There’s a new Marvel live action movie coming this November, which means the world will be getting a corresponding series of Pop! vinyl figures from Funko! For Thor: The Dark World Funko will be releasing three awesome movie accurate Pop! Marvel vinyl figures including Thor, Loki and a Dark Elf. Funko’s original Thor movie Pop! were some of the best figures they’ve ever released, and these three are a fabulous continuation of Marvel’s Thor movie line. While Loki isn’t sporting his horned helmet for this release, The Blot actually prefers this version of the God of Lies.

Each Thor: The Dark World Pop! Marvel vinyl figure stands 3.75” tall, features one point of articulation, and comes packaged in a full color displayable window box. While these figures are not scheduled to fly into store shelves until October 2013, you can pre-order them all from Entertainment Earth for $9.99 each here.

Plastic Empire has teamed up with Funko to release the first ever The Walking Dead 7” Mystery Mini vinyl figure variant! The Bloody Daryl Dixon 7” Mystery Mini will be released as a Walker Stalker Con exclusive at the zombie, horror, sci-fi convention in Atlanta, Georgia on November 1-3rd. Has Daryl ever looked so good!?! I don’t know about you, but The Blot prefers his Daryl Dixon extra bloody!

For those of us unable to attend Walker Stalker Con, Plastic Empire will be allowing non-attendees to pre-order this awesome figure at the Plastic Empire online store beginning today, Friday, August 30th, at noon EST for just $19.99. For the diehard The Walking Dead fans, there’s also a Signed Edition that actually comes autographed by Norman Reedus (who plays Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead TV show). A very limited number of these signed figures will also be made available for pre-order for just $59.99. Don’t miss out on this one of a kind TWD collectible!

One of The Blot’s favorite releases from the past two years is the Mork vinyl figure by MAD. Produced by Pobber, this fun character’s sixth and final colorway hit store shelves over the summer and The Blot got his hands on one! While all six versions are awesome, this is definitely my favorite of the bunch. The “Hero” Mork is the good brother of the Mork Twins, and features a blue and white color scheme.

What’s really cool about this figure is how many of MAD’s signature elements it includes. The helmet features MAD’s classic Guardian wings, his body rocks MAD’s handstyle graphics, and then there’s those crazy Mork teeth and body zipper. The Mork character has actually been around for years, and I even scored one of ten custom Mork 10” Mad’ls that MAD released blind box style back in 2010. It’s one of my favorite pieces in my collection, and I love the fact that the characters finally turned into a production toy!

Pobber did an amazing job turning MAD’s Mork Twins into 3D toys. With such a huge head you’d think he might be top heavy, but he actually stands great! The helmet is removable and fits snuggly on Mork’s head without damaging the very detailed sculpt underneath. As you can see all of the details on Mork’s head is sculpted, from the figure’s eyebrows and teeth all the way to the three hairs on the top of his head. Even his PJs include a sculpted hood and butt flap. But my favorite detail is the full body zipper. It just says “MAD” to me.

The Blot always has a hard time judging just how big a toy feels from their descriptions. Mork is advertised as 6.5” tall, but doesn’t he look almost as big as an 8” Dunny when his helmet is on? This is definitely a substantial toy with 5 points of articulation (head, arms & wrists) and a removable helmet. And the QC on this guy is impeccable! All of the painted on graphics are super tight, which is important for a figure like the Hero Mork when most of the detailing is in white. All of that combined makes Mork an instant buy for The Blot, especially at the price point of just $65! You an pick one up now at designer toy stores everywhere. Now all I’ve got to do is track down the figure’s other 5 colorways…

It’s hard to believe it’s been over two years since Spanky Stokes released its first exclusive batch of Black Gread resins figures by Dead Hand Toys. This Friday Spanky and Brian Ahlbeck join forces once again to release this exclusive set of Tri-Color Black Greads! This blind bag set of monochromatic marbled resin figures is limited to just 20 pieces and includes 2 super rare “Bloodshot” chases featuring hand painted red eyes. Each 1” Tri-Color Black Gread includes stickers and buttons, and will go on sale at the Spanky Stokes online store this Friday, August 30th, at noon PST for $20 each.

