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Rotofugi Holiday Sale!
It’s sale time YET again. This time you can get some amazing stocking stuffers and things for under the tree from Chicago toy super store Rotofugi. They have your best interest at heart. They ask that if you are “Looking for a great gift at an even better price? Then look no further…and remember, [...]
Continue reading...Get a Charicature by SKAFFS at Rotofugi
Thursday, November 27, 2008
While many American designers (Happy Thanksgiving, fellow patriots!) are starting to place hard rules on what and where they’ll draw for you, Australia’s Luke Feldman (aka Skaffs) will actually draw you (for one night only). Wednesday, December 10th from 5-8PM, Skaffs sets up at Rotofugi in Chicago. The event will feature caricatures, live drawing and [...]
Continue reading...adFunture Halloween YOKA Pack
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Last week, own very own Jeremy wrote about the Halloween YOKA by adFunture, a two and a half inch Glow in the Dark Halloween skeleton laden YOKA bear. He mentioned how adFunture has recently made a partnership with the mighty Rotofugi in Chicago to carry the YOKA line exclusively in the United States. A big [...]
Continue reading...Halloween and Racer YOKAs by adFunture at Rotofugi
Monday, October 20, 2008
From now on, adFunture will be releasing YOKA figures on a more regular basis, perhaps even monthly. adFunture has partnered with ROTOFUGI in Chicago to carry the line exclusively outside of Mainland China. The latest YOKAs are the 2.5-inch G.I.D. Halloween bear and the 2.5-inch PUMA/Racer bear. Each comes in blister card packaging and can [...]
Continue reading...30% Sale at Rotofugi
Friday, October 3, 2008
The other day I did a post about the 20% off sale at Kidrobot. Well, Rotofugi has them beat. From October 1st to October 8th, you can get 30% off selected items. Yeah, that’s 10% more discounted love. Why the sale? Well Rotofugi is doing some cleaning, sorting and moving of their warehouse, and who [...]
Continue reading...Kozik’s Ludwig in Yellow at Rotofugi
Monday, September 29, 2008
Per Frank Kozik’s quips about colorways (see this week’s feature here), a new hue of (A Clockwork) Orange has been announced. Chicago’s Rotofugi will be the exclusive retailer of this yellow version of Kozik’s Ludwig Van (A Clockwork Beethoven) vinyl bust. This follows news of Lulubell’s black exclusive, 3D Retro’s silver exclusive and Posters and [...]
Continue reading...Coarsetoys at Rotofugi
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Sadly, I didn’t make it to the Noop Show by Coarsetoys on Friday at Rotofugi in Chicago. I was thousands of miles away in California. But had I been able, I would have have been there with bells, yes bells, on. Check out some of the pics from the show below, which was attended by Coarsetoys [...]
Continue reading...Upcoming: Le Merde Drops Some Art at Rotofugi
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Yeah, October is still a little far off, but when you’re trying to outline your toy and art calendar, it’s best to plan ahead. So, mark this date down. October 10th . Not because it’s Mario Lopez, Bai Ling and Brett Favre’s birthdays (thank you Wikipedia!) but because it’s the opening of “Vanfar and Boko [...]
Continue reading...Party with Dunny Series 5 at Rotofugi!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
If you can’t make it to the Shoparooni in Cleveland, Ohio. Well, don’t fret, you have another chance to party it up in all that hot Dunny Action…if you happen to live in Chicago area that is. Toy superstore Rotofugi will be having their own Dunny Series 5 Release Party on September 3rd. This will [...]
Continue reading...Noop Show By Coarsetoys at Rotofugi
Monday, August 25, 2008
Noop will be in the house! Who’s house? Why Rotofugi’s house! On Friday September 12th from 6 to 9 pm, Coarsetoys creator Mark Landwehr will be in attendance at Rotofugi’s Gallery in Chicago to celebrate the release of his newest figure Noop! There will be an exhibit up until October 5th of Landwehr toys and [...]
Continue reading...Mothman & Flatwoods Monster
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
If you like David Horvath, kaiju, and/or monsters, check out Rotofugi’s current Super Deal of the Week. David Horvath collaborated with Japanese company Wonderwall on a new “type” of both the Flatwoods Monster and Mothman. The Swamp Gas Types have pink and silver vinyl on the outside, and they glow on the inside. They both [...]
Continue reading...To-Fu Bath Ball
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
If you’re in So Cal, you probably felt that earthquake around 11:40am. They’re saying it’s 5.4 from Chino Hills. I hope everyone in this area is okay, and be careful of after-shocks. Occasions like this remind me that cell phones become worthless after something like an earthquake. Now back to regular programming… Rotofugi always has [...]
Continue reading...Inked Pulp Letterpress Series by Squibblesink
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Forget plastic, plush and vinyl. Chicago based Squibbles Ink (responsible for Product Design, Development, Consulting and Manufacturing which all equals busy) is going old school. Their newest project is Inked Pulp a limited edition series of letterpressed pieces. On display at the Rotofugi booth at SDCC were prints by Shawnimals, 64 Colors, OhNoDoom and Brian [...]
Continue reading...San Diego Comic Con – Surviving Day One.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
First I should let you know that I actually don’t care much for humanity. I prefer to be surrounded by legions of plastic and vinyl then people. So I enter the whole Comic Con experience with a mixture of anticipation (for the toys) and dread (for the humans). But as we know, not all homo [...]
Continue reading...Plushforms @ Rotofugi
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Plushforms are the cutest and the only customizable plush platform. After seeing a few of the custom Plushforms out there, it makes you wonder why someone didn’t think of this before. The Release Event and Custom Show took place at Rotofugi in Chicago [blogged]. We saw a few sneak previews from kaNO and Sketchbot [blogged], [...]
Continue reading...Sneak Peeks at Plushforms from kaNO and Sketchbot
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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...Plushform Gallery Show on June 27th
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 [...]
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