Super7 to Commemorate MF Doom and Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ With ‘All Caps’ Video-Inspired Action Figure (EXCLUSIVE)

Four years after the loss of life of British American rapper and producer Daniel Dumile, his alter ego MF Doom lives on — now within the type of an motion determine.

Pop tradition collectibles firm Super7 is ready to launch an motion determine to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of “Madvillain,” Doom’s acclaimed 2004 collaboration with underground producer Madlib. Inspired by the group’s comic-book-come-to-life music video for “All Caps,” Super7 created a poseable, 16” tall vinyl collectible of Doom in his signature fedora, trench coat and metallic masks.

Released after his third solo album (below his third-and-counting pseudonym, Viktor Vaughn), “Madvillainy” marked Doom’s first collaborative venture since his days as a member of cult ‘90s group KMD. The record more firmly codified the rapper’s presence as each an simple expertise and mysterious determine within the rap world, particularly after adopting the iconography of one in all Marvel Comics’ best villains. Though Super7 beforehand launched (now bought out) 4” figures of Doom impressed by the quilt for his 1999 debut “Operation: Doomsday” and a companion piece of collaborator Czarface, this launch is the marquee collectible of their sequence, and couldn’t come at a greater time: simply weeks after Marvel Studios introduced that Robert Downey Jr. was solid as his namesake, Doctor Doom, in two upcoming “Avengers” movies.

Despite Super7’s pedigree as a producer of motion figures impressed by rappers, the Madvillain determine can be the primary music artist chosen for the corporate’s SuperSize sequence, becoming a member of quite a lot of “Peanuts” and “Sesame Street” characters. Not solely was the determine design drawn from artwork by James Reitano, who animated and directed the music video for”All Caps,” however it is available in a field with new pictures Reitano created particularly for this launch. Additionally, Super7 has created a capsule assortment that includes attire (shirts, sweatshirts and caps), sticker and button packs and a MF Doom skate deck.

Collectors can pre-order their own Madvillain figure on August 5 at 11 a.m. ET, however that window closes on Aug. 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET.