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STRANGEco is looking to beef up their mailing list and as an incentive, they’re giving away three rare figures by James Jarvis. The prize features: One limited edition King Ken 12-inch vinyl figure, flocked brown and released in 2005 One gold solid gold King Ken mini figure, sold at the San Diego Comic Con in 2008 One “Listen [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
Now over a decade since the beginning of the designer toy movement, Kubricks, Qees and Dunnys seem like distant cousins from the toys that sparked the scene. They have become a category all their own: they are blind box toys. Blind box toys are sold with their contents enshrouded in secrecy. The risk-factor of buying the unknown is mitigated by the potential reward of getting something rare. You don’t know what you’re going to get, and that is, ostensibly, all packaged into the fun of the experience. Depending who you ask, blind boxing is a “marketing strategy” or a “fun experience.” Depending who you are, it is either one or possibly both. The segments of this story include: toy companies, toy fans, toy stores, toy artists and toy bloggers. Let’s begin at the beginning, with the toy companies. Part 1: Toy Companies.
Continue reading...Friday, January 30, 2009
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MyPlasticHeart continues to bring the goods to NYCC with these completely (in)organic colorways of Julie West’s Bumble & Tweet 6″ figures. Each is decked out in removable beehive bonnets, which include removable magnetic bees (and I loves me some bees). MPH plans on bringing only 18 of each figure to debut at NYCC. Expect to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up hours in advance to get a crack at exclusive art toys by Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Frank Kozik, Gary Ham, Doktor A, MAD, Marka27 and others. Customized [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
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Here’s just a sampling of some of the exclusives from the VTN Winter 08 show. (Click here for a tidy tagged version of all the coverage.) People who had been waiting in line for hours got right to business locating these particular figures. It seemed to me like much of the crowd got in, got [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
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STRANGEco has the nicest staff on earth, seriously. Bambi probably had to let a bunch of people down easy that James Jarvis’ Martin X SE figure sold out on Black Friday and didn’t make it to VTN as part of the previously announced exclusives. However, the absence of one figure inevitably enabled the purchasing of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
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STRANGEco is bringing a bundle of exclusives to this weekend’s Vinyl Toy Network. James Jarvis’ Martin X sold out at STRANGEco and Amos Toys online this past weekend, so VTN remains the final destination for acquiring the Bounty Hunter tribute. There will also be a GID Lorbo by Jim Woodring, the tree edition of Julie [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 27, 2008
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The Miami art team of Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, that otherwise goes by the name FriendsWithYou, have mashed it up yet again with STRANGEco. You may be familiar with the FriendsWithYou toys that STRANGEco has produced in the past, such as the TTTs, Wish Come True series and Malfi. This time the results of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
I’d heard a rumor that the much-blogged STRANGEco x James Jarvis Mini King Ken figures were already in Urban Outfitters stores, so I went to check it out. Rumor confirmed. The 4-inch apes are plentiful at your local beacon of bandwagon cool, though I do not think they are for sale online. As is usually [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
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Following much speculation, the chase colorway in the upcoming James Jarvis‘ Mini King Ken series has been revealed (thanks Hypebeast). We’ve been following these little guys since July, and the drop date is finally at hand. Although they won’t see worldwide distribution until later this month, LA-area Jarvis fans have a shot at them first [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Time is flying by. It seemed like it was just August when we blogged about Greg “Craola” Simkins bicoastal solo show, It Wanders. Already it’s time for the exhibition to take up shop on the west coast, at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The show opens tonight with a reception from 7-10PM. To further sweeten [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
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San Francisco’s own STRANGEco is heading south to Los Angeles for the weekend to participate in Paper Magazine’s 24 Hour Department Store. The list of participants (see flier below) includes a cool collection of artists, musicians, designers and brands, from Mr. Cartoon/Estevan Oriel, Undefeated, RVCA and Supreme to FUCT, Jeremy Scott, Citizen Citizen and The [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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Sunny dropped word of these back in August, and now they’re about to drop for reals. STRANGEco production of Julie West’s Bumble and Tweet figures are available in candy (pink) and spring (green) editions for pre-order at retailers like Pink Ghost for $24.99 each. Bumble and Tweet each wear nest-bonnets and come with a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Following Internet rumblings from July and SDCC sightings, STRANGEco is pleased to announce the King Ken Mini Series! Designed by famed illustrator and designer toy pioneer James Jarvis, the King Ken mini series features a collection of new four-inch versions of his popular King Ken character in six special color variants. The Mini King Ken [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
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Arghhh, who ye thar wants some ye olde treasure? Oh, I know, everyone! STRANGEco has just announced a ultra special addition to the CAP’N ROTNCLAW and KEEL HAUL CLEG figures by Greg Craola Simkins: The TREASURE OF CAP’N ROTNCLAW! Every one of the figures will come packed with a special treasure map. Yes, most just [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 3, 2008
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I originally spied and posted about the upcoming tokidoki Captain Coco figure during the San Diego Comic Con (man, that seems a long, long time ago). I was introduced to him by the STRANGEco team at their filled to the brim with awesomeness booth. And finally, any and all dreams of hot Coco action can [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Check it out. Gallery 1988 just got in a shipment of STRANGEco’s Vivisect Playset special SDCC ‘08 edition. The collector’s edition set features all ten figures by Anthony Ausgang, Luke Chueh, Peter Gronquist, Thomas Han, Joe Ledbetter, Greg “Craola” Simkins and Amanda Visell (including chases) in exclusive Comic-Con colorways. It comes packaged in a deluxe [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 12, 2008
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Long before vinyl and blind boxes, I collected plush dolls. Plushies will always be my first love. They have that built-in cute factor. Take a look at these new plush dolls from STRANGEco. Designed by Friends with You, Mr. TTT comes in two magical editions: Rainbow and Albino. They will retail for $28, and they’ll [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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STRANGEco just posted two new creatures from the design mind of Greg “Craola” Simkins. Cap’n Rotnclaw – Red version. With working claws for extra scuttling poseability and menace. Limited to 600 pieces. Rotocast vinyl. 7 inches tall. Window box packaging. Begins shipping in early October 2008. Keel Haul Cleg – Black version. With working claws for extra [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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In case you haven’t yet had your fill of conventions: Twice a year, an “astounding array of the world’s best home, gift and lifestyle resources converge at the NYIGF… offering an incredible selection of exceptional merchandise in one convenient, well-organized marketplace.” Of particular interest to toy fans is the attendance of San Francisco’s STRANGEco (Booth [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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Yesterday I wrote about the upcoming, and much anticipated, Julie West show happening at MyPlasticHeart. I’m sure the show is going to be amazing but what I was really excited about was seeing the finished Bumble and Tweet characters being produced by StrangeCo, especially after checking out the images of the work in progress on Vinyl Pulse...
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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So you’re obsessed with toys. And you have to go to a birthday party for your nephew, friend’s rugrat, or just one of your preschool aged pals. For those under the age of, like four, a kaiju figure might scare the bejesus out of them, you might offend the parents with a smokin’ labbit, you [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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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...Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Sometimes bigger really is better. Spied at the San Diego Comic Con in the stunningly cool Strangeco booth was the epically large Smokestack by Mars1 statue, which clocks in at about three feet. The thing is way too big to be called a toy or a figure, this large piece is an idol to be [...]
Continue reading...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 [...]
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