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MCA x Toy2R Simian Nation
A couple of us were recently musing on the Toy2R forums that Toy2R should put out more books. Message received. Toy2R is releasing this Artist Collection Book 01 starring MCA of Evil Design. The full-color soft cover book is 96 pages. It’s being printed in an edition of 1000 and will be available in September [...]
Continue reading...Kidrobot Has it In The Bag
27. August 2008
Kidrobot has it in the bag. There retail sales empire bag that is. Coming soon to their stores and online emporium will be the new Kidrobot head limited edition canvas bag series. You got your Slinger Bag, Reversible Megatoteler, Reversible Toteler and Backsack all of them in a sturdy canvas with refelective silver trim and [...]
Continue reading...Huck Gee Flips Out On the Flippers
27. August 2008
Did you read Jeremy’s great piece “Flipping on eBay is Ruining The Scene”. Well if you didn’t go do so now. We’ve all been there. There’s something you want, desire, lust after and just plan need. Someone else has a quicker DSL connection than you, has a faster trigger finger, or just, well, remembered about [...]
Continue reading...Joe Ledbetter x Nike de Mexico Poster Set
27. August 2008
Joe Ledbetter just dropped a 3-poster set from the Nike de Mexico campaign. The posters, Muertos and Toro, y Chupacabra, were printed with a 4-color process on paper and measure approximately 15.5″ x 23.25″. These are the last 100 available to the public (unless youre able to peel them off [...]
Continue reading...The BLAB! Show
27. August 2008
The 4th Annual Blab! Show will take place from September 6th to September 27th at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. There’s a dedicated Blab! Show website where you can view details of fine art pieces by Tim Biskup, Shag, Gary Baseman, Travis Louie, Gary Taxali, Walter Minus, Sas Christian, Ron English, Luke [...]
Continue reading...GizMag Issue 2 Free Downloadable Art Zine
27. August 2008
GizMag is free weekly web magazine full of neat stuff. The second PDF issue of GizMag is 130 pages and 35MB. It Includes lots of pictures and interviews with Jon Burgerman, Jeremyville, FriendsWithYou, Julie West, eBoy and Nathan Jurevicius.
Continue reading...Jamie Hayon Fantasy Collection
27. August 2008
Poland’s Szajka isn’t the only designer going beyond vinyl and resin to work in ceramic and porcelain. Jamie Hayon, whose Onion and Qee figures are known to toy collectors has done a collection called The Fantasy for Lladró in Milan. Hayon refers to the collaboration as a “positive cross-pollination” of his and Lladró’s world. [...]
Continue reading...Ashley Wood Update
26. August 2008
Ashley Wood has been incommunicado for a vacation, but posted some updates on his blog. The ongoing WWR comic will debut January 2009, initially as a monthly. “It will really expand the WWR world and the way of doing comics.” The Les Mort 13 figure is still available for sale at Bambalandstore.com. The pre-order for Noir de [...]
Continue reading...Shepard Fairey Explores the Duality of Humanity
26. August 2008
There are a lot of mysteries about the world, society and life itself. In September, at the Shooting Gallery and the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco, Shepard Fairey explores the complexity of life, society and war in his solo exhibition Duality of Humanity. There will be a stunning amount of painting, over one hundred [...]
Continue reading...MINDstyle Charity Auction on eBay
25. August 2008
The auction includes original paintings, rare toys and limited-edition collectibles from KAWS, Joe Ledbetter, Michael Lau, Ron English, Buff Monster, tokidoki, Shepard Fairey, Devilrobots, Amanda Visell, Doktor A, Tim Biskup, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters and many more.
Continue reading...Alex Pardee Awful Homesick Book Release and Signing
25. August 2008
It's Alex Pardee's long-awaited art book: Awful/Homesick: The Art of Alex Pardee. Alex will be at the UP SF shop on Sunday, September 7th from 2-4PM to sign a limited number of advance copies. A skatedeck based on his Sore Throat design will also be available.
Continue reading...Michelle Valigura’s Pistol Pedro
25. August 2008
Pistol Pedro first made an appearance at last year’s Vinyl Toy Network. The plush 11″ pistol is the first in Michelle Valigura’s Concealed Weapon Series. In case you didn’t know, Michelle Valigura is one half of Switcheroo. Pistol Pedro sports a fancy mustache, and his name is stitched on the handle. The suggested retail price [...]
Continue reading...Mori Chack x Devilrobots Live Painting In Tokyo
25. August 2008
Cubes, creatures and Gloomy Bears, oh my! Over the weekend in Shibuya, Tokyo at the Loft Store there was a live painting show by Mori Chack and Devilrobots for the Pop Box exhibition by Fewmany. The show will be up until September 11th and features some custom toy radness as well as more live paintings. [...]
Continue reading...Doktor A on the Bay
25. August 2008
Doktor A is clearing out his studio and has put up some prints from 2004 and a couple Kanizas on eBay UK. The Kaniza from Toyqube is the “Cloth Head” special Halloween edition, which was limited to 1000 pieces. It has a 4-inch tall ABS weighted body with solid PVC vinyl head. It comes [...]
Continue reading...tokidoki Disco and Vegas Poster for Your Wall
22. August 2008
Who loves Vegas? Who loves Disco? Who loves to Disco in Vegas with tokidoki? Well, everyone, natch! To celebrate your love of all those things you can get these brand new tokidoki disco or tokidoki vegas posters. Skulls, ladies, Sandy, Lattes, Mozzarella, Cocommando, Adios Stars, them and many many more make cameos in these prints. [...]
Continue reading...New Dalek Print
22. August 2008
Things had been pretty quiet from Dalek’s camp until today when he dropped a new limited edition print at his store. The Space Monkey-themed print is a 9-color 18″x24″ screen-print, signed and numbered by Dalek in an edition of 100. The print was done by the esteemed Decoder Ring group. And if rumor turns to [...]
Continue reading...Monographic Books by eBoy, Dalek, Burgerman, Friends With You
22. August 2008
Peecol may be a polarizing figure in the designer toy community, but eBoy as an entity is fairly ubiquitous. If you’re a geek, you picked up their poster at MakerFaire. If you like beats, you picked up their cover for the latest issue of BPM. Now eBoy joins Dalek, Jon Burgerman and Friends With You [...]
Continue reading...Buy A Bwana Bat - Win a Bwana Painting
21. August 2008
I’m a big fan of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. So needless to say I’m all over trying to win a golden ticket of any sort. Fully Visual is hiding one of their very own lucky golden ticket in one of the twenty Bwana Spoons totems that they have left. What does that golden ticket [...]
Continue reading...MAD SkinGrafts
21. August 2008
MAD just dropped a couple laptop and iPod skins on his Flickr page. Details are not yet known, but this provides yet another gadget skinning option for folks in the scene. Add these to the Joe Lebetter Gelaskins, the Alex Pardee DiNGs, the Jon Burgerman sleeves and the tokidoki laptop. There’s no reason to [...]
Continue reading...Julie West Sickly Sweet Pieces Now Available
21. August 2008
ToyCyte has been covering Julie West’s Sickly Sweet show from a west coast distance, and I’m happy to report that My Plastic Heart has a few of Julie’s pieces left for those who were not able to make the event. The work included customized toys like UniPo and Neighborwood, as well as unique wooden [...]
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28. August 2008
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