Nathan Hamill has some really exciting things in store for Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention, like this month’s Octopup release! For August 2013, Nathan is releasing the Wizard of Oz inspired Emeraldpup. Produced by 3DRetro and cast in a beautiful green Japanese soft vinyl, the Emeraldpup stands 2” tall and can be purchased at the STGCC booth C29 for around $10 each. Look for Nathan (who will be in attendance at STGCC) to get your Octopup signed.

Dunnibal …it’s what’s for dinner! British artists ilovedust and Kidrobot are collaborating once again to release an awesome new 8” Dunny that’s ready to devour the vinyl figures in your collection. Better not leave your Dunnys around with ilovedust’s Dunnibal is around! This vicious Dunny goes on sale September 26 at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers worldwide for $75.

The Dunnibal 8” Dunny is the first release in KR’s new Kidrobot X Artist Series, which will explore an extensive range of themes from ironic twists on pop culture to commentary on sexuality. The Kidrobot X Artist Series represents the work of graphic designers, toy artists, graffiti writers, illustrators and beyond.

Nathan Hamill is heading to Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention and he’s bringing an exclusive Strife and Sire with him! Produced by 3DRetro, the STGCC Exclusive Sandstorm Edition Strife and Sire stands 7” tall and features a dusty brown and tan colorway. Even better still, Nathan will actually be traveling to Singapore to sign this limited edition release. Collectors heading to STGCC can pick one up for just $50 at Booth C29.

The Blot will never tire of Transformers: The Movie screen prints! Now I’m not talking about that live action abomination of a film that Michael Bay directed, I’m talking the epic ‘80s animated film entitled Transformers: The Movie. For Acidfree Gallery’s newest release Tom Whalen has designed an awesome movie poster featuring the central characters from the film. What I love about this print is that it doesn’t feature the same old Transfromers like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock and Megatron. Instead it features what I like to refer to as the second wave of TF Generation 1, including Rodimus Prime, Kup, Arcee, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar and Galvitron. It’s even got Daniel Witwicky in his Transformers exosuit! This print is all kinds of perfect.

Transformers: The Movie by Tom Whalen is a 24”x36” 7 color screen print and will be available for purchase through the Acidfree Gallery online store at 12:30pm EST on Thursday, August 29th. The Standard Edition is a timed release that will be available for just three days (August 29-31) for $50. Its run size will be set by the number orders placed during that 3 window and each print will come hand numbered. The Variant features metallic inks, will come signed and numbered by the artist, has a limited edition run size of just 86 pieces, and can be purchased for $75 each.

This has got to be one of the strangest collaborations The Blot has ever seen! Rock band Linkin Park is teaming up with Hasbro to produce a very special LP Edition Soundwave Trasnformers action figure. Based on the original Generation 1 Soundwave and designed by Linkin Park member Joe Hahn, this limited edition figure features an orange gold treatment and is packaged in a unique cassette tape inspired box.

The Linkin Park x Hasbro Soundwave Special Edition Transformers action figure includes a 7” G1 Soundwave (featuring 8 points of articulation) and includes four of Soundwave’s popular cassette spy minions that actually fit in the tape compartment in his chest, Ravage, Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw and Ratbat. This figure actually looks pretty cool, but the Linkin Park tie-in is a little surprising to say the least. I don’t really get it, but hey maybe they’re just Transformers fans like the rest of us!

The Linkin Park Soundwave Transformer is available for purchase exclusively at the SURU online store for $150 each.

Following its debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 comes the first new colorway of Mike Egan’s second vinyl figure Lucky! The Blot loves this devilish sofubi vinyl figure and it will definitely look killer next to his original figure Bones. Cast in light blue soft Japanese vinyl with black rub, the Light Blue Lucky by Mike Egan has a limited edition run size of just 25 pieces, retails for $60, and is currently available for purchase through Mike’s online store.

