Custom Wood Labbits by Amanda Visell Day 2

Amanda Visell’s 3rd and 4th (out of 10) custom Wood Labbits went on sale yesterday on her blog at DailyDujour. The Blot thought there was no way her hand painted custom Wood Labbits could get any better than the figures she debuted on Wednesday, but boy was I wrong. Today’s custom Wood Labbits are entitled Escape From The Wood Labbit and Moonglow Wood Labbit, and both look amazing!



While Wednesday’s Ice Wood Labbit is still my favorite AV custom Labbit so far, The Blot can’t get over all the crazy details and extra characters Amanda included in her Moonglow Wood Labbit. And I really wish I could see the Escape From The Wood Labbit in person, so I could see how she made that crazy looking crater on the side of the figure.



Again, the first person to email Amanda with the title of the custom they want will get the opportunity to purchase these figures via an invoice. Each custom Wood Labbit retails for $600 (plus tax and shipping).

PNE - "I'd Love To Turn You On" Beatles Print by Justin Hampton, Emek & Jermaine Rogers

This Friday, October 23rd, sees the release of Post Neo Explosionism’s second collaborative art print, “I'd Love To Turn You On...” featuring The Beatles. As you may remember, PNE is a collaborative effort founded by three of the big names of the rock and roll poster art scene: Justin Hampton, Emek and Jermaine Rogers. While these three amazing artists are most well known for their individual accomplishments, their PNE collaborations truly bring out the best in each artist’s unique style.


The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” art print is PNE's weird tribute to one of the greatest bands of modern times, The Beatles. Drawing a vibe from their combined childhood love of 1970's carnival art and pop exploitation, the artists of PNE have created the type of kitsch imagery that is a constant feature hiding in the underbelly of rock and roll culture.


The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” art print comes in two editions, a Regular Edition which is limited to 200 copies and retails for $80, and a Special Edition which is limited to just 100 copies and retails for $120. Each print measures 25” x 25” and comes signed and numbered by all 3 artists! The “I’d Love To Turn You On…” Regular Edition features brilliant psychedelic colors, including a seamless color fade, while the Special Edition print is printed with special metallic inks giving the poster a very unique look and feel. Both rock posters go on sale this Friday between 2 and 3pm CST at the PNE website.

Custom Wood Labbits by Amanda Visell

Yesterday, Amanda Visell announced on her blog at DailyDujour.com that she had taken 10 of her ultra rare SDCC exclusive Wood Labbits and turned them into some of the best customs The Blot has ever seen. The Wood Labbit was already a highly sought after figure due to its small run size (it’s limited to just 300 pieces) and the fact that it was the first Labbit ever designed by an artist not named Frank Kozik, so you know collectors will be going crazy over these handmade Labbits.



Visell will be putting 2 of her 10 custom Wood Labbits up for sale at a time on her blog at Daily DuJour, and the first person to send her an email stating they wish to buy one of that day's custom Wood Labbits will get an invoice set by Ms. Visell. The first two custom Wood Labbits are already up for sale and they look sick. Just look at these awesome pictures of Amanda's Ice Wood Labbit and Burning Wood Labbit.



The Blot’s been wanting a regular Wood Labbit vinyl figure ever since I missed out on one at San Diego Comic Con, so you know I’d kill for one of these amazing customs. Too bad it’s a tad out of my price range! Visell will be selling her custom Wood Labbits for $600 each (plus tax and shipping). Each figure will be sold on a first come first serve basis, so if you think you want one be sure to email Amanda the moment she posts pictures of that particular Labbit online.

Custom 20 Inch Modern Hero Dunny by MAD

The Blot’s been dying to get a look at this 20 inch hand painted custom Modern Hero Dunny by MAD ever since he first mentioned it on the Kidrobot forums a few months ago. If I’m not mistaken, for every $50 spent on his online store a customer was given one entry into a drawing for this awesome 20” version of MAD’s Series 4 Dunny.


Modern Hero is The Blot’s favorite MAD character, and whoever won this amazing custom vinyl figure is one lucky collector! I’m still holding out hope there’s a Modern Hero Mad’l in the works to add to the many other toy lines the character has shown up in.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle BATSU Vinyl Figures by NECA

It seems like everyone wants in on the designer vinyl craze! BATSU is the National Entertainment Collectibles Association’s (a.k.a. NECA) entry into the 5-8 inch, reasonably priced designer vinyl toy market. The Blot’s not a huge fan of the platform’s quirky shaped arms and legs, but I do love me some TMNT! This November everyone’s favorite pizza eating mutant turtles, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, will be given the BATSU treatment.



BATSU is NECA’s new highly-stylized line of urban vinyl figurines. Each 5” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle BATSU is poseable at the neck and shoulders and comes with the weapons unique to that specific character (bo staff, katana, nunchuku and sai). Even without the weapons, you can tell who's who just by looking at their expressions, which capture the Turtles' personalities perfectly, from Donatello's concentration to Michelangelo's goofy grin.



