Archive | July, 2008
Mister Monster on the Loose at SDCC
If you missed out on snagging one of animator Elizabeth Ito’s Mister Monster one of a kind, hand-made monsters from her website last April (check out Vinyl Pulses write up about here), well don’t worry, you still have a chance to adopt one of these cute critters. Munky King will be producing and releasing the [...]
Continue reading...Mr. TTT by Friend with You Plush at SDCC
30. July 2008
So you’re obsessed with toys. And you have to go to a birthday party for your nephew, friend’s rugrat, or just one of your preschool aged pals. For those under the age of, like four, a kaiju figure might scare the bejesus out of them, you might offend the parents with a smokin’ labbit, you [...]
Continue reading...Come on In To the House of Lui - Custom Show at APW
30. July 2008
Opening on August 22nd, the same night as the Crazy 4 Cult 2 show but on the opposite coast will be the House of Liu Customs Show at APW in New York City. If you could make both events, I’d be REALLY impressed. A variety of artist such as Julie West, Shawnimals, Kerry Lee, Jim [...]
Continue reading...DIY Teddy Troops Tour Germany
30. July 2008
I’m about to blog a slew of DIY news for the day. First up is a bit about a German-sponsored DIY Teddy Troops contest. Unfortunately, if you’re reading this now for the first time, you’ve just missed the deadline by a week. But there are no losers amidst the Teddy Troops: although it doesn’t yet [...]
Continue reading...Crazy 4 Cult 2: Keeping it REEL at Gallery 1988 LA
30. July 2008
I love Herschell Gorden Lewis, Plan Nine From Outer Space and Office Space as much as the next guy. What do those things represent? Why the world of cult films of course. Gallery 1988 will honor all thing celluloid, cool and campy at their Crazy 4 Cult 2: This time it’s personal on Friday, August [...]
Continue reading...Buff Monster, Jon Burgerman and Alex Pardee on Your Mobile Phone
29. July 2008
I’ve had the same wallpaper on my cell phone since the Kidrobot Munny Show of 2005 at Minna Gallery in San Francisco. It’s a Munny w/ glasses and mobile phone (I also have the G.I.D. zipper pull of the same character). I think I downloaded it while BART was above ground or shortly thereafter. While [...]
Continue reading...Montage Born to Kill Be@rbrick
29. July 2008
There have been a lot of Be@rbricks to be excited about lately, and this upcoming bear from hip Japanese retailer, Montage is no exception. Gas Mask? Check. Blood spatter? Check. Punk rock font reading “Born to Kill”? Check. The 100% Be@rbrick drops Saturday, August 2nd for 1,260 Yen ($12 USD) and should be available under [...]
Continue reading...Jumping Brains Sell Out
29. July 2008
Usually we independent types hate it when someone’s brain sells out. I can think of a few coffee connoisseurs I know who are none to happy to read that the brains behind CEC sold their fancy elite Clovers to mainstream mundane Starbucks. This is a different story altogether though. As Sunny reported back in [...]
Continue reading...tokidoki’s Simone Legno at Giant Robot LA
29. July 2008
It’s almost as if tokidoki’s Simone Legno has a twin because it’s hard to image how he puts out copious products and makes it to so many events on his own. Following signings at SDCC 08, Simone can next be seen at a special in-store appearance at Giant Robot in Los Angeles. Since relocating from [...]
Continue reading...10 Things… from Wired Magazine
29. July 2008
I first saw this on Yoskay Yamamoto’s blog. Wired Magazine has a nice gallery of 10 Things You Should have Bought at Comic-Con. Their picks include some of my favorites like these Rocket World’s IWG Zipper Pulls and Yamamoto’s Koibito. (I give credit to the the commenter who corrected the mis-spelling of Koibito.) Most of their [...]
