Simone Legno, designer of tokidoki, will be making an appearance in San Francisco on Saturday, November 15th. If you’re in the Union Square area, stop by Macy’s to see his Fall 2008 collection of handbags, including the just released Winter 08 Print. Simone will be signing between 1-3PM in the “Young Attitudes Handbags” area on [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 10, 2008
What would Sid Vicious think if he came back to life and found himself rendered in kawaii-cuteness by tokidoki? Regardless of that, these new punk-inspired t-shirts from Simone Legno are probably right for the right person. The line features shout-outs to Sid, Nancy and Sheena (as in “is a Punk Rocker”) on colorful shirts. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
What am I writing this on? A boring silver box of a laptop. No bells, no frills, I don’t even have a kitchy sticker on it, what I really need is “I’m with Stupid Bumper Sticker” on there, just so everyone knows what sort my powerbook hangs out with. If you’re one to judge a book [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
It’s almost as if tokidoki’s Simone Legno has a twin because it’s hard to image how he puts out copious products and makes it to so many events on his own. Following signings at SDCC 08, Simone can next be seen at a special in-store appearance at Giant Robot in Los Angeles. Since relocating from [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
tokidoki fever ravished the San Diego Comic Con, and it was h-o-t. Not only was the tokidoki booth one of the more crowded and popular spots in the toy ghetto, (I dreaded having to fight myself through the masses on this aisle) but the tokidoki releases at StrangeCo, Kidrobot and ToyTokyo also dispersed the Simone [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
Karmaloop TV dropped us a note about their Legno video interview. I love seeing him flipping through his sketchbook and seeing all the tokidoki characters. Check out the video below, but do check out the rest of Karmaloop. Related posts Utterly Cute! Meet the New Moofia Characters ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives Updated ToyTokyo SDCC 08 Exclusives ToyTokyo Exclusives Latest Updates tokidoki’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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
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...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The latest news from STRANGEco brings the tokidoki SDCC ‘08 exclusives to oh…a zillion. Just off the top of my head there’s already an 8″ Dunny, a Geisha, a Kaniza Starfish. Now let’s add tokidoki x STRANGEco’s platinum edition Cactus Friends and Cactus Pups and a special edition mono Bulleto (edition of 250). tokidoki fans [...]
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...Thursday, June 26, 2008
Simone Legno has been busy. Besides a slew of his own work to be released at SDCC ‘08 [tagged], he’s now skinned a cat (sorry, bad on me for that pun) and mouse as part of a custom project with Zakkamono. Miao and Mousubi is the first collectible designer vinyl figure by Zakka for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 27, 2008
In case you there aren’t enough reason to take a trip to Hawaii: tokidoki’s Simone Legno will be signing the new collection of Onitsuka Tiger sneakers at Nordstrom in Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 7th from 1-4PM. The partnership with Onitsuka Tiger brings together two unique facets of Japanese culture. Onitsuka Tiger’s strong [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 16, 2008
Why is Simon Legno trying to destroy me? Well, not physically, but for sure financially. The tokidoki merch parade continues to take to the streets and this time, will be sporting super stylish kicks to make the journey all the cooler. Tokidoki has teamed up with Onitsuka Tiger sneakers and make this stunning set of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
Years ago, I got a gilded gold Maneki Neko or commenly know as a Lucky Cat, as a gift from an acquaintance at my birthday party. It was a cheap little plastic one that they picked up in Chinatown, probably from right next door to the kitschy dive bar where the party was. Nothing like [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
Yeah, this is my third, THIRD, post on tokidoki this week. I should just give Simone Legno my ATM number because he’s slyly emptying my wallet with all these new goodies. Our newest tokidoki find is the new blind box characters of the utterly adorable and popular Moofia characters set from tokidoki and STRANGEco. Please [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Yesterday I wrote a posting on how Simone Legno, founder and creator of the tokidoki brand is everywhere. One place he’s found a comfortable spot is in the forefront of my brain. I can’t seem to erase the image of the new Sandy cactus figure out of my head. Sandy is green, lean and oh [...]
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