GAG ME WITH A TOON 2: HARDER! FASTER! RADDER! GAG ME WITH A TOON, not the mold, but the twin! It’s the second go-round for this glorious show in which pop cartoon art is all that we know. The original rocked but what shall we do it’s time to install what we call GAG TWO? How [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 11, 2009
Last night, a variety of homegrown Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo mutations hit San Francisco’s Rocket World for the first I.W.G. custom show. If you’ve never been to Rocket World (aka T.A.D. Gear), you owe it to yourself to visit Patrick Ma’s haven for high end adventure gear and designer toys. Enter the garage doors to one [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
As we approach April 18th at SF’s Super7 shop, the imagery of Japanese monstrosities is becoming increasingly prevalent and perverted from their already perverse origins, and that’s a pretty awesome thing. Take, for example, this trio of pseudo-kaiju from El Maz. Their deliciously flecked colors, their glossy exteriors, and of course, their many tentacles. It’s hardly [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
During yesterday’s segment, we profiled designer toy companies for our report on blind boxes. Today, it's all about the end users of blind boxes: the fans. Toy fans echo the diversity of the toys. We enjoy different aesthetics and buying styles. Some people care about edition size; some don't. Some fans like vinyl; some prefer resin. But all of us are a little crazy. We're in an economic recession, and we're buying toys. Let's look at what toy fans want and the possible ways of getting it.
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
DrilOne is curating a custom vinyl show based off the Rocketworld I.W.G. figures. This is the first time a show like this has ever been thrown on this platform. 80+ artists are customizing blanks for the exhibit. Scroll down for a complete list of partipating artists and more info about the show. Humans Beware: The [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 26, 2008
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We all know carrots are good for you. All that vitamin A has gotta be good for ya right? For those veggie worshippers out there, now’s your chance to honor our orange friends with Fred the Carrot by El Maz (in collaboration with Lina who did the sewin’) that made it’s premiere at the Everyone [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
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October Toys is currently looking to round out the fourth series of their designer vinyl Gwins with a few new designs. If selected, your Gwin would be in the outstanding company of soldiers dispatched by Mimic, Doktor A, Eric Treadaway, Nixon Scratches, idlechimp, SpookyAMD, El Maz, Alex Pardee, Voltaire, C. Spliedt, Kruse, Charlotte Link, [...]
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Friday, May 1, 2009
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