It’s cool that Capcom and Disney decided to upgrade the classic NES Ducktales video game we all loved as kids, but who knew it would take over the pop culture landscape like it has these past few months. And now everyone’s trying to cash in on the Ducktales resurgence! Later today (Wednesday, August 28th) at a random time Mondo will be releasing a new series of Ducktales inspired screen prints featuring designs by JJ Harrison, Anne Benjamin, Phantom City Creative and DKNG in their online store. Duckburg has never looked so good!

Ducktales by JJ Harrison is a 24"x36" hand numbered screen print. It has a limited edition run size of 240 pieces and will retail for $50.

Huey, Dewey and Louie by Anne Benjamin is an 18"x24" hand numbered Ducktales screen print. It has a limited edition run size of 160 pieces and will retail for $45.

Magica De Spell by Phantom City Creative is an 18"x24" hand numbered screen print. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 140 pieces and will retail for $45, while the Variant is limited to just 75 pieces and will retail for $65.

Scrooge McDuck by DKNG is an 18"x24" hand numbered screen print. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 190 pieces and will retail for $45, while the Variant has a limited edition run size of 100 pieces and will retail for $65.

The first character movie posters for Marvel’s next film, Thor: The Dark World, have finally hit the internet and they look awesome! I love that Loki returns for his third film, and it appears this time he’ll be playing the reluctant hero. Interesting times ahead for sure! While these posters are heavily photoshopped, I love all the emotion coming from them. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor one sheet evokes the rush of a battle and the rage of the God of Thunder, while Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is clearly contemplating something truly devious. The Blot can’t wait to see more!

Thor: The Dark World storms into theaters on November 8, 2013.

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year and a half since Super7 announced the winners of their Mummy Mania Custom Toy Show and Contest! As you probably remember, Super7 picked one custom full sized Mummy Boy and one custom Pocket Mummy Boy from all of the designs entered into their Mummy Mania Custom Toy Show and Contest to be produced as limited edition production figures. The winners were Gian Marayag and Eckotyper, and Super7 did a fantastic job recreating their hand painted deisgns!

Gian Marayag’s custom “Saturday Night Special” Mummy Boy is cast in dark charcoal grey vinyl with soft sprays of army green, maroon, light grey and gold sprays with a soft satin matte finish, just like the beautiful original. Eckotyper’s “Spinal Fusion” Pocket Mummy Boy proves he has nothing to hide with his metallic purple sprays revealing his glow-in-the-dark resin skeletal system through unpainted clear blue vinyl areas on his belly, eyes and mouth.

Both Mummy Mania Mummy Boy vinyl figures go on sale at the Super7 online store Thursday, August 29th, at noon PST. The full size “Saturday Night Special” Mummy Boy will retail for $50, while the pint sized “Spinal Fusion” Pocket Mummy Boy will retail for just $35.

It is super rare for legendary concert poster artist Jermaine Rogers to design a movie poster, so when he announced on Facebook that he’d been commissioned to design a new movie screen print The Blot’s interest was definitely piqued! What film could have inspired JR enough participate in this project you ask!?! Only one of the greatest movies of all time…The Godfather 2!

Produced by Spoke Art in conjunction with the film’s screening at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, Jermaine created this striking image inspired by one of The Godfather 2’s most memorable quotes: "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" As Jermaine explained on Facebook, “some of my biggest heroes are Polish film poster artists and that style...so everything here is real d.i.y. - no gloss.” What a killer image!

The Godfather 2 by Jermaine Rogers is a 29”x23” signed and numbered 2 color screen print. Limited to just 100 pieces, you can pick up this awesome movie poster from the Spoke Art online store for just $50.

Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries has been hard at work on a new series of Daft Punk inspired bootleg resin figures entitled Dance Punks. Man do these 2.75” Robot Disco Jockeys resin figures look awesome or what!?! While these hand cast Dance Punks are not articulated, they do bear a remarkably striking resemblance to Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.

