Well, available now if you’re near an OriginalFake shop in Japan (~ $11USD) or Colette in France (~$27 USD). The five plastic keychains are based on Kaws 5YL Companions and come in a variety of monochromatic and clear colorways. Each keychain is 2 inches tall. At first glance (look at the shoes and gloves), QC [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
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Well, the release of the KAWS Dissected Be@rbrick came and went with a predictable, yet impressive, line that stretched city blocks around Tokyo’s OriginalFake shop. If you are like the majority of people around the world, you did not get one, so join me in the vicarious pleasure of the 2D turnarounds courtesy of Instinctoy. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Well, there you have it. Leaked pictures, Flickr appearances and speculation aside, the Asia and NYC-based culture mag, Freshness, have “confirmed from MEDICOM TOY CO. that this is not a real product.” Other hype sites have simply deleted their posts about the now-infamous KAWS Dissected Be@rbrick trio. The brown-dissected Be@rbrick is for sure a go [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
Here’s part of the “joke” I’m not in on: Why is it that I can easily by myself a KAWS ashtray and pillow at one of my favorite toy shops, but I have to stand in line (or get a mule) outside of Tokyo’s flagship Original Fake store to actually get this KAWS toy? A [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
Earlier this month, we picked up from KAWS’ blog that he’s going (ku)soft on us with his latest vinyl release, the Warm Regards Bar. Now, thanks to a tip from HypeBeast, here’s some info on where to get it. Along with an Ice Cream Bar chocolate brown t-shirt, the KAWS-designed Ice Cream Bar vinyl toy [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
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No surprise, but OriginalFake’s lottery-release of Kaws’ Stormtrooper drew a crowd that went on for blocks and rounded corners. In among the fans, mules and apparently homeless, it’s cool to see a few familiar faces (locals Brian Flynn, Glenn Pogue and Kirkland Jue for starters, see below pic from Skullbrain) flew over for the event. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
I thought this would surely drag out longer, but OriginalFake just put up info about the release of the much-anticipated Kawstrooper. In case your browser blocks pop-ups, I’ve clipped the bilingual press releases here. The gist of it is, this Saturday at 9AM (Tokyo time), there will be a lottery for Kaws’ version of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
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The Splash Page over at OriginalFake has a teaser posted. Fresh off the sellout of the $3000 4-ft KAWS, this jumble features a bunch of images that allude to a Kaws Dissected Companion. Bottom left corner = intestinal spillover. Bottom right = muscles and fascia. I can almost see the vitreous humor in the center [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 5, 2008
Get your finger on the trigger, it’s time to play everyone’s favorite internet game “Click Buy It Now Before Anyone Else Does”. You’ve played it on eBay, on various toy sites and now you can play on kawsone.com. Today, Thursday at 9am (PST time that is) the new products up for grabs by Original [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
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This is the second bit of gigantic news I’m posting today. The first was, 8GB mimobots. Now, how about a 4-foot KAWS Companion? Available in a grey colorway tomorrow at the OriginalFake store in Tokyo. Each piece costs 255,500 yen ( $2472 USD ). OriginalFake will start giving out lottery numbers at 10AM (Tokyo time) [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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OriginalFake is back in action and celebrating their 2nd anniversary with a new range of t-shirts. Several designs have already sold out, but there’s a sweet green and black Chum by Mark Dean Veca still available. Shirts come in white, grey and black for about $68 with limited sizing options still up for grabs. So [...]
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Friday, March 20, 2009
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