Mini Wooper Looper Mint Edition Vinyl Figure by Gary Ham x Pobber

Gary Ham’s adorable Mini Wooper Looper is back! Check out the Mint Edition Mini Wooper Looper vinyl figure, which was cast in light green soft Japanese vinyl and features pink, dark green, black and white sprays. Although The Blot knowns next to nothing about this release, Pobber will be releasing this super cute mini sofubi today, Tuesday, March 3rd, at https://Pobber.bigcartel.com.

UPDATE: This 3" figure is actually a soft vinyl figure with resin parts. It's legs move so it can stand or sit! Limited to just 45 pieces, this figure retails for $38.

“Salmon Sunset” Wooper Looper & Fatty Wooper Vinyl Figures by Gary Ham

Gary Ham’s super cute axolotl sofubi, Wooper Looper, is back – possibly for the very last time! According to Gary, the “Salmon Sunset” Wooper Looper and the “Salmon Sunset” Fatty Wooper will “most likely will be the final colorway of these Woopers, so don’t miss out if you’ve been wanting to add one to your collection.” How sad!!!

The Fatty Wooper vinyl figure (a collaboration with Chris Ryniak) is limited to 50 pieces, while the OG Wooper Looper is limited to 38 pieces. Each figure is cast in salmon colored soft Japanese vinyl and features yellow, black and green sprays. Both figures will go on sale at 12pm PST this Friday, January 17th, at Gary Ham’s online store for $65 each.

Five Points Fest 2019 Exclusive Mini Wooper Looper Vinyl Figures by Gary Ham x Strangecat Toys x Pobber

Gary Ham’s adorable Mini Wooper Looper returns this weekend with not one, but two Five Points Festival 2019 exclusive colorways! The Strangecat Toys exclusive Watermelon Mini Wooper Looper is limited to just 75 pieces, while the Cake Batter Edition is a Gary Ham exclusive. Both colorways was produced by Pobber. These Five Points Fest exclusives can be purchased at the Strangecat Toys booth #423.

NYCC 2018 Exclusive Mini Wooper Looper Autumn Edition Vinyl Figure by Gary Ham x Pobber x myplasticheart

Gary Ham’s beloved Wooper Looper is back in an adorable new form – meet the Mini Wooper Looper!!! Produced by Pobber, the Mini Wooper Looper vinyl figure will be making its debut this weekend at New York Comic Con 2018. For its very first release, the Mini Wooper Looper will released in an awesome convention exclusive Autumn colorway. Cast in glow in the dark vinyl and featuring yellow, orange and brown sprays, the Autumn Mini Wooper Looper can be purchased exclusively at the myplasticheart NYCC booth #888 for $35.

DCon Exclusive Wooper Looper #2 Wood Push Car by Gary Ham x Ink It Labs

Check out this super cute Wooper Looper #2 Wood Push Car by Ink It Labs and Gary Ham, which will be released exclusively at Designer Con 2017 this weekend! Limited to just 25 pieces, this wood figure can be purchased at the StipplePop DCon booth #421 for $65. Plus, you can get the figure signed by Gary, who will be holding a signing at the booth this Saturday at 2pm.

Five Points Festival Exclusive Wooper Looper Plush Pillows by Gary Ham x Lana Crooks

Is it just The Blot or is Five Points Festival turning into one giant Wooper Looper Festival!?! For Gary Ham’s third Wooper Looper FPF exclusive, he’s collaborating with the plush master, Lana Crooks! Ham ‘n Crooks will be releasing these adorable – and comfy looking – Five Points Festival Exclusive Wooper Looper plush throw pillows in three different colorways. Each hand crafted pillow includes a custom Wooper Looper tag and retails for $55 at Five Points Festival booth #131 this weekend in New York City.

Five Points Festival Exclusive Wooper Looper Mint Edition Vinyl Figure by Gary Ham

After waaaaaaay too long of a hiatus, Gary Ham’s beloved sofubi, Wooper Looper, is back! This weekend exclusively at Five Points Festival in NYC, Gary will be releasing this awesome Mint Edition Wooper Looper. Cast in mint green soft Japanese vinyl with pink, green, white and black sprays, the Five Points Festival Exclusive Wooper Looper is limited to just 30 pieces! Collectors can purchase this limited edition axolotl colorway at FPF booth #131 for $60.

Five Points Festival Exclusive Fatty Wooper Looper Vinyl Figure by Gary Ham x Chris Ryniak

The moment The Blot has been waiting years for is finally here! The Fatty Wooper, Chris Ryniak’s adorable take on Gary Ham’s Wooper Looper, is getting its very first release this weekend exclusively at Five Points Festival in NYC. For its first colorway, the Five Points Festival Exclusive Mint Edition Fatty Wooper is cast in delicious mint soft Japanese vinyl and features pink, black and green sprays. Limited to just 30 pieces, this awesome axolotl collab between Ham and Ryniak can be purchased at FPF booth #131 for $55.