There are two different Dance Punks editions to choose from at the Kid Ink Industries online store, and both are pretty freaking cool! The Randomly Accessed Memories Edition is limited to just 8 sets and comes hand painted and unpackaged for $80 per set. Dulfer has also produced 2 one of a kind sets of Glow in the Dark Dance Punks, each coming packaged on a hand painted Plexiglas blister card for $120 per set. The packaging alone makes these GID sets a release not to be missed!

Earlier this year Urban Vinyl Daily teamed up with the artist JC Rivera to create a new logo and “Bloggin’ Bear” mascots for the website. Now UVD is teaming up with outsmART originals to release a line of t-shirts based on the UVD Blogging Bears! For their first collaboration, UVD and outsmART originals will be releasing the “Bloggin’ Bear Travis” tee featuring one of the UVD Bears sporting his signature grey flannel shirt and black rim glasses. Pick one up today at the Urban Vinyl Daily online store (in sizes S-3XL) for $25-28 each.

Sket One’s “Galactic Empire” t-shirt proved so popular he and Silent Stage Gallery are bringing it back for a special one week engagement! Not only that, but they added a killer new grayscale colorway. Who knew combining the California state flag with the Galactic Empire’s Death Star and AT-AT would looks so freaking perfect! Rep the dreaded Empire on your chest with the “Galacic Empire” Star Wars t-shirt.

The “Galactic Empire” Greyscale Star Wars t-shirt by Sket One is on sale for one week only (August 22nd-29th) at the Silent Stage online store for $25. The design is available in black and white tees, size S-3XL.

Johnny Cupcakes continues its epic line of “take-out food” tees with the “Papa Johnny” t-shirt! Inspired by Papa John’s and packaged in a custom Johnny Cupcakes pizza box, this limited edition t-shirt is limited to just 400 pieces. First it was a Chinese food take out box, then it was a hamburger take out box. What could Johnny possibly come up with next?

The “Papa Johnny” Johnny Cupcakes T-Shirt is available for purchase now through the Johnny Cupcakes online store for $50 each.

Deth P. Sun recently printed up some fun new t-shirts entitled “Flags/Please Be Brave”. If you ask The Blot, everyone needs a t-shirt with the “Rad” Drumming Cat on it! I’ve always loved Deth’s intricate line work and this one color t-shirt does a great job showing off his unique art style. Hopefully this is just the first in a new line of t-shirts by Deth!

The “Flags/Please Be Brave” T-Shirt by Deth P. Sun features blue ink on white t-shirts and can be purchased at Deth's online store. The girls style is printed on American Apparel 2102 shirts, comes in sizes S-L and retails for $25. The mens style tees are printed on Gildan Ultra Cotton, comes in sizes S-XL and retails for $20.

Gentle Giant continues its Hoth theme for its line of Jumbo Vintage Kenner Star Wars action figure reproductions with the Imperial Snowtrooper in Hot Battle Gear! Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is still The Blot’s favorite Star Wars film and the figures based on the film are usually top notch!

SoKo Cat has been hard at work on a new custom series of Baby Deadbeets PVC mini figures. The “Steelbeets” Heavy Metal Baby Deadbeet Series features five 1.5” hand painted figures that look like they were actually cast in steel! Always ready for action, these brawny babies have the bravery and boldness of beets twice their size. Don’t tread on these mean dudes or you’ll be sorry!

The “Steelbeets” Heavy metal Baby Deadbeets Series are currently available for purchase in SoKo Cat’s online store for $25 each.

It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since Rampage Toys’ Ugly Unicorn burst on the designer toy scene! The Blot’s proud to say I jumped on the UU bandwagon early and have a couple of the figure’s early releases in my collection. In honor of Ugly Unicorn’s 2nd birthday Jon Malmstedt will be releasing this mythical creature in the classic unpainted black colorway. This is the first time UU has ever been cast in black soft Japanese vinyl, and the only time it will ever be available as an unpainted black figure.

