Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash

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"Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash" is a comic and novelty store owned and operated by filmmaker Kevin Smith. Merchandise includes comic books, comic-related merchandise, and View Askew film-related items (i.e. apparel, action figures, posters, etc.). Currently, the store can be found in two U.S. locations: its flagship store is on Broad Street in Red Bank, New Jersey (referred to as the "East Coast Stash") and a newer location can be found in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California (the "West Coast Stash"), Smith's current home.

[edit] In the Movies

The Stash has been a notable place for owner Kevin Smith to shoot some of his View Askew films. It first appeared in a deleted scene from Chasing Amy as Steve-Dave and Walt's comic book store. It saw more prominence in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Brodie's Secret Stash, a comic store owned by Mallrats character Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee).

Additionally, many props from Smith's movies have made their way to both Stash locations (most notably the "Buddy Christ" statue from Dogma and the "Bluntman and Chronic" props from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). Though not for sale, visitors nevertheless are permitted to snap photographs of the memorabilia.

[edit] Examples of Merchandise

There are several rare forms of merchandise sold at Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash (though these are also available at many other retailers).

[edit] InAction Figures

Image:Clerksinaf.jpg InAction Figures PVS miniatures of characters from the New Jersey films with no moving parts. Each series includes a Jay and Silent Bob in Inaction figure form. They are sculpted in the style of the Clerks: The Animated Series

[edit] Series 1: Clerks

The first Series of inaction figures features the Clerks characters

• Clerks Jay
• Clerks Silent Bob
• Dante Hicks
• Randal Graves

Exclusives:

• Black and White Dante and Randal
• Black and White Jay and Silent Bob
• Black and White Dante and Randal (Wizard World East)
• Black and White Jay and Silent Bob (Wizard World Chicago)
• Big Ass Jay (same as Clerks Jay, only 15 inches tall)
• Big Ass Silent Bob (Same as Clerks Silent Bob, only 15 in. tall)

[edit] Series 2: Mallrats

Image:Mallratsinaf1.jpg The second series features characters from Mallrats.

• Mallrats Jay
• Malrats Silent Bob
• Brodie Bruce
• Willam Black
• Rene Moiser

Exclusives:

• Steve Dave
• Walt the Fanboy
• Brodie Bruce with Dixie Cup

[edit] Series 3: Dogma

Image:Dogmainaf.jpg The third set of inaction figures are based off characters from Dogma.

• Dogma Jay with MAC-10
• Dogma Silent Bob with golf club
• Bartleby
• Loki with wine
• Gologathan

[edit] Series 4: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Image:JaynBobinaf.jpg The fourth series features characters from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

• Bluntman (Silent Bob)
• Chronic (Jay)
• Marshal Willenholly
• Missy
• Chrissy
• Sissy
• Justice

[edit] Series 5: Chasing Amy

Image:Chaseamyinaf.jpg Series 5 features characters from Chasing Amy.

• Holden McNeil
• Banky Edwards
• Alyssa Jones
• Tracer Collector
• Hooper X

In addition, a playset of Red Bank's Marina Dinner is planned, in which Jay and Silent Bob are sculpted to a table, as they appear in Chasing Amy.

[edit] Kevin Smith InAction figures

Image:Smithinaf.jpg Kevin Smith has been featured several times as an inaction figure. His look is the same; large appearance, spiked hair, glasses, wearing a jersey and a pair of shorts. With each figure, the jersey changes to match the city's sport's team.

Wizard World Los Angeles (with Los Angeles Lakers jersey)

Comic-Con San Diego (with San Diego Chargers jersey)

Wizard World Chicago ((with Chicago White Sox jersey))

Wizard World Boston (with Boston Red Sox jersey)

East Coast Stash (Red Bank) (with New Jersey Devils jersey)

West Coast Stash (Westwood) (with UCLA Bruins jersey)

Rare Collectible Variant (Online Red, White, and Green Jersey w/ "Lunchbox" as city name on back)

There is also a very rare "Catch and Release" figure that very few people have seen that was given to a crew working on one of the View Askew films.

On every Kevin Smith Exclusive 2005 figure, there is a typo that will never be fixed according to Kevin. The description on the back of the box confuses the words 'breath' and 'breathe.'

[edit] As Seen In

Several items sold at the Stash can be seen in Kevin Smith's films. A partial listing of these items includes:

• Brodie's t-shirt from Mallrats.
• Banky Edwards's "four-way street" sign drawing from Chasing Amy.
• The Clerks baseball cap from Mallrats.
• The Buddy Christ dashboard statue from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
• The two sets of blueprints seen in Mallrats.
• The Mooby's fast food restaurant uniforms from Clerks II.
• Jay's Snoogans hat from Dogma
• Randal's t-shirt from Clerks II
• Jay's t-shirt from Mallrats
• Banky's hat from Chasing Amy
• Jay's Berserker shirt from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Silent Bob coat
• Loki's shirt from Dogma

[edit] External links

• Official Site

Kevin Smith