Wooper Looper Jr. Resin Figure by Gary Ham x UME Toys

Everyone's favorite Axolotl is back! After a bit of a hibernation, the Wooper Looper is back in an all new form thanks to a killer collaboration between Gary Ham and UME Toys. Say hello to the Wooper Looper Junior! This little UME version of Wooper Looper sits in at around 2” tall, is handmade and hand painted (making each figure a little 1-off), and comes packaged in a custom header carded bag. The Blot is thrilled that the Wooper Looper is back and it’s cool to see Jr’s first colorway pays tribute to Gary’s first vinyl release.

The Wooper Looper Junior Resin Figure by Gary Ham x UME Toys is limited to just 10 pieces and will go on sale at 6:30pm London time on Wednesday, November 16th, at the UME Toys online store for £20.

The Artpin Collection Designer Enamel Pin Series Indiegogo Campaign Is Now Live!

Fellow toy collector Avri Rozen-Zvi has recently launched a killer new project on Indiegogo called The Artpin Collection! It’s a beautiful set of trading pins by eight top artists and designers – mostly from the designer toy scene – each of whom have contributed an original design for the project. The Artpin Collection features hard enamel pins by Scribe, Steve Purcell, Gary Ham, Scott Tolleson, MCA, Sam Fout, Podgy Panda and Daniel Fleres. A pretty epic line-up right!?!

In just a few short days The Artpin Collection has already met 20% of its goal and it needs your help! Now’s your chance to get into the enamel pin craze that’s sweeping the country by supporting The Artpin Collection. For as little as $10 you can get your hands on a killer original art pins by some of your favorite creators featuring their signature character creations. There are really great rewards for donations of any amount, so head over to The Artpin Collection Indiegogo page to find out how you can support this rad endeavor!

SDCC 15 Exclusive “Find Your Ohana” Wooper Looper Vinyl Figure by Gary Ham x Eckotyper

Heading to San Diego Comic-Con 2015 later this week? Then you’ll definitely want to hit up Gary Ham’s SDCC booth #5139 when you can snag one of these awesome Lilo and Stitch inspired “Find Your Ohana” Wooper Looper vinyl figures! Who doesn’t love a killer Disney homage colorway? Painted by Eckotyper, the “Find Your Ohana” Wooper Looper is a micro run of only 10 figures and will retail for $95. Each soft Japanese vinyl figure stands 5.25” tall, features a beautiful pearl finish, and because these were hand painted no two are the same!

Chauskoskis Edition Wooper Looper Vinyl Figures by Gary Ham

As you all probably know The Blot is a huge fan of Gary Ham’s adorable Wooper Looper vinyl figure. I mean how can you not love this cute axolotl!?! While Gary is Wooper’s creator, Chauskoskis (aka Walter Jacott) was the sculptor who brought this 5.25” figure to life. So it’s pretty awesome that Gary and Chauskoskis are teaming up to release a “Chauskoskis Edition” Wooper Looper designed by Walter!

The “Chauskoskis Edition” Wooper Looper is an edition of 30 pieces with two different versions. There are 20 of the standard Waltermelon Edition and 10 Chauskoskis embellished featuring Walter’s signature scowl (giving Wooper a very fierce look). These two Chauskoskis Editions Wooper Loopers will be sold separately on a first come first serve basis at 11am PST today, February 28th, at Gary Ham’s online store. The Standard Waltermelon Woopers will retail for $65, while the variant Chauskoskis embellished Woopers will retail for $68.

“Rainbow Dots” Whooper Loopers by Rampage Toys & Gary Ham

Rampage Toys has teamed up with Gary Ham to produce a very special run of Wooper Loopers! Cast in glow in the dark vinyl, these beautiful “Rainbow Dots” Wooper Loops feature a pretty sweet rainbow color scheme with polka dots all over. These turned out fantastic don’t you think!?! The Blot loves seeing Rampage Toys work his magic on great figures like Gary’s Wooper Looper.

Limited to just 10 pieces, the Rampage Toys x Gary Ham “Rainbow Dots” Wooper Looper custom vinyl figure was first sold exclusively at Superfestival, and then at the Rampage Toys online store for $120 each. Unfortunately these bad boys are now sold out.

DCon Exclusive Cosplay Wooper Looper Custom Figure by Jenn and Tony Bot x Gary Ham

Have you ever wondered what a kid in a Wooper Looper costume would look like!?! Well now we have our answer thanks to Jenn and Tony Bot! These amazing customizers have taken Gary Ham’s Wooper Looper and covered him meticulously in colored Polymer clay. No paint was used and the result is pretty fantastic!

7 of these Designer Con 2013 Exclusive Cosplay Wooper Looper sets have been created, with each set including 1 Wooper Looper, stackable Polymer clay blocks and an individually drawn box by Gary Ham. Pick up this exciting custom figure from DCon booth #703 for $120 each.

