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Head’s up from MCA (who has the latest BUD): I just wanted to let you know about a show that me & Magmo have coming up in Boston at Space 242, Destroy You, Boston. The opening party is on Friday the 24th of April. Magmo will be showing his new series of VOIDS. They have to [...]
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...Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Well. this was a cool and unexpected collaboration. Although we’ve written about the fine black and white DIY periodical known as Color Ink Book, I was pleasantly surprised to see that MCA contributed some colorful graphics to the project: notably a button pack, huge banner and the cover of issue 2. You can read some [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
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The MCA x Toy2R Stencil Qee Series I’ve been writing about for months is finally available, sort of. The 90 custom 8-inch Qees MCA stenciled over the course of about 7 hours will be sold in blind boxes, but you have to email info [at] toy2r [dot] com for, well, info. The assortment includes: BearbearQ, [...]
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, January 13, 2009
Groups shows are great because invariably you go to see the work of a particular artist you like (Doktor A, Alex Pardee, MCA, Dan Goodsell, Blinky) and you come away with a list of new artists to check out. This particular incarnation of Gallery1988’s Under the Influence is great, because, well, it’s the Beastie Boys. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
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When last I wrote about MCA’s 2-day stencil-bender at MegaBox in Hong Kong, the question on my mind was what would become of the copious customs? Well, here they are finally, sort of. The 90 custom 8-inch Qees MCA stenciled over the course of about 7 hours will be sold in blind boxes at [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Back in August, we were looking out for MCA’s first book, Simian Nation and, following it’s release in Hong Kong, it’s now reaching wider audiences. I picked up the volume directly from MCA’s blog, where, for about $20, he’ll send you one with a signature and/or drawing and little extras like stickers and buttons. Simian [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The all-star lineup includes: the Grass Hut Corp (see image above), Jon Burgerman, TADO, Shawnimals, Dehara, Reach, Abe Lincoln Jr., Peskimo, MCA, Nakanari, Stephan Britt, Nanospore, KOA, Jeremyville, DGPH and many more.
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...
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
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I’m stoked that it’s becoming easier to find Toy2r’s Qee these days. After a bunch of blogging about MCA’s Hong Kong Megabox show and tribute Qee, the figures are now available via MCA’s webstore. You can order a 3.5-inch MegaBoxee Qee ($15 shipped in the US) or a 1.5-inch MegaBoxee Qee mobile phone strap [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 8, 2008
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MCA is back from a whirlwind event at MegaBox in Hong Kong. The show saw the painting of 90 customs over a period of two days, the release of Simian Nation and an exclusive limited edition MegaBoxee Qee. Customers with MegaBox purchases of HK$800 or more (with two printed receipts) are eligible for either a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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Check out the nearly 60 Sharky customs including art by Brent Nolasco, Duncan Poon, KaNo, Banana Virus, Jeremiah Ketner, DrilOne, NEMO, Mr. Shane Jessup, Touma, MCA, Phu!, Heidi Kenney, Marka27, Jesse Hernandez, Shawnimals, Huck Gee, Annie Owens, Betso...
Continue reading...Thursday, August 28, 2008
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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...Thursday, August 14, 2008
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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...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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Following his last successful range of online exclusive t-shirts for Mishka, MCA is back with two more. First up, is Mr. T-Shka, in which MCA has married Mr. T into one of his Mishka Bears. The shirt is available in Black & White with only 20 pieces available per color. The second shirt is called [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
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If you played the Kevin Bacon game with designer toys you might link Mexican wrestling masks to Jack Black via his 2006 film (was it that long ago?) Nacho Libre and the just re-spied at SDCC 08 Tenacious D figures. But here’s another point of reference and a cool, unusual DIY collab platform: Stencil artist, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Now back from a globe-trotting exhibition, The wait is over. Toy2R has unveiled most of the 10-inch Bart Simpson Qee customs on the Toy2R forums. But if you’ve got ADD, anticipatory anxiety, high blood pressure, something in the oven or a slow Internet connection, you’ll feel like you’re still waiting (for the pages to load; [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
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MCA’s been posting loads of vintage t-shirt photos from his vaults (usually modeled by sexy ladies) on his Flickr page lately, but today he dropped 3 brand new shirts (in two colorways). The MCA Evil Design x Mishka shirts are exclusives to Mishka’s webshop, and include: Evil Ape Roll, where MCA marries his Evil Ape to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Project has just completed the Art Exhibition World Wide Tour. Now is your chance to own these one-of-a-kind original Bart Simpson Qee. Toy2R will be holding the 10” DIY Qee Bart Simpson Auction on the Toy2R Forum featuring more than 90 Customized 10″ DIY Bart Simpson Qee by artists [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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The Rotofugi Plushform exhibit and launch party is just over a week away and I’ve been waiting for the leaks and peeks. On Monday, KaNO showed his custom Plushform, blogging that “plush is kind of hard to paint on, but once you get cracking it gets easier.” Taking a cue from KaNO, Sketchbot posted [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
Where do you hope to be on June 27th? I know where I will wish I was going to be, in Chicago Illinois at the Rotofugi Designer Toy Store and Gallery. Starting at six pm Rotofugi will go custom crazy with the much anticipated launch of the Plushform, the “totally customizable Designer Stuffed Toy” created [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Spied on MCA’s Flickr photostream…a series of toy photos for an upcoming project. Lets face it, we all like looking at toys. That’s why we buy them and put them in our cubes, homes and heck these days they’re in museums and on the auction block. If you enjoy the work of Brian McCarty [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 15, 2008
Without images, the Blogosphere would be an awfully boring place. But where do the images come from? Mostly, bloggers (guilty as charged) download graphics from other peoples’ sites or link to them. News moves so quickly that there’s often no time to ask permission. Luckily, the Fair Use statute provides us with some rights while [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 20, 2008
After the closing of Qeester, fans have been hungry for a forum for all things Qee. Raymond Choy and co. have now launched the official Toy2R Forums to fill this void. The forums have Qee history, the latest product announcements, DIY assistance, and possibly the best part: a direct pipeline to some of the best [...]
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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