Valentine Edition Lucky Cat Custom 8” Dunny by Mr. Shane Jessup

Mr. Shane Jessup dropped a bombshell on the designer art toy world yesterday! At midnight last night he released these beautiful Valentine’s Day Edition Lucky Cat 8” Custom Dunny vinyl figures. Collectors went crazy back in 2009 when Shane’s Lucky Cat Dunny was originally released by Kidrobot. Since then it’s been near impossible to get your hands on one, especially the SDCC Exclusive Black Lucky Cat. Well here’s your chance to add one of these epic Lucky Cat Dunnys to your collection!

The pink Valentine Edition Lucky Cat Custom 8” Dunny by Mr. Shane Jessup comes signed and numbered by the artist, includes a bell necklace with red ribbon, and a 5”x5” signed and numbered print in custom envelope. But that’s not all! Shane’s also throwing in a special surprise with each order (and it’s not chocolate). These Valentine’s Day customs went on sale at 12:01am PST today, Friday, February 14th, for just 24 hours at the Mr. Shane Jessup online store. Pick up as many as you’d like (this custom is series is made to order) within that 24 hour window for $400 each.

Android Lucky Cat Mini Figure Series by Shane Jessup

Introducing the Android mini collectibles Lucky Cat Series! Designed by artist Shane Jessup and produced by Dead Zebra, these adorable Androids welcome wealth, prosperity and protection into your home or business. Each window-boxed Lucky Cat Android vinyl figures features an accessory and a swinging arm…pretty cool don’t you think!?! The Blot’s always loved Shane’s Lucky Cat designs and now we get twelve new cats!

Pick your desired style of luck, or grab a whole case of good fortune to share with friends and family! The Android Lucky Cat Mini Figure Series goes on sale later this month (March 2013) in the Dead Zebra online store and at retailers everywhere for just $10 each.

There are many regional and historical interpretations of the colors, styles and arms of the traditional Lucky Cat (Maneki Neko), but here is Android and Shane Jessup’s suggestions:

Gold (right arm up, with collar coin): Luck in Wealth, Good Fortune
White (right arm up, with collar coin): General Good Luck / Purity
Black (right arm up, with collar coin): Safety, Protection from Evil
Purple (right arm up, with collar bell): Luck in Health, Beauty
Pink (left arm up, with collar bell): Luck in Relationship
Red (left arm up, with collar bell): Protection from Illness
Green (right arm up, with notebook): Luck in Studies
Yellow (right arm up, with red envelope): Luck in Marriage
Blue (left arm up, with notebook): Luck in Career
Gold (left arm up, with Koban coin): Business Prosperity
White (left arm up, with Koban coin): General Good Luck in Business
Black (left arm up, with Koban coin): Business Protection

The New Ya’ Heard! Podcast by Ritzy Periwinkle, kaNO, Sket-One & Shane Jessup

If you’ve been looking for a new podcast to listen to that covers all the things designer vinyl toy fan are interested in, then here’s the podcast for you: YA’ HEARD! Brought to you by kaNO, Ritzy Periwinkle, Shane Jessup, and Sket One, YA’ HEARD! will be a no-holds-barred look into the current state of the arts, the community, and all things “From the Street Up.” Covering a wide range of topics, YA’ HEARD! will touch on the business side of art, politicin’, beef, style, technique, tools, exhibits, current events, designer toys, music, conventions, and much more in the manner you’d only expect from this group of artists that are living the life every day. Future episodes promise special guests ranging from fellow artists and designers to tastemakers and the usual haters.

The first episode of the all new YA’ HEARD! podcast dropped today, April 1st, which you can download here. Enjoy!!!

Gold Coin x Argonaut Resin Special Edition Featured Artist Custom Stick Up! Figures

This week Argonaut Resin and Gold Coin announced a very special project involving their line of Stick Up! resin figures. (link) The Stick Up! resin figure deserves a grand finale, and that’s exactly what it’s going to get. To end the 30 piece series, the last 4 blank figures were given to a select group of artists to customize. These artists include Mr. Shane Jessup, Jon Knox (Hello, Brute), Dez Einswell, and Three (GOLDCOIN), and their four figures constitute the Special Edition Featured Artist Wave.