DCon Exclusive Pastel Wooper Looper Custom Vinyl Figure by D-Lux & Gary Ham

D-Lux has been slaving away these past few months creating some sick custom vinyl figures for Designer Con 2013. One of my favorites is this Wooper Looper collaboration with Gary Ham. D-Lux has created a micro run of 8 Pastel Wooper Loopers for DCon, and his sprays look super tight! I love the swirled camo-like effect he’s created with these light pastel colors. Each Wooper Loop is cast soft Japanese vinyl, comes hand painted and stands 5.25” tall with 3 points of articulation. Pick one up this weekend at Gary Ham’s DCon booth.

SDCC 13 Exclusive Neapolitan & GID Wooper Loopers by Gary Ham

Gary Ham’s got two awesome new Wooper Looper colorways lined up for San Diego Comic-Con 2013! The first exclusive is the Neaplitan Wooper Looper, which pays tribute to the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream concoction perfect for the person who can’t pick just one flavor! The Neapolitan Wooper is cast in vanilla white vinyl and features brown and pink spray. Then there’s the amazing San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive Glow in the Dark Wooper Looper, cast in beautiful GID soft Japanese vinyl and featuring blue, orange and white spray.

Both versions have limited edition run sizes of just 30 pieces and will retail for $65 each. But that’s not all! Each colorway will also be available unpainted! The Vanilla Wooper Looper and Unpainted GID Wooper Looper are each limited to just 10 pieces and will retail for $50 each. All four Wooper Loopers will be available for purchase directly from Gary at his SDCC booth #5139. If any figures are still available after Comic-Con, the remaining figures will be made available at Gary Ham’s online store.

SDCC 13 Exclusive Flattie Wooper Plush Figures by Gary Ham & Flat Bonnie

Gary Ham and Flat Bonnie have teamed up once again to produce a super cute Flattie Wooper Plush exclusive for San Diego Comic-Con 2013!! This white and blue Flattie Wooper stand 10” tall and is sewn with love using fleece and pleather accents and comes with a numbered sewn in tag. This is the second colorway of the Flattie Wooper and is limited to just 20 pieces! Pick one up from Gary’s SDCC booth #5139 for $45 each.

And for those of us unable to travel to San Diego for Comic-Con, you’re in luck! A few of the original first edition white and pink Flattie Wooper plush figures are still available through Gary Ham’s online store! Limited to just 10 pieces, this OG Flattie Wooper can be yours for $80 while supplies last.

ToyCon UK Exclusive Tiffany Wooper Looper by Gary Ham

The Hang Gang is teaming up with Gary Ham to release very special Wooper Looper vinyl figure next weekend! The ToyCon UK Exclusive Wooper Looper is cast in “Tiffany” blue Japanese vinyl and features electric pink and silver sprays. The Blot freaking loves how each color really pops on the figure’s sculpt. This color scheme would really look nice next Gary’s first two Wooper Looper colorways don’t you think!?!

The ToyCon UK Exclusive Tiffany Wooper Looper by Gary Ham stands 5.25” tall, and is limited to just 35 pieces. Pick one up at The Hang Gang ToyCon UK booth for £55. The Hang Gang will also have 5 unpainted Tiffany Wooper Loopers available for £50.

New Hawaiian Wooper Looper Vinyl Figures by D-Lux & Gary Ham

Gary Ham has teamed up with D-Lux to release a really sweet micro run of custom Wooper Loopers this Saturday! Featuring D-Lux’ signature New Hawaiian color scheme, these 5 Wooper Loopers sport florescent yellow, pink, orange and metallic teal sprays. The Blot loves this colorway and all it’s crazy vibrant colors, but don’t take my word for it! Check out what Gary Ham had to say about these beautiful New Hawaiian Wooper Loopers: "D-Lux's neo-Hawaiian treatment makes my mouth water. Reminds me off shaved ice and sunsets. Win!"

The “New Hawaiian” Wooper Looper comes bagged with a wood block stamped custom header card, and can be purchased from D-Lux’ online store beginning at the stroke of midnight EST on Saturday, December 1st for around $65.

DCon 12 Exclusive Painted Clear Purple Wooper Looper & More by Gary Ham!

Designer Con 2012 is just a few days away and the killer exclusives are coming fast and furious! Not to be outdone, Gary Ham is bringing a boatload of amazing toys to DCon this year, including a certain 5.25” water monster we all know and love. The Designer Con 2012 Exclusive Painted Clear Purple Wooper Looper is actually being released in three different colorways: Silver with Black Spray, Metallic Purple Spray, and Deep Violet Matte Spray. All three look awesome, and each version has a limited edition run size of just 8 pieces. Pick one (or all three) up at Gary’s DCon booth #225 for $65 each.

Gary will also have two colorways of his new Monster Toytems available for sale at his DCon booth. The OG Technicolor colorway will retail for $75, while the Kidrobot Exclusive colorway will retail for $85. And that’s not all! At DCon’s Suckcarnival, participants will be able to win the Talking Sucklord double sided plush Gary designed. These look awesome and The Blot definitely wants to get my hands on one!