Continue reading...To-Fu Bath Ball
29. July 2008
If you’re in So Cal, you probably felt that earthquake around 11:40am. They’re saying it’s 5.4 from Chino Hills. I hope everyone in this area is okay, and be careful of after-shocks. Occasions like this remind me that cell phones become worthless after something like an earthquake. Now back to regular programming… Rotofugi always has [...]
Continue reading...ART-TOYS Book from Brian McCarty
29. July 2008
This is exciting news. Lately, I’ve become just as much a collector of art books as I am of art toys. The upcoming coffee table book from toy paparazzo extraordinaire, Brian McCarty beautifully combines the two. According to these pics from VP, the book is due out from Baby Tattoo sometime in 2009. Looks [...]
Continue reading...StrangeCo tokidoki Fever at SDCC
29. July 2008
tokidoki fever ravished the San Diego Comic Con, and it was h-o-t. Not only was the tokidoki booth one of the more crowded and popular spots in the toy ghetto, (I dreaded having to fight myself through the masses on this aisle) but the tokidoki releases at StrangeCo, Kidrobot and ToyTokyo also dispersed the Simone [...]
Continue reading...“Addicted to Details” opening in Berlin
29. July 2008
Marco sent us word about an art gallery opeing in Berlin (Addicted to Details) featuring work from DOME, Hombre, Aro and The Teeth Project. The exhibit opens August 8th at 7 p.m. for any of our German readers. I completely dig The Teeth Project sculpts. Those were the glory days of graffiti, when young people in [...]
Continue reading...Cotton is the New Canvas: Socks from DGPH
29. July 2008
Remember these KAWS ankle socks? Perhaps it’s time to kick off your shoes and kick off a trend, because Argentine design duo DGPH has released 4 colorways of socks. Each pair is about $10 and sized between 36 and 42 EUR. The exclusive colors are: green from DPGH pink from Japan LA black from Funkrush grey from My [...]
Continue reading...Update: Final version of the pink “Jeremiah the Innocent”
29. July 2008
Jeff from At Arms sent me a better a picture of the Pink version of Daniel Johnston’s “Jeremiah the Innocent” that was released at Comicon (previously covered here and here). Related posts San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 4 Jeremiah The Innocent by Daniel Johnston COMING SOON Indie Cred Meets Dork Cred With Daniel Johnston Shirts Daniel Johnston x Medicom Jeremiah [...]
Continue reading...Inked Pulp Letterpress Series by Squibblesink
29. July 2008
Forget plastic, plush and vinyl. Chicago based Squibbles Ink (responsible for Product Design, Development, Consulting and Manufacturing which all equals busy) is going old school. Their newest project is Inked Pulp a limited edition series of letterpressed pieces. On display at the Rotofugi booth at SDCC were prints by Shawnimals, 64 Colors, OhNoDoom and Brian [...]
Continue reading...The Toffee Doll by Huckleberry Toys - Oh So Sweet
29. July 2008
Huckleberry Toys, the makers of the Gwen Stefani, Ali & AJ, and of course the Ashley Tisdale dolls will soon grace us with some stylish sweet and oddly creepy Toffee Dolls. They’re like the love child between a Blythe doll and a goth girl born on the cold concrete of the hippest streets of Tokyo, [...]
Continue reading...Giant Smokestack Spotted at SDCC
29. July 2008
Sometimes bigger really is better. Spied at the San Diego Comic Con in the stunningly cool Strangeco booth was the epically large Smokestack by Mars1 statue, which clocks in at about three feet. The thing is way too big to be called a toy or a figure, this large piece is an idol to be [...]
Continue reading...House of Liu Preview: OsirisOrion
29. July 2008
Rob Ingellis aka OsirisOrion has a new website that features his custom toys, drawings, and other artwork. His latest custom toy project are two submissions for the House of Liu Custom Show at APW Gallery. DiDi the Leviathan and MeiDusa transplant his horror-inspired artwork onto Crazy Label’s House of Liu toys. They’re creepy but cute. [...]
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