It may be a month late, but new ideas are never out of style. Studio Number One just issued their 2009 New Ideal Calendar with 12 months worth of fresh typography and illustration from Shepard Fairey, Zach Gibson, Kristian Henson,…
Continue Reading →If you've been waffling on making the move from collectible vinyl toys to collectible metal toys, here's an incentive: FullyVisual, the one-man metal-casting operation of Jamie Mathis is having a sale. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. EST today, select…
Continue Reading →First they practically gave their T-shirts away and now Upper Playground is thanking you with a drawing for a Sam Flores painting valued at over $10,000. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, UP has planned an exciting year of giveaways, and…
Continue Reading →Last year, adFunture unveiled its own contribution to the growing genre of platform toys: the Yoka. Available as a large vinyl figure and a smaller mini-figure, the panda bear sports a clever design that allows it to sit or stand.…
Continue Reading →Paper Tiger is about to celebrate their premiere anniversary, and they've just released the first print of the new year: Nathan Ota's "Touch of Class." The young company features exclusive giclee and silk-screened prints in a range of sizes, as…
Continue Reading →People are bound to have a spectrum of reactions to the Inauguration Day proceedings, so if your gut is telling you to react by buying toys, it's ok. Barack Obama's message inspired an unprecedented array of art toys in 2008…
Continue Reading →DC Shoes have partnered with Portland-based character creators, UNKL, on a limited edition sneaker and toy set. The kicks and figure both feature a black and green color scheme with glow-in-the-dark accents. The figure in question is the SUG, one…
Continue Reading →We've written about the music of Daft Punk, Barack Obama action figures and Daft Punk designer toys, but I never imagined I'd have the occasion to write about all three in one post. In the latest mashup of politics and…
Continue Reading →Despite the fact that we have accepted the need to traverse shoeless, beltless and beverageless through airport security, most of us still can't stave off baggage carousel gridlock by bringing along anything other than a black roller bag. I'm among…
Continue Reading →Nine times out of ten, Public Enemy's advice to not believe the hype rings true. And then there's Vivian Girls. You can sometimes measure the trendiness rank of a band by how much a CDR of their demo sells for…
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