SDCC 2022 Exclusive Cobra Kai Retro Edition Action Figure 2 Pack by Diamond Select Toys

San Diego Comic-Con 2022 is just a few weeks away, and Diamond Select Toys has already unveiled a ton of epic new exclusives for this year’s pop culture extravaganza! Check out the San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Exclusive Cobra Kai Retro Edition Action Figure 2 Pack. With this release Cobra Kai fans can revisit the fight that started it all way back in The Karate Kid feature film with this exclusive two pack featuring Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso.

The two karate students turned teachers are wearing their classic karate gis, stand 7” tall, and features over 16 points of articulation. The pair come packaged in a folding, full-color window box. Limited to 4000 pieces, this set can be purchased at the Diamond Select Toys SDCC booth for $80.

SDCC 2022 Exclusive Cobra Kai VHS Johnny Lawrence & Daniel LaRusso Action Figures by Diamond Select Toys

San Diego Comic-Con 2022 is just around the corner and Diamond Select Toys has already unveiled a ton of epic new exclusives for this year! Check out these retro cool San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Exclusive Cobra Kai VHS Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso Action Figures. Everyone loves the Netflix series Cobra Kai, but The Blot prefers it on VHS! These fully articulated 7” action figures of Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso depicts these karate sensei as they appear in the fan-favorite Karate Kid sequel streaming series. Each figure features 16 points of articulation, includes a display base, and comes packaged in a VHS-style clamshell case. Limited to 4,000 pieces each, collectors can now pre-order these Comic-Con 2022 Cobra Kai exclusives at Entertainment Earth for $25 each here.

NYCC 2021 Exclusive Zabka Dark Vac Edition Resin Figure by HealeyMade

To coincide with New York Comic Con 2021, HealeyMade has just released this fantastic NYCC 2021 Exclusive Zabka Dark Vac Edition Resin Figure! Inspired by the Karate Kid and Billy Zabka’s beloved Johnny Lawrence skeleton Halloween costume, this 6” vacuumed-metaled resin figure was handmade in Manhattan by Handmade. Fans of Cobra Kai can purchase the Dark Vac Zabka resin figure now at HealeyMade.com for $70.

SDCC 2021 Exclusive The Karate Kid Cobra Kai Competition Team Action Figure Box Set by Icon Heroes

As part of Comic-Con@Home 2021, Icon Heroes will be releasing this epic San Diego Comic-Con 2021 Exclusive The Karate Kid Cobra Kai Competition Team Action Figure Box Set! It includes 6” scale action figures of Kreese, Bobby, Dutch and Tommy as seen in the classic film The Karate Kid. Each figure is fully poseable with 29 points of articulation and six interchangeable hands. Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy. Fans can pre-order this set now at IconHeroes.com for $140.

SDCC 2021 Exclusive Cobra Kai Deluxe Action Figure Box Set by Diamond Select Toys

Strike Fast! Strike Hard! No Mercy! As part of the upcoming SDCC 2021 virtual event, PREVIEWS will be releasing this exciting San Diego Comic-Con 2021 Exclusive Cobra Kai Deluxe Action Figure Box Set by Diamond Select Toys based on the popular Netflix television series.  The set includes 7” Deluxe action figures of Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso and John Kresse.  What’s really cool about this set is that the front of the box shows Johnny Lawrence and John Kreese in the Cobra Kai dojo, but if you open it up farther you can see Daniel LaRusso in the Miyagi-Do Karate dojo! 

Each 7” action figure in this SDCC 2021 Exclusive Cobra Kai Deluxe Box Set comes with interchangeable hands and display stands, and the box comes packaged in a protective sleeve. Limited to 4,000 pieces, this exclusive set can be pre-ordered now at Entertainment Earth for $74.99 here.

Cobra Kai Screen Print by Matt Ryan Tobin x Mondo

Today, alongside with the release of its soundtrack, Mondo will be releasing an awesome new Cobra Kai screen print by artist Matt Ryan Tobin! As Matt explained, “As a massive fan of Cobra Kai, I honestly just let the show art direct the poster. I wanted to create something Johnny Lawrence himself would proudly hang in the Cobra Kai Dojo. He’d want to be front and center, towering over LaRusso but most importantly... he’d want to look bad-ass. However, Daniel plays an integral role in the composition, symbolizing balance in his mission to bring peace between the two dojos.”

Cobra Kai by Matt Ryan Tobin is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print.  Limited to 175 pieces, it will go on sale at 12pm CT today, Wednesday, May 12th, at MondoShop.com via The Drop for $50.

Johnny Cupcakes 20th Anniversary Vintage Collection T-Shirts

It’s hard to believe that Johnny Cupcakes, one of The Blot’s favorite indie brands, is celebrating its 20th anniversary!  To celebrate this huge milestone, JC is rebaking some of their favorite (and their customer’s favorite) designs throughout 2021.  While most releases this year will have a special 20 year emblem printed on the back or sleeve, these occasional vintage JC t-shirts will also have this “VINTAGE RECIPE” hem print along with a “rebaked date”.  These small, clean details not only commemorate this epic journey Johnny Cupcakes has been on, but it also separates these rebakes from the original releases.

