ACE: Custom Mini Munnys

One of the biggest sellers at the booth was the new Mini Munny. A lot of people bought one just because they were cute, others because they wanted to try their hand at customizing one. The Con held a custom Munny contest, with several of the attending artists trying their hand at creating new works of art.

Derrick with Urban Medium customizing his Munny

Derrick's finished piece.

"Killer" by Ethan Van Sciver

Munny Mobile by Francesco Fracavalli

"Lobo" by Kevin Stokes

"Hero Bear" by Mike Kunkle

Don Cook's cousin customizing her Munny

ACE: Sket-One

Blue Monday was lucky enough to host Sket-One for the release of his new Ripple figure. In between panels and other functions, Sket signed Ripples, sketched and greeted his fans.

Sket was a great guy, genuinely appreciative of the support he received from his fans. Even though we were happy to be a part of the launch of his latest figure, Sket thanked us for promoting his appearance and helping to make the launch a success. Definitely a class act.




Sket meeting his fans



Sign those figures

Some of Sket's merchandise

Another satisfied fan!

Ripples on parade!

Atlanta Comics Expo

As I mentioned in previous posts, a couple of friends and I were going to have a booth at the Atlanta Comics Expo. For three days, the "Blue Monday" crew had a great time selling vinyl items to a very eager and appreciative crowd. I'm happy to say the response to our booth was overwhelming. It's pretty obvious that Atlanta needs a vinyl store. Hopefully, Blue Monday will be able to fill that need.




The Blue Monday booth



More vinyly goodness



Jeffrey rockin' a sale



Shannon being...Shannon.



Happy customers!



A Stormtrooper and his latest purchase.

The Vivisect Playset

STRANGEco's latest release, The Vivisect Playset, hits the stores tomorrow. I actually had a chance to buy a case of these at wholesale, but passed. To be honest, I wasn't that familiar with them, hadn't seen any of the figures, and didn't realize how cool they would be. Now that I'm better educated, I'm kicking myself because these figures look sweet. Vinyl Pulse has a good article on the set, complete with pictures:

There are fifteen different figures in the blind-boxed Vivisect Playset series: Stella & 'Roo by Pete Gronquist (+ gold/pink SE) Baby-Eating Crocodile by Amanda Visell (+ tan SE) Scurvy Nevil by Greg 'Craola' Simkins (+silver/pink SE) Ledkins by Joe Ledbetter & Greg Simkins, Slugworth by Thomas Han (+GID SE) Clean One by Anthony Ausgang (+ purple/green SE) Mugs Bunny by Luke Chueh (+ sawtooth and three eye SE) and King of the Deadbeets by Joe Ledbetter.

Fortunately for me, we'll be selling the Vivisect figures at the Blue Monday booth at ACE this weekend. I'm sure I'll pick up a few.

Huck Gee Kidninja Figure

The next item on my "To Buy" list is the new Kidninja 8" by Huck Gee. Kidrobot will release the figure on February 14. There will be two colors - white and grey - with each color having a run of 1,000 pieces.




Sweetness!

Star Wars Mighty Muggs

I was at a Wal-Mart during my lunch hour today, picking up some stuff for the ACE convention this weekend. I strolled through the toy section to see if they had any of the Marvel Super Hero Squad figures I was missing when I noticed something new.

Star Wars Mighty Mugg by Hasbro. And they were vinyl! I know I don't get out enough, as I had no idea these were coming out. I snagged about ten boxes, thinking they may make good items to sell at ACE (or online). I have some Vaders, some Mauls, a Han Solo, A Chewie, a couple of Boba Fetts, and some Stormtroopers. Pretty cool figures! I like the shape too - I may pick up some to customize.

I went online after I got back to the office and did some research. Hasbro's releasing a Marvel series as well. Those are definitely on my list!

ACE Update: Sket One

Holy Shit.

That's all I can manage to say, with news this big. As I mentioned in my last post, the Blue Monday team will be manning a booth at this year's ACE Convention here in Atlanta. There's already a ton of vinyl-related events scheduled, but this bit of news is HUGE:

Sket One's new Ripple figure will be released during ACE at the Blue Monday booth!!! Limited to only 500 pieces, the OG Vanilla figure will be selling for $44.99, and Sket will be on hand to sign.

This is freaking huge, people.

Like I said before, mark your calendars.