not one to be outdone, Leecifer debuted his four customs for the “1-Off” show and all The Blot can say is wow!

Leecifer’s Melting Skull Rose Vampire seriously blows my mind, and how do you not love Lee’s Evel Kenevil Mummy Gator? Throw in his latest amazing Batman custom, this time it’s Batman Big Sal to the rescue, and a flaming Fire Robo, and you’ve got a little something for everyone!

It’s really too bad the “1-Offs” Show at Super7 is cash and carry, or I’d be all over a ton of the customs heading to this show. For those of you in the San Francisco area, the show takes place this Saturday, January 29th at 6pm. Be sure to get there early!

Super7 Monster Family Halloween Glass Set

It’s Super7’s favorite time of year once again! Halloween, the spookiest holiday of them all, brings all of the Monster Family’s creepy creatures out into the night. In honor of this Halloween, Super7 presents a set of glasses to enjoy a tasty beverage while waiting for the monster masses to knock at the door.

The Super7 Monster Family Halloween Glass Set includes four glasses, each featuring a different Monster Family member (Steven the Bat, Garuru, Rose Vampire & Big Sal). The artwork on these glasses is top notch, and the Rose Vampire glass will definitely be joining The Blot’s collection!

Each glass can be purchased individually for $10 or you can purchase all four glasses as a set for $35. While an official release date is currently unknown, you can expect these spooky glasses to go on sale at Super7Store.com sometime soon.

Dragon*Con Exclusive GID Big Sal by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivias

Just announced on the Circus Posterus forum is the Dragon*Con 2010 Exclusive Glow-in-the-Dark Big Sal vinyl figure by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivias (and produced by Super7). This Blot is a sucker for all things GID, and this colorway just blows me away! I especially love the way the lime green paint looks on GID vinyl.


The Dragon*Con 2010 Exclusive GID Big Sal by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivias will be available for purchase at the Circus Posterus booth and will most likely retail for $30-40 each. Be sure to act fast if you want one of these killer glow in the dark figures, because these are sure to sell out pretty fast.

Dragon*Con takes place September 3-6, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Super7 SDCC 2010 Exclusive Monster Family Figures: Green Rose Vampire, Purple Big Sal, Black Garuru & Yellow Fire Robo

Not only is Super7 releasing three different Monster Family sets which each contain three different unpainted light green figures at SDCC, the San Francisco based toy company is also releasing painted versions of many of those same figures (in different colors) for just $30 each at the Super7 SDCC booth #4729!


Above are the San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Clear Green Rose Vampire with Dark Green Spray by Josh Herbolsheimer and the Clear Purple with Purple Glitter Big Sal by Brandt Peters & Kathie Olivas.


Above are the San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Black Garuru with Gold and Pink Spray by Itokin Park and the Yellow Fire Robo with Red and Silver Spray by Jeremy Whitaker. Quantities are limited, so be sure to act fast…especially on that killer clear green RV above!

Super7 SDCC 2010 Exclusive Monster Family 3-Packs

This is one of those San Diego Comic-Con releases/signings that makes The Blot really jealous of those able to attend the world’s greatest convention. Super7 has taken all of the figures from its immensely popular Monster Family toy line, including one brand new design, and will be releasing three different SDCC exclusive 3-packs of unpainted Monster Family figures in light green vinyl. I’ve got a feeling fans will be salivating to get their hands on all 9 of these unpainted figures (10 if you count Katope’s Drunk Seijin).


The Super7 SDCC Exclusive Monster Family 3-pack #1 seen above includes Le Turd by Le Merde, Power Mister by David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim and Partyball by Paul Kaiju. Each set will retail for $65 and will go on sale at 11am on Friday, July 23rd at the Super7 SDCC booth #4729. All three artists will also be on hand at that time to sign or customize your brand new unpainted light green figures.


Super7 San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive Monster Family 3-Pack #2 includes Fire Robo by Jeremy Whiteaker, Patty Power by Arbito & Rose Vampire by Josh Herbolsheimer. This set will also retail for $65 and will go on sale Friday, July 23rd at 4pm. This will also be the time Josh, Jeremy and Arbito will be available to sign/customize your Monster Family 3-Pack #2 vinyl figures.


Last but not least, the Super7 SDCC 2010 Exclusive Monster Family 3-Pack #3 includes Steven the Bat by Bwana Spoons, Garuru by Itokin Park and Big Sal by Brand Peters & Kathie Olivas. This set will not go on sale until Saturday, July 24th, at 11am and will retail for $65 each. This is sure to be an extremely popular signing with all four artists, Brandt Peters, Kathie Olivas, Itokin Park and Bwana Spoons, on hand to customize their green unpainted figures.

