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Alex Pardee x Kidrobot Black DigesTED
Alex Pardee and Theodore RoseFelt aka DigesTED, San Francisco 2009 Picture it: San Francisco, January 2009. A pre-skinny Alex Pardee had just opened an atrabilious art show entitled Letters From...
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New Govra Eclipse and Zenith from Sergey Safonov
As an endnote to 2012, Sergey Safonov released a stark new figure, Govra, (the deity of the end). Well, it’s a new year (2013) and a new conference (Toycon UK), and Govra has returned in new (equally...
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Squadt Assembly Will Split Your Ass!
This is the antidote to today’s arid array of art toys. It’s the panacea for prosaic plastic. The elixir vitae for vapid vinyl. The therapeutic treatment for tedious toys! And now that I’m done...
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Artful Monsters: A Neo-Kaiju Creature Feature at Toy Art Gallery
Nadsat Boy by Kenth Toy Works Last weekend was an excellent one for next level toy art openings. The Midwest got hands on with Squadt Assembly at Rotofugi and the West Coast channeled the Far East with...
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Yum Yum London Toys on Fab.com
Hey, remember those Yum Yum London vinyl toys? You know, the granny, the zombie and the cactus, as well as the homicidal hotdog and the movie theater nudist? When I wrote about them last May, the...
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Foldable.Me for the Fine Art of Papercraft Portraiture
You can’t spell “origami” without “I.” And you can’t pronounce “origami” without “me.” So drop the modesty and embrace your effigy…with Foldable.Me! The nice folks at UK-based Foldable.Me got in...
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Grumpy Cat Toys from Plastic Foundry
Like many people who look at stuff on the Internet, I’m just wild about Grumpy Cat. The dour-faced feline appears on all manner of merchandise (I was helpless against buying this Hipster Animals...
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It’s April 20th, 2013
Stoner Squadt on Clay Street, downtown Oakland It’s 420, friends. Go outdoors and be with your buds. Best Buds Revisit last year’s Top 10 Posts About Art and Pot and see the dopest green toy of 2013:...
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Internet Cries Racism Over Mexico Barbie
I love it when classy news sites weigh in on collectible controversies! Recently, there was an uproar over Mattel’s Barbie Dolls of the World collection, specifically Mexico Barbie. Despite being...
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Real Life Russian Barbie Doll is Really From Outer Space
Real Life Barbie Doll, Valeria Lukyanova On Monday, we took a look at the “controversial” Mexico Barbie doll and discovered that the media’s response was mostly overblown and somewhat manipulated....
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Die Antwoord’s Evil Boy Toy Now Available in Red, Black and Green!
Last February, Ninja and Yolandi of South African Zef Rap Rave band Die Antwoord graced our fair city of San Francisco. They came to play music and release a vinyl toy, which makes this pretty much...
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Mark Ryden’s YHWH Custom Toy Show at Toy Art Gallery
YHWH toys by Francesco de Molfetta, Emilio Garcia, Marion Peck, KMDNZ, PlaSeeBo and Liz McGrath The Mark Ryden-blessed YHWH Group Custom Toy Show stands apart in a sea of similarly intended toy art...
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Punk, Pierced and Mohawked Japanese Sofubi Cat Cupcake Toys
I’m really feline these new collectible cats by Refreshment. You gotta be kitten me with those little meowhawks! As usual, the Japanese are on point with their cultural reference points. It’s like a...
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Ferg x Brandt Peters Terror Boy #00 [Ooze]
After the Trouble (Boys), comes the Terror (Boys)… FERG and Brandt Peters bring back their award-winning collaboration in the form of Ooze. The 6-inch Squadt comes with real textile clothes, a...
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Winsome Woodbot Toys by Loulou
Aaahhh! I love these winsome woodbots by Loulou, half of the adorable art team known as Loulou and Tummie. The Dutch design duo are always doing delightful things (like this new poster for the Museum...
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Sideways Toy by Yoskay Yamamoto
It’s been about 5 years since artist Yoskay Yamamoto released his beautiful Koibito art toys in editions that, by today’s truncated toyconomics, seem massive (500 – 1000 pieces). Clearly a fan of the...
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Doubleparlour to Release 22 New Character Toys
In about 24 hours, San Francisco-based artists, Doubleparlour [see studio visit/interview here], will be releasing 22 new hand-sculpted resin character toys. Each sculpture is a unique piece, finished...
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I and MGH: New Toy Art From Patient No.6
Has it actually been three years since I first wrote about Patient No. 6? (“Patient No. 6 is Ready for Discharge”) Time really flies in Toyland. With his latest figure, the Ukranian artist has stepped...
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Gay Marriage Returns to California
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, thus returning legalized gay marriage to California. Nicely done! Congrats to any and all newlyweds. It’s actually...
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Happy Passover 2013
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/matzoh-willow-550x550.jpgPretty soon it’s going to be Easter, and there will be bunny toys galore. So here’s a photo for the Jewish (and possibly...
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