For a man who has built his own unique empire on the unwitting back of George Lucas, The Sucklord’s finally getting some much-deserved respect from the scary Skywalker Empire themselves. Buy a pack of Star Wars Galaxy : Series 4 trading cards (without blushing) and you just might snag one of 3000 cards featuring original art [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Remember local artist Kirkland Jue’s Pimpmeister Many Mey custom? It was one of the straight-up sickest customs I’ve ever seen, and it looks like the stars have aligned that I’m going to get to see it in person. The Popsoda 6th Anniversary Dynamite Custom Show began in Tokyo and will end in Osaka. For the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Get your most Satanic Halloween costumes ready to don for the Devil Dog Art Show opening Halloween night October 31st. In honor of the little Devil Dog vinyl figures by Osaka Popstar x Secret Base, one hundred artists (like Nathan Jurevicious, Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Mad Barbarians, Brian Flynn, Buff Monster, Erick Scarescrow, among many [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
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UglyCon Tokyo takes place next month on October 8th at Stitch. The event will feature plush, paintings, prints, drawings, and exclusive items. David Horvath listed a few event details on his blog, and he’ll post more information as the date gets closer. We do know that UglyCon Tokyo will also feature some fabulous guest art. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
Dunny fever is in full swing after a flurry of trading parties last night and the official drop today. As of this moment, Flickr has 188 results matching dunny and series and 5. That number is sure to climb steadily in the upcoming days. Check around for pics of the Series 5 Dunnys by Amanda [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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First they got Nathan Jurevicius and now they have this: Japan’s Mad Barbarians invade Munky King on Melrose with an all-out event. On Thursday, August 7th from 7-11PM (that’s tomorrow) Macchan and Katsuya bring their unique take on punk rock graphic design and illustrations to Los Angeles. There will be live painting “on both [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives and this is the third installment of exclusives [tagged]. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous posts with new photos [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
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I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Barack and Buff? tokidoki and Daniel Johnston? Kaiju and Plush? It’s an inspired mix and ToyTokyo continues to release images of the exclusives. Here’s an update to the previous post [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
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Who doesn’t love Star Wars? If there is someone out there who doesn’t, well, I don’t want to meet them. Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys are paying tribute to this beloved cultural phenomenon with the Vader Project where a wide (and a should add, amazing) variety of artists are customizing a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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I know, I know. I should be grateful that I live in California, and that SDCC is only a few hour drive away. But I look at all the One Up stuff available for the Taipei Toy Festival, and I think “Couldn’t Taiwan just be somewhere near Alcatraz?” One Up has a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 7, 2008
I’m really digging the diversity of the ToyTokyo (Booth #5237) SDCC ‘08 exclusives; a couple of which made this week’s ToyCyte SDCC ‘08 Weekly Roundup. Here’s what is planned so far: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON DEBUTS Barack Obama Action Figure in White Suit (200 pieces) Mark Bode’’s “Bode Broad” L.A. Version Ron English MC Supersized “Glitter Version” Nathan Jurevicius Peleda SDCC [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 14, 2008
June’s new releases from Kidrobot are more kid than robot. Specifically, there’s hardly anything “mad” or “barbarian” about Mad Barbarians Tokidoki-looking Shake a Tongue series, and Mist’s Debilz could have used some more fire, IMO. The discussion on the Octane3 forums isn’t particularly favorable, with this quip pretty much summing up my feelings: “i [...]
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Friday, February 27, 2009
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