Last week The Blot mentioned tonight’s exclusive launch party of the Be@rbrick and Kubrick Lostcollection hosted by Medicom Toy Japan, Diamond Comic Distributers and Meltdown Comics. Besides the great opportunity to have your Lost Be@rbrick and Kubrick designer vinyl figures autographed by the show’s creators, executive producers and writers, fans can also purchase an exclusive Lost/Meltdown event Be@rbrick.
I just found out the exclusive Be@rbrick in question is a limited edition Diamond Comic Distributers exclusive 100% Dharma Be@rbrick. The 100% Dharma Be@rbrick is not only a smaller version of the previously released 400% Dharma Be@rbrick, but also much more rare. The Diamond exclusive 100% Dharma Be@rbrick has a limited run of only 1,000 figures.
The figure retails for $15 each and can be purchased while supplies last directly from Meltdown Comics here. Act fast though because Meltdown expects their allotment of the limited edition Lost Be@rbricks to sell out at tonight’s Lost Kubrick/Be@rbrick world premiere party.
The Blot’s got some really exciting Lost news for today. EW.com is reporting that ABC has set a date for Lost’s return to network television. The show’s fifth season will start on January 21, 2008 at 8/7c with a special three hour event. (link) This means Lost will be returning to Wednesday nights, where it originally aired for its first three seasons, and not Thursday nights, where Season 4 aired behind ABC heavyweight Grey’s Anatomy.
According to reports, the Lost Season 5 premier will start off with an hour long recap special at 8/7c, which will be followed by the season’s first two episodes broadcast back-to-back starting at 9/8c. (link) From there on out it sounds like Lost will be airing regularly in its original time slot of 9/8c. I think this is pretty exciting news, and hopefully I’ll have more news to share as we get closer to the Season 5 premiere date.
To help spur even more excitement over the upcoming season, ABC has released 15 seconds of all new footage from Lost Season 5. The new Destiny Calls promo clip may be extremely brief, but it gives Lost fans tons to scrutinize and debate. Check out the new Destiny Calls Lost promotional clip below:
And lastly, Medicom Toy Japan, Diamond Comic Distributers and Meltdown Comics are hosting the world premiere and signing event of the Be@rbrick and Kubrick Lost collection in LA on Wednesday, Nov 19. (link) Fans will have the opportunity to buy one event exclusive Be@rbrick per person, and have it signed by the show's creators and executive producers, which includes J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Series 1 Lost Kubricks will also be sold without a limit until Meltdown sells out.
I can’t even tell you how mad I am that I’m missing out on this event. That’s what I get for not living in LA. Why doesn’t cool stuff like this happen in Houston? If any L.A. readers of The Blot Says… are thinking about attending this event please let me know because I would kill to get one of these exclusive Lost Be@rbricks autographed by the show’s creators.