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So it turns out there isn’t just one great Joe Ledbetter figure breathing some fire into the jury’s-still-out Dunny Endangered series. There’s actually a second fire (or lava) breather: this CHASE JLED figure. Based on the press releases, this series was supposed to be spoken for in one hot minute, but they’re still available here. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 21, 2009
I admit that I wasn’t so enthused about Kidrobot’s latest Dunny Endangered Series, but check out this devilish little Ledbetter. There seems to be nothing endangered about evil, but I’d pick up this guy in an open box for sure. It is my duty to tell you that the series is on sale now at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Joe Ledbetter has a new print out for today’s holiday. The “Mexico” giclee is a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered 11×14-inch prints on heavystock watercolor paper. Available now for $75 here.
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
It’s nice to have talented friends, and it’s even nicer to use artistic output as a medium to raise money for people who need it. Kidrobot’s Toy Baroness, Nichole, tasked 30 friends with transforming Munnys into clothes, books and bikes for the children of Cambodia. No, not literally (although Sket One did turn vinyl into [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Hmmm….to borrow words off PerezHilton…”how do I say this delicately?” OK I’ll just borrow some more words off DannyDesign’s post on the Kidrobot thread: “So, do you have to buy the HappyMeal to get one? Or are you able to just purchase the Dunny?” That kind of sums up how I feel. Kidrobot is going [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
I actually dig squirrels, but I understand why people are driven to madness by them. To that extent, the Grass Hut gang has invited 3 Los Angeles-based artists and one from Berkeley (represent!) up to Portland for The Squirrels Made Me Do It. Amanda Visell, Michelle Valigura, Anna Chambers, and Joe Ledbetter will be on [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Joe Ledbetter just dropped some new tees of familiar characters. The Unicornasaurus (girls’) and Detached Mr. Bunny (guys’) shirts are made with a discharge process using water-based inks and come tagless and individually bagged. Sizes run similar to American Apparel and they cost $29 here. Joe writes that he’s excited about these shirts, and maybe [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
On Monday, we began a conversation about blind box toys, and we started at the source: the toy companies. Kidrobot and MINDstyle both said that their fans enjoy the blind box experience. On Tuesday, we talked to the fans and reaction was split: with casual fans liking the fun experience and serious collectors experiencing the blind frustration. Wednesday’s topic was toy stores--largely in favor of blind boxes, but also presenting alternatives. That got me wondering: Do toy artists enjoy the blind box experience? Here are Doktor A, Joe Ledbetter, David Horvath, Jon Burgerman, MCA, Huck Gee, Sket One and Buff Monster (who have over 20 blind box series between them) on the topic.
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Need your daily fix of art and toys? Why not make your way down to Santa Monica on April 4th and “OVERDOSE.” The catchy title is for the upcoming group exhibition at the Copro Nason Gallery. Not only will HI*FRUCTOSE vol.11 be making its premiere, but there will also be signings by Attaboy, Joe Ledbetter, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
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The Joe Ledbetter x Letter Pressed prints and art cards have arrived! And quick as that, the art cards and print/art card sets we fortold of have sold out! Only the prints (shown center above) remain! The prints feature 2-color letterpress printing and blind debossed detailing on Lettra 100% cotton printmaking paper. Get your JLED [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
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Amanda Visell, Michelle Valigura and Joe Ledbetter will be involved in a group show entitled The Squirrels Made Me Do It at the Grass Hut in Portland next month. Amanda blogged that she’s excited to see Bwana Spoons and refers to her painting below as “doing a little something different for my bearded peeps in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
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When I see stuff like this, two sensations immediately overwhelm me: 1) jealousy and 2) thinking that I like these Joe Ledbetter customs more than their production brethren. The figures are Southpaw Ringo (a homage to Luke Chueh), Thundercornasaurus, Firecatzilla and Ms. Bunny. Vinyl Pulse took all the great photos and revealed the customs today, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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No, Joe Ledbetter is not recording his first album. This refers to an upcoming print and card set by Joe Ledbetter and Letter Pressed. Joe’s Octobunny was one of LP’s first art card designs back in 2005. Now Joe and Letter Pressed are reuniting to make a set of 75 signed prints and 500 hand-numbered [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 5, 2009
