Thor International One Sheet Movie Posters

Marvel released their first traditional one sheet movie posters for this summer’s Thor, and they look awesome. This is how you make a cool comic book live action movie poster (hint, hint X-Men: First Class). I love how both of these international movie posters feature most of the film’s primary cast members and each throws in a little action without it over powering the posters. My favorite Thor poster to date is the one above, which features Chris Hemsworth striking Thor’s trademark pose. There’s just something about seeing him striking Mjolnir to the ground that makes him feel like Thor to me.

Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston, premieres in theaters nationwide on May 6, 2011.

Marvel x Tokidoki Frenzies Mini-Figures Zipper Pulls Blind Box Series

All of your favorite Marvel characters, from Spider-Man to Doctor Doom, from Wolverine to the Mighty Thor, have been given a cute and colorful makeover by Simone Legno of Tokidoki, and these happy visions of your Marvel favorites are now given physical form with these new Marvel x Tokidoki Frenzies Mini-Figures Zipper Pulls Blind Box Series. These little figures showed up in the latest issue of Previews Magazine, and The Blot knows they will be a big hit with both comic book fans and Tokidoki fans alike.

The collaboration between Tokidoki and the Marvel Universe seems to be popular one. Clothing featuring Tokidoki versions of Marvel’s heroes and villains have been popping up in stores around the country, and now they’ll be released in 3D form as a part of the new Marvel x Tokidoki Frenzies Mini-Figures Zipper Pulls Blind Box Series. As miniature zipper pulls, you can affix them to just about anything, your jacket, bag, cell phone or keychain. The Marvel x Tokidoki Frenzies Mini-Figures Zipper Pulls will be sold in blind box mystery packaging starting in June 2011 and will retail for around $6 each.

WonderCon Exclusive Southern Mictlan Vinyl Figure by Jesse Hernandez

The third official colorway of Jesse Hernandez’ Mictlan vinyl figure is set to be released in just a few weeks! The Southern Mictlan is a blue, white and black colorway sold exclusively at WonderCon 2011 in two weeks by KusoVinyl. This is the first time The Blot’s seen Jesse’s Aztec style in this particular color scheme, and the results definitely blow me away!

You can purchase the Southern Mictlan vinyl figure by Jesse Hernandez during WonderCon 2011 at the KusoVinyl booth #736. Jesse will also be on hand throughout the weekend signing these killer figures. The Southern colorway has a limited edition run size of 85 pieces and will retail for $70 each. Any figures still remaining after WonderCon will most likely be found at the KusoVinyl online store, so keep your eyes peeled for their official online relese.

First Look: Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman and Television Show Logo

At this point, everyone and their mother has seen the first image of Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman and dissected it ad nauseum. Everywhere The Blot looked every article I saw was either about Palicki’s Wonder Woman costume or March Madness, and with Texas now eliminated, I’d rather talk more about this costume and the new NBC television show’s logo.

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For me, the costume actually works pretty well. It’s not perfect or what I imagined it would look like, but it’s much better than some of the costumes in other live action comic book adaptations. And it’s definitely better that what it could have been. I think it was a given they’d be giving Diana pants ala her new look in the DC comic books, I just wish they had picked better colors for the uniform. I think a slight change in the costume’s color change would go a long way. But if I had to make one major change it would be this, the boots need to be red! Who in the hell wears boots the identical color as one’s pants? They change those boots and The Blot is a happy man.

To be honest, I hate the show’s logo way more than Palicki’s costume. To me, the Wonder Woman logo looks cheap. I like that they incorporated the key elements (stars, the double W eagle, red and blue colors), but why not just stick with what works? The old double W was classic and recognizable by all. And even better yet, use the title from the current Wonder Woman comic book series. It’s got the colors and the stars, and I really love that font. But enough from me, what do you all think about the new television show’s logo and lead actress?

Ultra FFB T-Shirt by Fur Face Boy

When Japan is in trouble, the world calls upon...ULTRA FUR FACE BOY! Fur Face Boy, one of The Blot’s favorite indie clothing lines from Dallas, Texas, has designed this limited edition t-shirt in which 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross: Japan Relief Fund. Being a pop-culture junkie like The Blot, FFB has based this tee on the iconic Japanese hero Ultraman with a Fur Face Boy twist. I’ve got a feeling a lot of the Kaiju lovers out there will definitely want to get their hands on this awesome shirt, especially with all proceeds being donated to the Red Cross.

The Ultra FFB t-shirt is currently available for pre-order through the Fur Face Boy online store for $32 each. These very special t-shirts will only be available for presale for 5 days only (March 17-21), so act now! And remember, 100% of the proceeds from this shirt will be donated to the Red Cross: Japan Relief Fund.