SDCC 2010 Exclusive Customs by DrilOne

San Franscico artist DrilOne has put together some killer customs for San Diego Comic-Con 2010 and The Blot is a little disappointed I won’t be there to see them in person (especially those Rose Vampires).


What’s great about Dril’s trademark rusty military style is that it looks great on almost any designer vinyl figure, which can be seen in the huge diversity of figures Dril customized for SDCC 2010. Things you never imagined would look good as a military weapon of mass destruction, like an Ugly Doll, Frank Kozik’s Usagi-Gon or a Big Sal, come out looking incredibly authentic as rusty old war relics.



DrilOne’s San Diego Comic-Con 2010 exclusive custom figures will be available for sale at the Dragatomi SDCC booth #3848. Stop by booth #3848 to meet DrilOne and pick up one of these great customs.

Super7 - Clear Smoke Glitter Big Sal by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peter

Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters's Big Sal vinyl figure is back! The spaced out tentacled asylum escapee is fading into the dark of night, cast in clear smoke glitter vinyl. Big Sal is clearly one of Super7’s more popular Monster Family figures, and The Blot knows fans across the globe are anxiously awaiting the release of this clear grey with glitter colorway.


This will also mark the first Big Sal ever purchased by The Blot. As you all know, I’m a sucker for clear vinyl, especially clear vinyl with glitter, so how could I resist? Plus, he’d look killer next to my unpainted and painted clear smoke with glitter Mummy Boys (seen below).


The Clear Smoke with Glitter Big Sal will go on sale Saturday, June 19th, at the Super7 online store and will retail for $30 each.

Super 7 - Pink Haze Big Sal Vinyl Figure by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters

On May 1st, Super7 will be releasing its newest Big Sal colorway! The Pink Haze Big Sal is cast in pearlescent clear vinyl with pink spray fade and light blue eyes and tentacle stripes. Don't let the beauty of Katie Olivas and Brandt Peters’ Monster Family figure stun you for too long, as this figure is sure to sell out quickly.


The Pink Haze Big Sal goes on sale May 1st at 11am PDT exclusively at Super7 and S7FL, and will retail for $30 each.

Super7 - Clear Pearl Big Sal by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters

The photo below is of the Monster Family Clear Pearl Big Sal vinyl figure by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters. The Blot knows nothing about this upcoming release from Super7 other than what you can see in the picture, but doesn’t the next 4” Big Sal colorway look awesome!?!


Super7’s been on a Monster Family clear vinyl tear lately, and The Blot can only hope this trend continues with its next Rose Vampire release.

Super7’s SDCC 09 Exclusive Vinyl Figures

The Blot was shocked when I realized yesterday that I had never blogged about one of my favorite designer toy companies, Super7. Now as readers of The Blot Says… you could probably figure out that I’m not that into kaiju vinyl and its U.S. equivalent, but I’ve always liked many of Super7’s soft vinyl creations (especially its Hooded Zombie figure). With that being said, I was still a little surprised to realize just how much of this year’s Super7 San Diego Comic Con exclusives I wanted to add to my collection. There are too many exclusives to mention here, but if you want to see them all head over to Super7’s website dedicated solely to its San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusives.


The one exclusive everyone seems to be talking about is Big Sal by Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters. My favorite part about Big Sal is the fact that he is cast in clear blue vinyl, but the $25 price tag is pretty nice too. This little guy is destined to sell out fast due to Olivas and Peters’ huge fan base, so be sure to show up to their signing scheduled for Thursday at 3pm at the Super7 SDCC booth #4729 very early.


The Super7 SDCC09 exclusive I’m looking forward to the most is the Monster Family 3-pack, which includes unpainted, white figures of Steven the Bat, Holis and Rose Vampire. What’s really great about this exclusive 3-pack is that it is only being released on Saturday when each of the figures’ creators (Bwana Spoons, Le Merde and Josh Herbolsheimer respectively) will be on hand to sign and doodle away on these blank canvases. The Rose Vampire figure looks killer and I really like the new Steven the Bat mold. These three blank figures will only be sold as set for the ridiculously low price of $50 during the Monster Family signing at noon on Saturday, July 25th at the Super7 booth.


There are a slew of other really cool figures, like L’amour Supreme’s Jade Mongolion (available all four days for $65 each) and Itokin Park’s Red Devil Lucha Bear (available Friday at noon for $65 each), so head over to the Super7 San Diego Comic Con 2009 website now to check them out.


Also note that Super7 has scheduled most of their artists for signings at their SDCC 09 booth #4729, so collectors will definitely want to make a point of stopping by the Super7 booth at least once a day.