I am a portable gaming accessory FIEND! From the age of 13 (when I bought the original Game Boy on my 1st trip to Japan)... every portable gaming console I have bought was followed up with the OCD purchase of the best possible case I could find. Back then, it was a humungous black plastic case with snazzy gold "NINTENDO GAME BOY" logo lettering across the front that included space for my Game Boy, rechargeable battery (remember that external gray brick?!), 4 games and random wires. At the end of the day you'd have something resembling a thin lunch pail that wasn't very portable. Then again, as a whole the original Game Boy wasn't portable.

These days, every portable system I own has a carrying case I meticulously purchased for it. I'd go to great lengths to find the perfect case. If I couldn't find it in the US, no problem, I'd import one from Japan (gotta love those affordable Hori cases!). I even bought a special case for my Game Boy Micro despite it already coming with a carrying case (sorry Nintendo, that silly black bag won't cut it!).

So, you've seen Gobi's take on a classic Capcom Street Fighter battle (a heated duel between Street Fighter 3's Q and Oro AS SEEN HERE). Fabien M, being the fierce competitor of EVERYTHING, stepped up to the plate and delivered a meticulously choreographed battle royale between Balrog (the Mike Tyson clone known outside the USA as M.Bison), Oro, Evil Ryu, and Q. Considering Gobi's unabashed love for all 3 characters, I'm pretty sure this is Fabien's passionate attempt at proving that Balrog is the King of Fighters (hold up, is that an inappropriate title for a Capcom character?). Fabien made a fight so big, it couldn't be contained in just one post. With a 6 illustration limit, I had to stretch out the fight between 2 posts. Think of it as a big thank you from Team Muttpop in time for Turkey Day. Happy Thanksgiving!

(below are the 1st 4 images. The last 6 images can be seen in the second post.)

Fabien M's flurry of action packed Street Fighter battles continues! After kicking some old Oro behind, Balrog continues his boxing rampage! (second part of Fabien M's Street Fighter battle royale)

Here it is: an official picture of the Muttpop Series 3 BUD Chase Figure (as photographed by our very own Jerry Frissen). Based on the stat card included with every BUD Series 3 figure, you have a 2.3% chance of pulling one of the figures out of a BUD 3 Blind Box. So, out of a 1000 Series 3 Blind Boxes, there are only 23 Muttpop Chase figures. Nice! I feel special and very rare. It helps that he looks so darn spiffy. Oh yeah, and if you haven't figured it out yet, it's a Red Demon BUD!

Jerry, Lea, and I had a wonderful time attending DesignerCon 2009. It was a bit rough waking up bright and early. I was pretty proud of myself for having been so prepared bringing the materials necessary for manning the Muttpop booth (calculators, notepads, con info...). Then, 5 minutes before the con opened I realized I forgot my wallet. Ahhhh! I had about $100 in $5 dollar bills in my wallet ready for delivering change to fans purchasing stuff from our booth (nope, it's NOT stripper money!). After a bit of a panic frenzy, Jerry calmly pointed out he had some cash on hand. We got change for a couple of $20 bills from the always prepared Dov Kelemer of DKE Toys and began the show. It was great seeing all of Muttpop fans and attendees. I'd love to give shout outs to pato1001, MistaHippo, Kill, William Miller, Scott Tolleson, KiLL!, Ally, thepureguava, and everyone else for stopping by!

Muttpop Inc. is proud to be a part of the DesignerCon at the Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, November 21st. At table/booth #45 we will be offering very limited quantities of Ocran Ocinatas Tequila and the yet-to-be-revealed Series 3 BUD Muttpop chase figure for purchase. We'll also be selling a variety of Muttpop classic toys and comics. Be sure to stop by and say hello to Jerry Frissen and me (Muttpop Bob)! Key information on the DesignerCon can be found below. Additional information on the convention can be found on the DesignerCon website. Muttpop will be at Table 45 (click on the map image below for our precise location).