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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Arcade Fire / Dr. Dre Posters at the Flatstock Convention by Burlesque of North America

We have completed design and illustration projects for a diverse range of clients including Nike Sportswear, Target, Arcade Fire, Rhymesayers, Kidrobot, Walker Art Center, Conde Nast, Stones Throw Records, Numero Group, and many others.

Windy City, weeeee're heeeeere! Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago) kicks off today (July 13) and we'll be down in Union Park all weekend long for the 35th Flatstock. This semiannual event features dozens of artists, designers, and printers showcasing and selling their screenprinted concert posters. We'll all be set up in the Southeast corner of the Park, nestled between the CHIRP Record Fair tent and the food vendors.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope - TRAILER Movie opens April 6

Welcome To Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope Official Site: [HD movie trailer]

❝What started as a fringe comic book convention for 500 fans has grown into the pop culture event of the year that influences every form of entertainment, now attended by over 140,000 strong.

COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE- a film by Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) explores this amazing cultural phenomenon by following the lives of five attendees as they descend upon the ultimate geek mecca at San Diego Comic-Con 2010:

Meet the Subjects:
Eric, an aspiring illustrator, is hoping to impress publishers and land a job;
Holly, costume and creature designer, hopes her creations will win the big prize;
Chuck, a long-time comic book dealer, is looking for a big sale to pay off his debts;
Skip, longtime amateur illustrator wants to be discovered at this year’s event;
James, a young fan, hopes his girlfriend will accept a dramatic proposal.❞

Super Size Me: 6 1/2 Year Anniversary Special Edition

Friday, February 17, 2012

Michael Jackson New Pop! Rocks figure + At the Grammys: Spending time with MJ memorabilia | via @Sqrall

New Michael Jackson toy figures by Funko announced at Toy Fair 2012

Funko Pop! Rocks #22-24 are available now. On the right is the new Michael Jackson "Bad".
At center is the new "Military" Michael at the 1984 Grammy Awards with that one sparkling glove.

• More pictures of the first three Michael Jackson figures

At the Grammys: Spending time with MJ memorabilia | Firstpost:

... bejeweled gloves that Jackson would also wear offstage ... Also showcased are his military-cut, sequined jackets; designer jackets, his favourite black Fedora hat he wore at many ocassions, and the legendary thriller outfit he sported at many a tour. And the biggest treat of all: handwritten lyrics of Beat It.

... these items — on loan to downtown L.A.’s Grammy Museum from Jackson’s private estate — were part of the outgoing “Michael Jackson: HIStyle,” a fashion-driven look at the King of Pop’s royal style that opened back in February. Just as the last pieces were coming down to make room for the new Neil Diamond installation, word came of the artist’s death on Thursday.

Michael Jackson "Bad"

Funko Pop! Disney series 3 mug shots: #ToyFairNY #TF12

Giant Mickey Disney Pop! Vinyl figures at the 2012 New York Toy Fair
These are the first mini Pop! figures, but they'll be packaged in a different set

Giant 9" Buzz Lightyear and Maleficent
Captain Hook, Donald and more Disney Pixar

Sally and Jack Skellington Funko Pop! Vinyl toys
from the Nightmare Before Christmas

The booth at Funko was crowded with buyers, photographers fans and reporters to catch a glimpse at the new Funko Toys and the new 48 page catalog. See the new catalog at Funko Funatic to see the new Beatles Yellow Submarine characters, the new NBA series of wacky wobbler bobble heads, and a fresh line of tee shirts and apparel. Check out the characters on the tee-shirts to get a hint of the possible designer toys to come in future from Funko. And be sure to stay glued to the Funko page for the latest official announcements.

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MINDstyle Skull Kun Mickey - Bounty Hunter BxH ⍾ Toy Fair 2012 #TF12 #ToyFairNY

BxH Skull Kun Mickey at Toy Fair 2012

MINDstyle display (to see inside those boxes, click for larger image)

Bounty Hunter BxH collaborates with top artists to make cool designer vinyl art toys.

Mindstyle art toys - Toy Fair NY Wonderland: Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit - ToyfairNY, New Toys for 2012

Cheshire Cat, crazy Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit from MINDstyle who collaborate with Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Warner Brothers and other major studios to produce designer toys. The best information comes from the MINDstyle page.

Cheshire Cat

I'm Late!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Mindstyle book with woodgrain stitch via Mindstyle booth at #TF12 #Collecting

Mindstyle published a book of toys for a show in China. The first half of the book is devoted to FunKo Pop! toys shot with sexy, full-page glam photos. This is one of the other pages with an awesome wood-grained vinyl Stitch character.

New FunKo Pop! figures and a new catalog! #Collecting

New Pop! toys from the New York Toy Fair #TF12

Luke Skywalker

Shadow Trooper

Three new figures from the New Dark Knight movie

Long awaited V is for Vendetta figure

Emporer Zurg is ready to ship

Enter to Win a free copy of the 2012 Funko Catalog

See the new catalog at Funko Funatics

More than 150 different Pop! vinyl figures and bobble-heads in 10 different groups: movies and television, comic book heroes and rock stars made by FunKo.

FunKo Pop! Vinyl toy figures
150+ Pop! Vinyl action figure toys created by FunKo
Disney Pop! Action Figure Toys

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Uglydolls: WAGE 10 YEARS OLD! creator David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim #TF12

UGLYBLOG: WAGE 10 YEARS OLD SOON!:

Sun-MIn sewed together the very first Uglydoll, Wage,
10 years ago this December, and the 10th
anniversary of the very first Wage to ever be sold
in stores is coming in 2012. We have something
very special planned for mid 2012 to celebrate
Wage's birthday so stay tuned! Wage has always
been one of our best sellers but because the
special shops we sell to always want new and new
and new, we had to make room.
We are completely out of Wage at the warehouse so
if you have one, go get him a "10" candle and
a cup cake ( non GMO please ) or
maybe a salad.

Wage version zero?
This was the first attempt at sewing for Sun-Min.
The second ever item she ever sewed was Wage.
So this goes to show you kids, never give up,
especially after your first attempt.
I fail all day long, doesn't phase me one bit.

Direct quote from the former blog of David Horvath (he's switching over to Tumblr). The last sentence is just riveting and one worth posting on the bathroom mirror to remember every day. Don't fight failure - it's the best teacher.

~~He'll be at~~ the International Toy Fair New York #TF12 this year, ~~signing autographs and~~ releasing a tenth anniversary edition of Wage. Horvath and Kim also announced the deal to make an animated feature film based on the Uglydoll characters.
[Note: The signing was on the show calendar but Horvath was out of town.]

New York Toy Fair Move-in | Show Starts Sunday 10AM

The Toy Fair in New York is not like a Comic-con, but still I fell the urge to make a Noisy Boy robot costume from the Real Steel movie and cruise down the aisles and have a bit of fun. They'd probably throw me out on my arse, but we'll see.

Many of the toy blogs will have coverage of the event, so I'm just going to stick with the quirky details and the toys that I like. I've a passion for FunKo Pop! Vinyl toys since I first saw them in November and now I'm starting to get into Wacky Wobblers.