Convention Exclusive White Lantern Batman & White Lantern Flash Action Figures

Looking to complete your collection of DC Direct Brightest Day/Blackest Night action figures? Well then, you’d better make sure you attend C2E2 or WonderCon this year, because these conventions will serve as the only places where you can purchase these awesome two exclusives from DC Comics, DC Direct and Graphitti Designs: White Lantern Batman and White Lantern Flash! The Blot hasn’t been keeping up with Brightest Day, but I’ve got to imagine Batman and Flash will be playing a huge role in the bi-monthy series’ endgame.

At each convention only 1,000 of each action figure will be made available for purchase at the Graphitti Designs booth (Booth 717 at C2E2 and Booth 201 at WonderCon). To get these awesome Brightest Day

White Lantern action figures you must first get a wristband that will then give you the opportunity to buy one of each character for $20 each.

ZEU Hollis Price Vinyl Figure by Le Merde

Another classic Monster Family figure comes out of hibernation later today! The first production Hollis Price featuring a ZEU t-shirt is a yellow vinyl figure and features Hollis’ trademark bloody neck. Even getting his head ripped off couldn't keep this total shredder down! Awake after a long winter's nap, the ZEU Hollis Price by Le Merde goes on sale today, Friday, March 18th, at 12 noon PDT. You can pick one up for $30 from the Super7 online store.

Kaiju for Japan Earthquake Relief Fundraiser

If you follow The Blot on Twitter then you’re probably already aware of Kaiju for Japan, an awesome fundraiser organized by artist extraordinaire Troy Stith to help raise money for Japan after the horrible devastation of last week. If you’re like me, you can’t get the blight of the Japanese people out of your mind and want to know what you can do to help! Well, here’s an opportunity for the entire toy community to come together and help raise funds, which will be donated to the Red Cross.

As Troy put it, “I also know that some of you have probably already donated to the Red Cross Earthquake/Tsunami relief fund, but I thought we toy makers could help out as well. Seeing that many of our favorite characters and toys come from and or have been inspired by Japanese influences.” Troy’s looking to get as many customs as possible from creators from around the world to sell off for a large donation to the relief fund. If you’re interested in donating, you can email Troy at troystith@hotmail.com. The deadline for contributions is Thursday, April 14th.

If you’re not an artist, just a collector like me, don’t worry! We can play our part too. After all of the custom figures are collected (almost 60 artists have already pledged custom figures), the sale will go live (most likely on Friday, April 22nd). That’s when we can all purchase/bid on these awesome custom figures and help raise money for our fellow toy lovers in Japan. More info to come as we get closer to the on sale date of Kaiju for Japan.

C2E2 Exclusive “Han Shot First” Plush Star Wars Blaster by Steff Bomb

Chicago artist Steff Bomb will be at C2E2, Chicago's premiere pop culture convention, this weekend to release her brand new plush, the “Han Shot First” Handmade Plush Blaster. How cool is this toy!?! Now you too can be Han Solo and reenact everyone’s favorite scene from Star Wars at the Mos Eisley Cantina, well at least until George Lucas ruined it in his Special Edition release.

This C2E2 Exclusive will be available at the Nerd City booth #1026 on Saturday, March 19th, from 2pm - 3pm. The Plush Blaster will sell for $50 each, has a limited edition run size of only 15 pieces and comes with a sweet holster. So stop by the Nerd City booth this Saturday to meet Steff Bomb and get your hands on this awesome plush toy!

[O8STACLES] Custom Toy Series by Ryan the Wheelbarrow

The Blot’s got to say, the more I see of Ryan the Wheelbarrow’s “we_rd art” on vinyl toys the more I’ve come to love his unique, abstract style. Since 2002, he has been adapting 2 low end forms of typographic communications (screen print and sign shops) to produce an art practice of organic typographic abstraction on whatever canvas or object he can find. The longer you look at these weird little things the more interesting they begin to look.

Flash forward to 2011 and you can see the evolution of The Wheelbarrow’s style in his newest custom toy series entitled [O8STACLES]. This custom series will include a 13 piece 3" DUNNY blind-boxed series with one lucky box including a matching 1.5" Labbit (each blind box retails for $55).

Along with the 13 blind boxes, [O8STACLES] will also include three sets of 8"/3" Dunny sets ($300 each) and a 5”/1.5" Labbit pack, which will retail for $160. Each [O8STACLES] custom vinyl figure was created with screen printed acrylic on vinyl stickers and comes packaged in a unique screen printed box. [O8STACLES] launches this Monday, March 21st, at 9am EDT in Ryan the Wheelbarrow’s online store.