Obey Giant “Berlin Tower” Screen Print by Shepard Fairey

While I don’t know this for sure, The Blot assumes “Berlin Tower” is the second screen print in Obey Giant’s new “Art In The Streets” series. However, there’s no mention of this on the Fairey’s website or credit given for the photo it’s based on. Either way, it’s a nice print but not one I would necessarily want to hang on my walls. I do like the prominent placement of the Giant paster in the center of the image though.

“Berlin Tower” by Shepard Fairey is an 18”x24″ screen print, comes signed and numbered by the artist, and has a limited edition run size of 450 pieces. This is the second Obey Giant print from the “Art In The Streets” art show, and will retail for $45 each. This print goes sale at a random time this Thursday, March 17th, at the Obey Giant online store.

Threadless Pop Culture Dogs T-Shirt “Please Pick Up After Your Pets”

Threadless released this awesome pop culture t-shirt earlier this week featuring some of television’s and the Sunday funnies’ most popular canines being taken on “a walk” by their owners. Seriously, how funny is this shirt? “Please Pick Up After Your Pets” features Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Jon Arbuckle and Odie, George Jetson and Astro, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, Inspector Gadget and Brain, Homer Simpson and Santa’s Little Helper, Peter Griffin and Brian, and Fred Flintstone and Dino.

Please Pick Up After Your Pets by Phil Jones and David Soames

Inspired by some of the most popular dogs in pop culture, the Threadless t-shirt “Please Pick Up After Your Pets” comes printed on a mustard t-shirt and is currently on sale at Threadless.com for just $10 (normally it retails for $20). The shirt comes in both guys and girls styles, sizes S-2XL.

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.

EW Cover Story “Life After LOST”

The Blot had a really pleasant surprise waiting for him in his mailbox last weekend, the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly with a LOST cover story! Almost 1 year after the show’s series finale aired on ABC, EW interviewed the cast to examine what “Life After LOST” meant to them. While I loved the fact that EW unexpectedly released an all new LOST cover, I thought the article itself was pretty lacking (especially for a cover story). In fact, besides a few quotes most of the information in the article is old news, especially to LOST’s hardcore fandom who get all of their information from this thing I like to call “the internet.” Nevertheless, while I was disappointed in the article I’ll take a bad LOST cover story any day of the week. At the end of the day, so long as the stars of LOST are still gracing the covers of major weekly magazines it means the show is still relevant in the ever changing world of pop culture.

Johnny Cupcakes x Disney Mickey Mouse “Cartoon Crossbones” T-Shirt

Now don’t let the title of my blog post fool you, this is NOT an official Johnny Cupcakes x Disney collaboration, but the resemblance between JC’s newest Cupcake and Crossbones logo t-shirt and Mickey Mouse is undeniable. The "Cartoon Crossbones" t-shirt features all of Mickey’s trademark stylings, including his red shorts, white gloves and yellow shoes. This tee is definitely a must get for the Johnny Cupcakes/Disney fan in your life!

The Johnny Cupcakes Mickey Mouse inspired "Cartoon Crossbones" t-shirt retails for $35.99 and comes in guys sizes S-3XL and girls sizes S-LX. Order one today from the Johnny Cupcakes online store!

PGID Milton & Fenton Vinyl Figures by Super7

Wow, 2011 is starting to look like the year of surprise releases at Super7! The San Francisco toy company started off the year with the surprise release of their NYE Gray Ghost Mummy Boy, and just last Friday they released the Pink Glow in the Dark Milton and Fenton vinyl figures seen above! S7’s PGID vinyl with red eyes and mouth is one of The Blot’s favorite colorways, and these two Candy monsters look great in it!

Super7 is starting into Spring with something sweet! Milton and Fenton are here to wash away the bitter cold taste of winter, day or night, as these delicious dudes and dudettes glow in the dark! Because of the toy alchemy that goes into creating such uniquely tasty treasures, this particular colorway carires a slightly higher price tag than usual.  Each PGID Milton and Fenton retail for $20 each and can be purchased directly from the Super7 online store.

Cookies-N-Cream Exclusive Chinatown Dumny Bootleg Dunny by Sucklord

Sadly, the Sucklord’s latest Dumny bootleg toy has already come and gone! The Cookies-N-Cream Exclusive Chinatown Dumny went on sale last Friday, March 11th, and sold out in a matter of hours. These Chinatown Dumny resin figures are the same ones featured in Suckadelic’s new Toy Lords of Chinatown video which will be releasing soon. Limited to only 6 pieces, these Chinatown Dumnys retailed for $60 and have now found their way into 6 lucky collectors’ collections.

Red Skullhead 8 Inch Dunny by Huck Gee

Here’s the Kidrobot release The Blot’s been waiting 6 months for…the second colorway of Huck Gee’s Skullhead 8” Dunny! Huck's Skullhead Dunny was originally released as a 3” Dunny in 2007’s Series 4 and then as an 8” GID SDCC Exclusive last summer. Since both of those were extremely limited releases, here an opportunity for the rest of us to finally get our hands on one of these awesome figures.

Huck’s freshest 8 inch Dunny is crafted with exquisite detail, including tight red and white vertical stripes and intricate paints. His massive cranium features embedded crossbones, and with his articulated head, arms, and removable wings, this Skullhead is primed for lethal action!

Huck Gee’s iconic Red Skullhead 8” Dunny drops March 24th in Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com and specialty retailers for $80 each, and had a limited edition run size of only 650 pieces. Good luck to everyone getting their hands on one!

Tuttz Minis Series 1 by Argonaut Resins

The Blot’s pretty excited to announce that later tonight Argonaut Resins will be releasing its first wave of mini Tuttz resin figures! Tuttz Minis Series 1 will include 25 blind box figures PLUS 5 mystery chase figures (including 2 glow in the dark chases and 1 clear tint). There’s even a secret Golden Ticket that will be included with the chase clear tint, and can be redeemed for the regular sized clear tint Tuttz seen below!

Series 1 will include all sorts of colors and styles like clear tints, solids, metallics, jades, pearls, renders and GIDs. Some of the Tuttz Minis in Series 1 will also match previously released regular sized Tuttz figures. This is one blind box series where no matter which figure you pull, you’ll get an awesome handmade figure.

Tuttz Minis Series 1 drops today, Monday, March 14th, at 9pm EST at the Argonaut Resins online store. Each blind boxed resin figure will retail for $30 and these cute little guys are limited to 3 Minis per buyer.

First Look: Dunny Series 2011

In case you haven’t seen this yet, here’s the first leak of Kidrobot’s upcoming Dunny Series 2011 (with ratios included). The Blot’s REALLY excited about this series because Kidrobot has included a number of designs by popular artists from the designer toy community who have never had a figure produced by KR before. There are so many artists who create truly amazing work in our toy community, and it’s great to finally see some of those names included in a Dunny series. The visibility and notoriety an artist receives through their inclusion in a Dunny series is unrivaled, and I’m glad so many new artists are getting the opportunity to share their work with the world.

From the small photo above, I’ve been able to make out designs by DrilOne, Squink, Le Merde, 64 Colors, Travis Lampe and Besto. I am also pretty sure two of the Dunnys on the bottom row were designed by MAD and the Dunnys in the bottom right corner were designed by Huck Gee. Who else can you spot in the leaked photo above???

[Photo via J.ME.]