Even better still, in honor of the Ugly Unicorn’s 2nd anniversary John has lowered the price of the Black Unpainted UU to just $20 each via the Rampage Toys online store! This is an open pre-order, so there is no limit on the number of figures you may order. The figure will be available for purchase for approximately one week through August 31st. Pretty awesome, right!?! The Blot can’t wait to see what customizers do with this one.

The World’s End, the third and final film in Edgar Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, premieres tonight. To celebrate the film’s release Mondo has teamed up with Kevin Tong to produce this awesome movie poster! Between yesterday’s Shaun of the Dead release by Tyler Stout and today’s Kevin Tong release Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have never looked so good!

The World’s End by Kevin Tong is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 290 pieces and will retail for $45, while the Variant has a limited edition run size of 115 pieces and will retail for $65. Both prints go on sale at a random time today, Friday, August 23rd, at the Mondo online store.

Jesse Hernandez’ awesome Jaguar Knight vinyl figure is back in a hot new colorway! Produced by Pobber and sold exclusively at Toy Art Gallery, the Fuego Jaguar Knight features a killer red and black color scheme and is cast in glow in the dark vinyl that glows bright red! Here’s hoping we get to see a few more of Jesse’s figures in this awesome Fuego colorway.

The TAG Exclusive Fuego GID Red Jaguar Knight vinyl figure by Jesse Hernandez stands 12” tall, features 7 points of articulation, and comes armed with a macuahuitl and shield. Pick one up today at the TAG online store for $120 each.

Button Lab, known for making high quality custom buttons, has released a new series of collectible blind bag button packs! The Button Lab Artist Series Button Packs include limited edition art buttons featuring designs by a seriously impressive line-up of artists. The Blot’s a huge fan of 1” buttons, and I can’t wait to grab a few button packs to add to my always growing collection.

Each Button Lab Artist Series Button Pack includes 4 buttons (three 1" buttons and one 1.25" buton) and retails for just $5 each in the Button Lab online store. The Button Lab Artist Series includes buttons by Scott Tolleson, Skinner, Ajee, Royce Bannon, MCA, Nathan Hamill, Nate Mitchell, Mike Egan, Jason Limon, Alex Chiu, Abe Lincoln Jr., Renee French and Nosego.

Mimoco has unveiled its newest Adventure Time Mimobot based on the popular animated television series, and it’s Marceline the Vampire Queen! Marceline may be the Vampire Queen, but there’s no need to fear her. Just don’t do anything stupid like eat her French fries, steal her shirt, or wear something red, and you’ll be fine. Now that she’s joined the Adventure Time Mimobot line alongside her friends Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Fiona, BMO Rainbow, and the Ice King you can have the whole Adventure Time crew ready to protect your data!

Cartoon Network x Mimoco Marceline Adventure Time Mimobot USB Flashdrive comes in a range of 8GB to 128GB memory capacities, and is preloaded with bonus Adventure Time themed digital extras like wallpapers, icons, and avatars. The Marceline Mimobot USB Flashdrive is currently available now for purchase at Mimoco's online store starting at $24.95.

The Blot’s been dying for a new movie poster from Tyler Stout, and this one’s a beauty! Originally released as part of the Alamo Drafthouse’s Austin screening of Edgar Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, Mondo is now releasing its remaining stock of Shaun of the Dead screen prints online later today! Just in time for the world premiere of Wright’s The World’s End tomorrow, Friday, August 23rd. I freaking love all the details Stout puts into each and every one of his prints. Hope I can see this one in person one day! Although with over 1,000 pieces in this release I’ve got a feeling this will be one of the easier Stouts to get your hands on.

Shaun of the Dead by Tyler Stout is a 24”x36” hand numbered screen print. The Standard Edition has a limited edition run size of 710 pieces and will retail for $60, while the Variant has a limited edition run size of 300 pieces and will retail for $110. Both prints go on sale at a random time today, Thursday, August 22nd, at the Mondo online store.