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. [...]

My Little Pony Stormtrooper

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Wow. This is freaking awesome. Whatever your proclivity toward ponies, you really have to just admire this mashup between a Hasbro My Little Pony and a Star Wars Stormtrooper. I normally like to ask an independent designer before I snatch up a pic, but after seeing this on John’s excellent Toycutter blog and recent hype [...]

Suckadelic DJ Stormtrooper at Auction

Friday, August 15, 2008

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New York City-based Suckadelic has produced DJ Trooper: an artistic adaptation of the iconic ‘Stormtrooper’ from Star Wars.This 12-inch art toy depicts the DJ in 1:6 scale wearing a custom track suit and mini-headphones, spinning his collection of records on a double turntable stand.

Super 7 x Lucas Films x Kotobukya = Jumbo Stormtrooper

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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Super 7 has been hanging out with the big boys. Who have they been rubbing shoulders with? None other than Lucas Films. Yeah, that Lucas Films. And what have they been up to? Why a super big exciting (fill in other lofty adjectives here) collaboration between them, Lucas and Kotobukya (who are responsible for the [...]

Spirit of Yoda and Other Rare Star Wars Kubricks

Friday, June 20, 2008

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Today’s mail brought tidings of rare Star Wars Kubricks from Tokyo to Taiwan. First up is this Medicom Toy Exhibit ‘08 Spirit of Yoda exclusive. Select industry ballers were invited to a VIP reception preceding tomorrow’s Exhibition. The invitations doubled as a voucher for the not-for-sale Spirit of Yoda Kubrick (above). You can see [...]