I've been watching the evolution of Cypher13's SOFT&FURRY with keen interest. It began with a contest to create the forthcoming hand-cast toys' logo. After 8 weeks of online competition, a winner, Shitty Kitten, was declared. The premise of the three…
Continue Reading →Toy2r has done many collaborations with fashion labels over the years -- from DKNY to tokidoki. Their latest range of collectible 2.5-inch Qee figures includes Mark Fairwhale (above) and LUISAVIAROMA (after the jump). The Mark Fairwhale brand was created in…
Continue Reading →Between the opening ceremonies and the most decorated athlete in history, this year's Olympics in Beijing are arguably larger than life. So how do you pay tribute to something that big? You go small. The Hong Kong Lego Users Group…
Continue Reading →I'm not sure if Kidrobot's Dunnys are the "world's greatest vinyl canvas" as their press releases proclaim, but they certainly are one of the most popular. As a designer toy created by KR founder Paul Budnitz (with Tristan Eaton), Dunnys…
Continue Reading →Jon Burgerman is one of the most prolific illustrators in the U.K. His doodles have adorned platform toys, shirts and skate decks. On September 25th, when Kidrobot drops The Heroes of Burgertown, he can add a line of mini-figures to…
Continue Reading →Husband-wife design team Vivian Cheng and Eric Jean-Louis (Blend Creations) were reading about the fate of children in war-torn countries when they hit upon a question many of us in the arts often ponder: "How do I save the world…
Continue Reading →If there was any doubt that in the 21st century toys = bonafide art, Christie's recent pop culture auction -- including $625 vinyl figures from Huck Gee and Joe Ledbetter --settled it. Now, Phillips de Pury & Company is following…
Continue Reading →Maybe it's the "sans-middleman" spirit of Web 2.0, or perhaps he just wanted to screw the flippers, but Frank Kozik is now operating his own Industrious fans who have the full cooperation of Frank Kozik (so much so that it…
Continue Reading →The Simpsons series (out August 21) marks Kidrobot's largest mini-figure series yet. Twenty-four vinyl figures stand just three inches tall, but the implications of the Kidrobot/Simpsons collaboration are huge. Despite the fact that Simpsons-creator Matt Groening redrew his characters in…
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