Comic Book Inspired Designer Vinyl Figure Colorways Week

The Blot is excited to start my very first week long feature on The Blot Says… Every morning this week, The Blot is going to be posting an article on a vinyl figure that was released in the past year (or will be released soon) with a comic book inspired colorway. If you’re a long time reader of The Blot Says… then you know of my obsession of all things comic books and more importantly, comic book inspired art, clothing and vinyl figures.


There is nothing more exciting than a good tribute, mash-up, or crossover release, and fans seem to be really gobbling up these types of designer toys. I already posted on one of my all time favorite comic book inspired colorways, Muttpop’s Dr. Destruction Wild Edition, so I won’t be including that awesome figure in this week’s feature articles. But, I wanted to include it here nonetheless. I’ve personally been very excited for the release of each of the five figures I’ll be highlighting this week and I hope you enjoy them as well!

Be on the lookout for The Blot’s first post in this week’s Comic Book Inspired Designer Vinyl Figure Colorway series very shortly.

Red Tide Rising Comrade Dr. Destruction Smersh Edition Colorway by Frank Kozik

Without a doubt, Muttpop does some of the best colorways of any designer toy company. As you know, The Blot really likes their Dr. Destruction figure and this newest colorway, the communist Smersh Edition by Frank Kozik, fits the character’s design perfectly. Muttpop has typically released all of their Lucha Libre figures in each of their primary colorways (regular, classico, black bean, GID, pop culture, puro and smoked), so I knew this Kozik Red Tide version would eventually hit the market. But I have to say I think this figure looks really great in olive green and red.


The Dr. Destruction Red Tide Colorway is limited to 500 pieces and comes with a removable cape, cigarette and cane. The figure has a suggested retail price of $65 and is available in designer toy stores nationwide and online now.

Muttpop’s Dr. Destruction Wild Edition Pre-Order Starts Today

The Blot’s been waiting a while for this one. I’ve never really been interested in collecting any of Muttpop’s Lucha Libre vinyl figures or Image’s Lucha Libre comic books before, but after seeing the Dr. Destruction Wild Edition vinyl figure I knew I’d have to get it. You can see from the picture below that the Wild colorway follows the same color pattern of a certain Clown Prince of Crime.


As you all know I’m a big fan of Batman, and a Joker-esque version of Dr. Destruction is right up my alley. Muttpop couldn’t have planned the release of the Dr. Destruction Wild Edition any better with it coming out just a few weeks before the release of Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight.


For those of you unfamiliar with Dr. Destruction and the Lucha Libre line of designer vinyl figures and comic books, you can find out more about the line here. But basically it’s the story of “five middle aged Latino men [who] done Lucha Libre masks and protect East L.A.” (link) One cool thing about the vinyl toy line is that the figures were “made available before the first issues of Lucha Libre were published.” (link)

As for Dr. Destruction, another character from the popular comics, he “is the leader of Les Formidable, the first genuine group of French Superheroes.” (link) While Dr. Destruction’s “intentions are mainly cultural: Dr. Destruction is appalled with the peasant-like ways of Americans and came to East L.A. to teach them the rudiments of Les Bonnes Manieres.” (link)


The Dr. Destruction Wild Edition is limited to 250 pieces and is being sold exclusively in the U.S. at SelectStartNow.com. (link) The figure’s pre-order begins today, Monday, June 9th and orders should start shipping on or around Monday, June 30th. The figure is 8.25” tall and comes with a removable cape, cigarette, cane and rotating head. I was really pumped about ordering this figure, that is, until I saw the price.

The Dr. Destruction Original had a suggested retail price of $45.00, but the new Dr. Destruction Wild Edition is being sold online for $69.99. SelectStartNow.com says the list price for the figure is actually $79.99, but we all know that means nothing if they’re selling it for $69.99 and they’re the exclusive U.S. retailer of the figure. Seems like a ton to me for a designer toy, but I still love the colorway. Because as the figure’s description says, “this particular color way is the perfect clown prince to brighten those annoying dark nights.” (link)