These extremely talented artists are working on their hand painted custom figures now, and all 4 one off pieces will be available at auction very soon. Stay tuned for more info on the piece details and auction dates soon.

Kidrobot - Dunny Series 2009 Checklist and Ratios

It’s Official! Dunny Series 2009 will be hitting store shelves in just over 4 weeks! Best of all, we’ll be getting Dunny versions of Devilrobot’s To-Fu Head Son and Mori Chack’s Gloomy Bear, plus a bunch of wild figures equipped with the necessary accessories to wreak havoc on your collection.


Be sure to keep an eye out for 2 chases that slipped into the line-up, plus Golden Tickets redeemable for an elusive 3 inch Dunny by the NYC-based artist, Pon. One of the two unidentified chases was also designed by Pon, which is music to The Blot's ears since I’m a huge fan of his work. These are sure to be two Dunny designs you will not want to miss!

(click on the photo above for a more detailed look)

There will also be some awesome Dunny Series 2009 Trading & Pre-Release Parties on September 9th at all four Kidrobot stores and select retailers worldwide, including Houston’s own Domy Books! Celebrate the release of the series, meet fellow collectors, get your trade on and win awesome prizes! Dunny Series 2009 officially drops on September 10 and blind boxes will retail for $7.95 each.

Artists in this 3" series include Amanda Visell, Andrew Bell, Amy Ruppel, Brandt Peters, Dalek, Devilrobots, Gary Taxali, Mori Chack, Huck Gee, Jeremyville, Kozik, Kronk, Luke Chueh, Mad, Pon, MR. Shane Jessup, Shawnimal, SupaKitch, Travis Cain, and Thomas Han.

Fortune 8 Inch Dunny & SDCC 09 Exclusive Luck 8 Inch Dunny by Mr. Shane Jessup

The Blot has been hesitant to discuss Kidrobot’s San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusives because the company had not released any photos of the actual figures. All we’ve known for a few weeks now is that there would be three exclusives by Mr. Shane Jessup, Deph and a collaboration between Amanda Visell and Frank Kozik. Well all that changed today because "for the first time in over 3 years KR is finally revealing their San Diego Comic-Con exclusive releases BEFORE the Con!” (link)


On July 23rd Kidrobot will be releasing the first of its three SDCC 09 exclusives and it is an 8 inch black Luck Dunny by Mr. Shane Jessup. The 8” Luck Dunny is the chase colorway to MSJ’s new gold 8” Fortune Dunny (which will be released worldwide on the very same day). Both versions come with a red envelope and gold coin necklace, ensuring the tides of fate sway in your favor! I can’t begin to tell you how annoyed I am that I won’t be getting to San Diego until 11am on the 23rd, because all of the black 8 inch Luck Dunnys are sure to be long gone by then. If anyone wants to hook The Blot up please shoot me an email!


Both figures will retail for $75 each, but the black Luck Dunny will only be available at San Diego Comic Con 2009. So make sure you’re at the Kidrobot booth early (#4529) as all these figures are sure to sell out, especially with Mr. Shane Jessup on hand to sign them. The gold 8 inch Fortune Dunny has a limited edition production run of 1000 figures, while the black 8 inch Lucky Dunny is limited to just 200 figures.

Mr. Shane Jessup will be signing at Kidrobot’s SDCC Booth #4529 on Thursday, July 23th from 11am-1pm. There will be a limited number of Fortune and Luck Dunnys available for signing.

Kidrobot - Lucky Cat 8 Inch Dunny by Mr. Shane Jessup

So no official details have been announced yet, but Mr. Shane Jessup unveiled on his Twitter page late last week that his uber-popular design Lucky Cat, from Kidrobot’s Dunny Series 4, has finally been produced as an 8” Dunny and will be released in late July 2009 (possibly at SDCC 2009). Check out the picture below of the 8 inch Lucky Cat Dunny packaging photographed by Mr. Shane Jessup himself:


Fans have been clamoring for an 8 inch Lucky Cat release for over a year now and thankfully Kidrobot listened! The only question now is whether the Lucky Cat Dunny will be open eyed or closed. Hopefully we’ll get both as with the Series 4 Dunny of the same design. The Blot will be sure to write a follow up blog post as soon as more details are revealed about this upcoming Kidrobot release.