NECA's limited edition TMNT BATSU figures hit stores November, 2009 and will be available at the NECA Amazon storefront and other collectible stores worldwide. Each figure will retail for around $15, and you will be able to purchase a complete set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle BATSU vinyl figures for somewhere around $50-60.

Argonaut Resins x Gold Coin Stick Up Resin Figure

The Blot’s favorite resin toy makers, Argonaut Resins, is teaming up with Gold Coin’s Ray “Three” Robinson III to release the world’s first moveable resin figure entitled Stick Up. Stick Up is 8 inches tall, features four bendable limbs and comes with a money bag accessory. I can’t wait to see what colorways Argonaut Resins comes up with for Stick Up, but I have a feeling the figure’s going to look awesome in any color/shade.


What I love most of all about Stick Up is the way Argonaut Resins has brought Three’s unique art style to life in a three dimensional figure. Not all designs are able to transfer from paper to resin/vinyl form successfully, but when they do it’s the perfect mash-up of art and toy. No word yet from Argonaut Resins on Stick Up’s price, release date or colorways, but we’ll hopefully know more soon!

Barneyism of the Week - How To Fix Canada

Attention Canada!

I am Barney from America,
and I’m here to fix your backward ass country.

Number 1: Get Real Money.
Don’t know what board game this came from, but it’s a joke.

Number 2, and this is the biggie,
quit letting awesome chicks like Robin Scherbatsky get away.

Because guess what, you don’t want her?

I’m planting my flag in her,
if you know what I mean which you probably don’t,
and getting her the hell out of here.

You may now return to being pointless.

- Barney Stinson

“Duel Citizenship”

How I Met Your Mother

Disney x MINDstyle Experiment 626 Stitch Artist Series 2

The Blot loves MINDstyle’s 5 inch Experiment 626 Stitch vinyl figures, so I was really excited to find out yesterday they will be collaborating with Disney yet again on an all new wave of Stitch figures. Experiment 626 Stitch Artist Series 2 features some amazing artists, including Triclops Studio, Camilla d’Errico, Scribe, Mad Barbarians, Voltaire, and Devil Robots.




The Blot’s a huge hamburger nut, so you know I’m going to have to get the burger inspired Mad Barbarians Stitch. But the figure I’m really looking forward to is Scribe’s. Everything the Kansas City artist has released this year has been amazing, and his Stitch is no exception. And don’t even get me started on on d’Errico’s Stitch! I think it’s the most detailed paint job on any of the mass produced Stitches so far. With that being said, I have a feeling the Devil Robots Stitch or Scribe Stitch will be this series’ Angry Woebots (meaning impossible to get your hands on!).




Each Disney x MINDstyle Experiment 626 Stitch Artist Series 2 5" vinyl figure will have a limited run of just 500 pieces and will retail for around $25-30.

Threadless - "It Would Have Been Cooler As A Van" Pop Culture Themed T-Shirt

While I don’t usually blog during the day, when I went to check out Threadless’ Hallow-Tees $10 sale I knew I’d have to write about this shirt. To be honest, I totally skipped over the “It Would Have Been Cooler as a Van” t-shirt at first glance. Thankfully, I went back to take a second look and was totally floored by what I saw. Basically, “It Would Have Been Cooler as a Van” re-imagines some of pop culture’s most well known vehicles as vans! This has got to be one of the coolest Threadless tees ever!

It Would Have Been Cooler as a Van by Brandon Ortwein

Like most pop art, the design isn’t overly complex. It’s just a fun idea that anyone could have come up with but didn’t! I’ve gotta give some serious props to artist Brandon Ortwein for following through on this one. The shirt features 21 pop icons from television and movies; some are animated while others have been in comic books and on the silver screen. Can you identify them all!?!

I’ve been able to identify a good chunk of these, but even The Blot can’t get them all. The top two rows are pretty obvious; you’ve got Back to the Future’s time traveling DeLorean, The Ghostbusters’ Ecto-1, the Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee, Optimus Prime from Transformers, The Griswolds’ family station wagon from Vacation, and Speed Racer’s Mach 5. There are also shout-outs to Thomas the Tank Engine, The Blues Brothers, Grease, Maximum Overdrive and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure included on this shirt. If you there are any you aren’t sure of, head here to see the shirt’s key.

The “It Would Have Been Cooler as a Van” t-shirt is currently on sale for $10 (regular price $18) on Threadless.com and comes in both guys and girls style tees.

Blood Red Rose Vampire by Josh Herbolsheimer

A vengeful Earth strikes again, and the Blood Red Rose Vampire is born! Sprouted from beneath the soil under a full moon, it comes to stalk the living! Beware it's coming, lest ye join its minions....


The Blot is still reeling that I missed out on getting a Green Hell Rose Vampire a few weeks ago, so thankfully Super7 is already releasing an all new colorway of one of my favorite vinyl figures. The Blood Red Rose Vampire by Josh Herbolsheimer will go on sale Saturday, October 24th at the Super7 online store and retail for $25 each.