G.I. Joe: Retaliation First Look: Elodie Yung as Jinx

The newest still image to be released in conjunction with the marketing of this summer’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation is of Elodie Yung as Jinx! The Blot’s always been a huge Jinx fan, starting with her debut in the 1987 animated film G.I. Joe: The Movie. A month later she would make her debut in the Marvel comic book and the rest is history. Jinx has never been a hugely popular G.I. Joe character, but she always seems to pop back up eventually in every iteration of the franchise. After making a brief appearance in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Jinx is ready to take center stage in G.I. Joe: Retaliation as the film explores the history of the Arashikage ninja clan.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is scheduled to premier in theaters on June 29, 2012.

Tenacious Toys Exclusive Uncle Argh Noir Qee by Scott Tolleson Kickstarter Project

The second colorway of Scott Tolleson’s popular Uncle Argh Mini Qee is in the works, but it needs your support to make it happen. This particular Kickstarter project is intended to fund an exclusive grayscale colorway, the Noir Edition, of Scott's 5" Uncle Argh Mini Qee. Toy2R will produce 500 of these figures in all, with all (minus the Kickstarter rewards) sold as Tenacious Toys exclusive. Everything for this project is ready to go, all that’s left is to raise the money! All funds raised through this Kickstarter project will be used to manufacture the Uncle Argh NOIR vinyl figures and cover their shipping from Hong Kong to the US.

The Blot’s a huge fan of both Scott Tolleson and Tenacious Toys, so here’s hoping these two forces can make this project happen. There’s still 34 days to go and the Noir Edition Uncle Argh Qee is almost funded, but there’s still a way to go! So head over to Kickstarter to find out more about how you can support the creation of Uncle Argh's second colorway.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation First Look: Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock

The next G.I. Joe: Retaliation still image to hit the web is of the film’s star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Roadblock. Roadblock was always one of The Blot’s favorite G.I. Joe characters from the ‘80s cartoon and comic book series. Sadly at some point in the late '90s Hasbro decided to replace Roadblock with Heavy Duty, but for the life of me I could not figure out why. I guess it worked out then that it was Heavy Duty, and not Roadblock, in the horrible G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. This allowed Roadblock to take center stage in what is starting to look like a good movie, G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is scheduled to premier in theaters on June 29, 2012.

Coming Soon: Tuttz Mini Series 7 - Tweety & Bad Tweety Chase Figures

END of Argonaut Resins is hard at work at finishing his extremely popular Tuttz Mini Series 7. There will be 14 more mini Tuttz resin figures released to round out Series 7, and so far these might be the best Tuttz Minis ever! I especially love these Tweety Bird inspired colorways entitled “Tweet” and “Bad Tweety.” These Series 7 chase figures are some of the best yellow color schemes I’ve ever seen on a Tuttz.

Each Tuttz Mini Series 7 resin figure will retail for $40 and can be purchased at the Argonaut Resins online store. No word on when these figures will go on sale, but you can believe they will be gone in a flash when they do! I don’t know about you, but The Blot’s got his eye on that beautiful Metallic Bubblegum Tuttz Mini on the right!

Clothe Yourself in Awesome, a Kickstarter T-Shirt Project by Lain Lee 3

It’s pretty rare that we feature Kickstarter projects here on TheBlotSays.com. Usually I just tweet about them on Twitter, but this is one I wanted to give special attention to. I first met San Francisco artist Lain Lee 3 on Twitter and have been following his work ever since. He’s a fellow t-shirt collector and launched this Kickstarter fashion project entitled “Clothe Yourself in Awesome” to get his new t-shirt line off the ground and in your closet! Lain has picked three of his most popular designs to kick off the collection and has set some really reasonably priced reward packages.

These t-shirts are so dope, my only problem is deciding which one to get! But you don’t have to limit yourself, get all three! There’s The Avengers inspired “Assemble”, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles inspired “Doodle Power” and the Nike sneaker tee “99 Problems”, all three designed in Lain 3’s signature style. The “Clothe Yourself in Awesome” fashion project by Lain Lee 3 still has 10 days to go and could use your support…head over to Kickstarter to find out more!