To kick off the 20 Years of Johnny Cupcakes Celebration, JC has released 3 vintage favorites: the Nintendo inspired “Powermitt 2.0”, the Hook homage “Capn Cook 2.0”, and the Karate Kid “Cobra Kakes 2.0”.  Johnny Cupcakes brought back some heavy hitters with these three pop culture homages!  What classic JC tees are you hoping are rereleased this year!?!

All three Johnny Cupcakes 20th Anniversary Vintage Collection T-Shirts seen here are available now at JohnnyCupcakes.com in mens and womens styles, sizes S-5XL, for $39.99 each.

SDCC 13 Exclusive “80’s ABCs” Screen Print by Dave Perillo

Dave Perillo has a number of awesome San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive prints releasing later this week, including “80’s ABCs” a venerable Smörgåsbord of the pop culture goodness! With this design Dave takes you through the eighties from A to Z! There’s Alf, Bill Cosby, Inspector Gadget, and Mr. T just to name a few. I freaking love this print! Collectors can snag this awesome piece of retro goodness from the Gallery 1988 SDCC booth #1117 beginning on Thursday.

Johnny Cupcakes Pop Culture T-Shirts

Last weekend Johnny Cupcakes released a new batch of t-shirts that had The Blot written all over them! All three designs were influenced heavily by pop culture, two are based on classic movies and one pays tribute to the greatest punk rock band of all time. Can you guess what they are!?!

I keep going back and forth on which of these designs I like the most, but I starting to think it’s The Wizard of Oz inspired “Bakers of Oz” tee. I just love the simple portrait of a winged monkey and its striking use of color. The Karate Kid inspired “Crane Kick” is also pretty solid, with the JC crew replacing Daniel-san with a portly baker. And then there’s “Lets Bake,” which is based on The Ramones’ log (which in turn is based on the seal of the President of the United States). I have to imagine this is definitely going to be the most popular of the three designs.

All three of these Johnny Cupcakes Pop Culture inspired t-shirts 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.

Johnny Cupcakes x The Karate Kid T-Shirts

A couple of weeks ago Johnny Cupcakes hosted another special screening of an 80’s classic, and this time it was The Karate Kid (which I might add is also another personal favorite of The Blot’s). (link) To commemorate the event JC created a very cool The Karate Kid/Cobra Kai t-shirt entitled "Karate Cakes." The shirt was inspired by The Karate Kid, but was designed after the dreaded Cobra Kai karate dojo. The Blot is a sucker for all things Billy Zabka/Johnny Lawrence, so a shirt sporting the phrase “Sweep The Leg Johnny” is right up my alley.


Johnny Cupcakes made two different versions of Karate Cakes, a highly limited edition version with gold shimmer ink which sold out immediately and the standard edition which is up for sale now at the Johnny Cupcakes online store. The LE gold shimmer ink had a run of just 60 shirts and can be seen in the picture above.


The standard Karate Cakes t-shirt is printed on black with yellow lettering, but it still sports the al important quotes “Sweep The Leg Johnny” and “No Mercy.” They sell for $35.99 and come in both guys and girls sizes. Unfortunately all that’s left is a Guys small, sorry! I was a little late on this post, but I had to talk about these awesome shirts nonetheless.

Barneyism Of The Week - The Karate Kid

Hey, The Karate Kid’s a great movie.

It’s the story of a hopeful, young karate enthusiast whose
dreams and moxie take him all the way to
the All Valley Karate Championship.

Of course, sadly he loses in the final round to that nerd kid.

But, he learns an important lesson about
gracefully accepting defeat.

“Wait, when you watch The Karate Kid you actually root
for that mean blonde boy?” - Lily

No, I root for the scrawny loser from New Jersey
who barely even knows karate.

When I watch The Karate Kid I root for the karate kid,
Johnny Lawrence from the Cobra Kai dojo.

Get your head out of your ass Lily.

- Barney Stinson

"The Stinsons"

How I Met Your Mother

Wow, has it really only been a month since our last new episode of How I Met Your Mother? It feels like forever, but thankfully we’re finally back on track with a series of all new HIMYM episodes. The Blot’s had so many HIMYM casting news stories I’ve wanted to discuss these past few weeks, but I figured it was better to just let them come as a surprise.


Last night we saw the debut of Six Feet Under’s Frances Conroy as Barney’s long talked about but never seen mother Loretta, and next week we get another awesome guest star in the form of Ted’s former college girlfriend Karen who recently moved to New York. This should be a great episode since we find out pretty early on in the show that Lily and Marshall hated her in college and still her today! I don’t want to give it away completely, but I will give you a little hint…she starred in one of The Blot’s favorite ensemble comedies that began airing on FOX in 1998. If you’re dying to know if you’ve guessed correctly, click here.

Before I go, have you guys seen the How I Met Your Mother official Barneyism Generator!?!? How have I never heard of this website before? The Barneyism Generator is part of the show’s marketing for the release of its Season 3 Box Set, and it’s pure awesomeness. Just click the big yellow button and an animated Barney Stinson spits out never before seen Barneyisms. If you’re got some time to kill it’s definitely worth a read.