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Joe Ledbetter has hooked up with DKE distribution for some pre-order T-shirts and prints. With a shout-out to last year’s Unicornasaurus toy and the iconic Mr. Bunny, these discharge process on charcoal-colored Anvil brand t-shirts are pre-shrunk, 100% ring spun cotton and have an STP of $30. Some unearthed prints and toys will also be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One hundred re-imagined Darth Vader helmets are set to complete The Vader Project.The iconic Darth Vader helmet is once-again rendered by some of today’s hottest underground and pop surrealist painters, artists and designers. This leg of the tour makes its museum premiere and will be on display February 13th through May 3rd at The Andy [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Joe Ledbetter just added 6 new paintings to the sales area of his website here. The paintings, ranging in price from $2,000 to $3,000 are a mix of Joe’s trademark dark outlines and the softer outlines he debuted last year. Of course, all of the art has Joe’s signature characters. Some good stuff available if [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It took approximately 48 minutes from the moment I placed the Joe Ledbetter Hoodie into my virtual shopping cart until I successfully checked out. There must have been a surge in folks needing hip hoodies because the GAMA-GO servers were crashing like the stock market mere moments after their 48-hour sale kicked off. From 12PM [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
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Amanda Visell had one of the handful of sculptural pieces, which was in the company of a pair of swans by Scott Radke and a complex game of cat and mouse by Daniel Elson. Luke Chueh, Joe Ledbetter, Anthony Ausgang, Peek-a-boo and Thomas Han brought the familiar names and the big colors. Peter Gronquist and Alex Pardee upped the creepy ante...
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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These are going quickly, so I gots to be brief. Joe Ledbetter is offering a selection of 11 original colored ink on paper drawings on his website here now. The 8.5 x 11 pieces are going for $100 each and if you order before Thursday at 4PM (let’s be honest, though, they won’t be around [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up hours in advance to get a crack at exclusive art toys by Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Frank Kozik, Gary Ham, Doktor A, MAD, Marka27 and others. Customized [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
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Here’s just a sampling of some of the exclusives from the VTN Winter 08 show. (Click here for a tidy tagged version of all the coverage.) People who had been waiting in line for hours got right to business locating these particular figures. It seemed to me like much of the crowd got in, got [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
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One of the best surprises at VTN today was the markdown on Joe Ledbetter’s final edition of his popular Smash figure. Many fans lined up several hours ahead of the event’s opening to get the mono colorway produced in an edition of just 150 pieces by Toy2R. Kevin Winnick, who heads up Toy2R USA and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 5, 2008
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MyPlasticHeart is indulging us, our wallets and our credit cards with their own Holiday Special Sale. What kind of goodies do they have for us to spend our holiday budget on? Here are our three picks of hot toy action that would look great wrapped under your tree, or mine. Kaiju For Grow Ups: Tankizaado [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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The winners of the Toy2R x ToyCyte Halloween contest started getting their loot last week, and I’ve been vicariously enjoying (OK, envying) their new acquisitions. It’s been a while since I’ve entered a space that was chock full of Qee, so I’m eagerly looking forward to the Toy2R booth at VTN. Here’s a selection of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I've been expounding the virtues of Letter Pressed for a while. Their Artist Series reads like a Who's Who of the vinyl toy community: Joe Ledbetter, Jon Burgerman, Nathan Jurevicius, Bwana Spoons... In theory, every one of us should own something letterpressed. In practice, as with paint colors and Venetian blinds, you need to see a sample. I'm holding some such items. While I want my words to convey the elegance of the paper and the clean, vibrant impression of the art, you need to touch these for yourself. To that end, Letter Pressed's Mark Begley will provide one lucky reader with a pack of hand-numbered Cool It letterpressed cards by Le Merde. To win it...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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