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Bay Area Collectible Toy Show
This weekend’s Bay Area Collectible Toy Show was touted as the event to attend if you missed SDCC ‘08. A slight case of wishful thinking perhaps, as this Oakland affair was geared more toward mainstream kids toys and a handful of celebrity guests whose heyday occurred long before the attending children were even conceived. Nonetheless, [...]
Continue reading...Flocked GID Xmas Be@rbricks
27. August 2008
The holidays are still several months away, but with a Be@rbrick set this cool, you’re going to need some time to cyber-stalk it anyway. Among toy connoisseurs, figures that are glow-in-the-dark or flocked are highly prized. Medicom Toy Co. throws down the gauntlet with these Christmas Be@rbricks that are G.I.D. and flocked. The set includes [...]
Continue reading...Mothman Vs. Flatwoods Set
26. August 2008
I never knew about the Mothman Festival until I read the Uglyblog. David Horvath mentions that he and Sun-Min will not be able to attend the festival in Point Pleasant, WV. Instead, they donated several sets of Mothman vs. Flatwoods: Super Market Toy Series 1 to the Mothman Museum. Some may be given away [...]
Continue reading...Breast Cancer Be@rbrick
26. August 2008
October is breast cancer awareness month. In the year 2004 a U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group found that 186,772 women and 1,815 men were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,954 women and 362 men died from breast cancer–in the U.S. alone. S-Woman, the women’s magazine portal of Shueisha is working on a Pink Ribbon Charity [...]
Continue reading...World Cup and Plush from Eric So
26. August 2008
Back in May, I wrote up Eric So’s World Cup Dolly figures here, and now Ningyoushi’s got ‘em here. Each Cup Dolly features three cups (plain head, body, and plain lower body), hair and stickers to customize, making this tons of fun for creative people and utter hell for completists. The 4-inch figures are sold [...]
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...September Be@rbricks
25. August 2008
The full lineup of Medicom Toy Co. Be@rbricks for September is out, and as expected, it contains some great figures. Previously profiled here, the Andy Warhol Be@rbrick (simple, but sporting a dollar sign based on a painting by Warhol) is among the releases. The Project 1/6 renewal Be@rbrick (100% and 400%) is for Medicom’s retail [...]
Continue reading...New Brothersworker SEVEN figure
25. August 2008
Fans of Brothersfree (collectively William Tsang, Kenny Wong and Winson Ma) will be happy to see SEVEN, the newest figure in the hyper-detailed Brothersworker line. Kenny dropped a single image of SEVEN on his blog today, prompting me to go searching for more. I montaged the rest of the images from photos on J.ME’s site [...]
Continue reading...LOST Kubricks, Ratios and Mystery Figures
25. August 2008
LOST has many secrets, but no longer included in the mysteries of the TV island are the identities of the LOST Kubrick chase toys… Click to see which members of the Oceanic Six have made the Kubrick Nine. You might be surprised...
Continue reading...Microsoft Qee
21. August 2008
How cool is this? Microsoft is offering a 2.5-inch Qee to folks in Taiwan who take a quiz on their Forefront product. The first 1000 people with correct answers get this Microsoft Forefront Qee. In America, all Microsoft offers you is a headache. I actually attempted to take the quiz using a mixture of [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday Living Dead Doll!
19. August 2008
Not sure how something dead can have a birthday since that is a celebration generally reserved for the living, but I guess that’s why they are calling this an anniversary instead. Who has a birthday slash anniversary mile stone coming up you might ask? Why none other than Living Dead Doll! To mark this benchmark, [...]
Continue reading...Barcelona Qee by Pepa Reverter
19. August 2008
From designer Pepa Reverter and Toy2r comes this unique set of three Qee expressing the love and passion of Barcelona, Spain. Pepa speaks several languages and works in many media, including: painting, sculpture, photography, design, video production, illustration. She says: “We live n a high-speed, ever-changing present, in which more things are happening all the [...]
Continue reading...Michael Phelps Gets An Olympic Lego
18. August 2008
What can you do to honor a guy with more gold medals than anybody else in history? You could start by recreating the entire 2008 Beijing Olympics out of Legos. Michael Phelps, with his iPod and myriad Facebook friends, may not be as excited about the considerably lower-tech Lego tribute, but anybody with his degree [...]
Continue reading...Andy Warhol Be@rbrick
15. August 2008
I really wish Be@rbricks were a little easier to come by in America because more and more I’m seeing great designs. Whereas most people claim the influence of Andy Warhol upon their art, it’s actually my writing that takes a page from Andy. Or 900 pages. After reading his diaries in the early 90s, I’ve [...]
Continue reading...Obie The Alien is a Space Cadet
15. August 2008
I know a bunch of space cadets. Those wide-eyed, out to lunch pals that could never do what Obie the Alien has done. This eleven inch figure is a real space cadet, and totally out of this world. Obie the Alien Space Cadet comes from Devil’s Head Productions and is their second piece (their previous [...]
Continue reading...MCA x Toy2R Show in Hong Kong
14. August 2008
Good news for MCA and Qee fans in the Hong Kong area. He’ll be doing a show with Toy2R at the end of August. He’s doing up a 60-inch Elder Ape Qee (above right) in a red and yellow colorway for the event. There’s also a 36-inch Elder Ape (above left). I always dig [...]
Continue reading...LUISAVIAROMA Qee Series
13. August 2008
Since 1930, Florence Italy’s LUISAVIAROMA has been a premier retailer focused on serving the unique needs of the luxury market. Their clean and modern website features clothing, shoes and accessories from the latest runway collections of the most important fashion designers. I’m not all that hip to fashion, but even I can recognize names like [...]
Continue reading...$6600 Paid for Kaws Chums Set
13. August 2008
Color me obsessed. I just can’t stop checking out on what’s happening on eBay in the designer and urban vinyl category. Yesterday, as spied on the KidRobot discussion board, the KAWS complete set of Chums, originally produced in 2002 by the 360 Toy Group, sold for, hold on to your seat, $6600.00. Yup. This set [...]
Continue reading...Lego Celebrates 30 Years of the Mini Figure
8. August 2008
Kids need bells and whistles these days. Actually, kids would scoff at bells and whistles (and yo-yos and Atari and..) these days. But for those of us born in the 1970s, we didn’t need a hyper-articulated $300 Bertie the Pipebomb to make us happy; we had Legos. It’s now been 30 years since Lego launched its [...]
Continue reading...Direct from Italy - Lab81’s +Plus and -Minus
8. August 2008
Are you a cup half empty or a cup half full type of person? Are you more good or are you mostly evil? Are you filled with love or hate? Well the answers to those questions would help decide if you were to get Lab81’s –Minus or +Plus figure. Can’t make a decision on your [...]
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27. August 2008
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