Description from original post (created 2013-07-10 10:53):
The first skin for my derpy little skin series about things in Minecraft that were either removed or never came to be.
I know this isn't one of my better skins, but more and better skins will follow!
Crying obsidian was part of a project by Jeb intended to be used to change where you would respawn if you died, but was replaced by beds in beta 1.3.
For those with no previewer or on mobile devices, this is what it should look like:
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