The Mooncrow Resin Figure by Motorbot

The Blot is excited to introduce you to Motorbot’s Mooncrow, one of the most unique collaborations in the history of designer toys. You see, the Mooncrow was actually created by one of Motorbot’s kids! Based on the drawings of his oldest daughter, Motorbot redesigned the creature and began sculpturing. With her birthday quickly approaching, Motorbot decided to surprise her by having The Mooncrow ready on her birthday. How freaking cool is that!?!

She had no idea Motorbot was working on the figure, but he kept getting bits of info out of her about this monster she created. He was called a mooncrow and she wanted a silver one. And so, the mooncrow was officially born on her birthday! She was quite excited and after some negotiations she agreed to let Motorbot offer him to the public…but for a small fee. Already an entrepreneur at such a young age! Her daddy must be so proud.

The Mooncrow is now available at the Deadbear Studios online store for $35 each. Only 10 Mooncrows have been produced, 5 one offs and 5 GID white pearl editions, and the figure’s original designer will be getting a cut from each figure sold. So be sure to pick one up while supplies last and support one of the youngest designer toy makers ever!

Barneyism of the Week - Quinn

“But why Quinn?
I mean, you spent one night with her and she was kind of mean.” - Ted

We just connected…emotionally, intellectually, spiritually.

“So mind blowing sex?” - Ted

MIND BLOWING SEX!

For an hour afterwards I couldn’t uncross my eyes.

Which was awesome, because when I went back for seconds
it was like having a three-way with twins.

- Barney Stinson

"Karma"

How I Met Your Mother

Rsin x Dead Hand Toys Custom Gread Resin Figures

The newest series of artist edition Gread resin figures from Dead Hand Toys drops next week and these look crazy good! This time around Lysol has teamed up with the extremely talented Rsin on a set of 10 Greads. I love collaborations like this because it’s so cool to see how one artist’s style translates to another artist’s figure.

The Rsin x Dead Hand Toys Greads go on sale at the Dead Hand Toys online store this Tuesday, March 27th at noon EST. Each figure comes bagged with a header card and will retail for $20 (+ $3 shipping).

Custom Bellicose Bunny by Jester

Tonight is opening night for Nathan Hamill’s BELLICOSITY: A Bellicose Bunny Custom Group Show at TAG in LA. When the show was first announced I heard some say they weren’t sure how the Bellicose Bunny sculpt would work as a platform for a custom show. Boy were they wrong! From the teaser images I’ve seen so far, every piece has been more amazing than the last. Just look at this awesome custom by fellow Houstonian Jester! In his custom, the Bellicose Bunny has upgraded from his carrot rocket to something a little more menacing. Be sure to check the TAG website on Saturday to see all of the customs, because this is going to be an amazing show!

BELLICOSITY opens Friday, March 23rd, and runs through April 6th at Toy Art Gallery’s new showroom located at 7571 Melrose Ave., Hollywood CA 90046. Artists participating in the show are: A Little Stranger, Ardabus Rubber, Ayleen Gaspar, Blamo (Mikie Graham), Bob Conge, Brandon Griffith, Carson Catlin, Cris Rose, D-Lux, George Gaspar, Gris Grimly, J*Ryu, Jeremiah Ketner, Jermaine Rogers, Jester, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Josh Mayhem, Julie B., Julie West, KMNDZ, Lash, Leecifer, Luke Chueh, Martin Hsu, Miss Mindy, Nebulon5, OsirisOrion, Peap, Ragnar, Rohby, Rsin, Scott Tolleson, SpankyStokes, Steve Talkowski, Southerdrawl, TaskOne, Todd Robertson, Tomi Monstre, Touma, Toybot Studios, Valleydweller, Voltaire and many more!

ESC x Monster Kolor Summer Dream Kissaki Vinyl Figure

Kissaki, The Blot’s favorite ESC Toy figure, is finally back in a brand new colorway! This beautiful Summer Dream Kissaki by Erick Scarecrow features a really fun and vibrant color scheme of two shades of blue, yellow and pink Monster Kolor paints. As Erick explained on his blog, “I wanted to do another Kissaki for a long time ESPECIALLY AFTER I SAW THE BOOTLEGS! So this was a long time coming and I'm very happy it's here.”

Summer Dream Kissaki has a limited edition run size of 9 pieces, and each figure includes a very special limited edition giclee print. Pick one up today, Friday, March 23rd, at the ESC online store at 11am EST.