ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Kawstrooper Brings the Crowd

Monday, September 29, 2008

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. [...]

Kaws Storm Trooper Lottery Begins Saturday

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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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 [...]

Kaws Grey Dissected Companion Teaser

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 [...]

Kaws 4ft Grey Companion Release UPDATE SOLD OUT!

Thursday, June 5, 2008

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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 [...]

Attack of the Giants Pt. 2: 4Ft KAWS Companion

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) [...]

KAWS & OriginalFake Celebrate 2nd Anniversary

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 [...]