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The Hundreds x Garfield Black Version figure kidrobot

By jnaidoo | Published 04/14/2011

If you checkSKATENOIZE you will see that I also posted a Garfield Skate deck from this series. bigpearly is selling this extremely limited toy from The Hundreds. This piece comes with 6 points of articulation and fully rolling skateboard. The figure itself is limited to 100 pieces. So it’s not easy to come by. This particular one is a variant.

Medicom Original Fake Kaws Playing Cards Black Color

By jnaidoo | Published 03/31/2011

Where are all my Poker Heads at? Where are all my Kaws fans at. siupo23 is selling a limited deck of Bicycle Playing cards with a Kaws twist to it. These are some the dopest cards I’ve seen next to the ones with naked chicks on them. Two true originals team up for the first time to spice up the game of poker. But if you play with these cards be careful you might loose more than just your money.

FAMILY GUY KIDROBOT HAS ARRIVED!!!

By jnaidoo | Published 02/24/2011

So just when I thought I was done with Simpsons Kidrobot and Futurama, they go and make Family Guy Kidrobot. ARE THEY TRYING TO MAKE ME BROKE? I cannot wait to get my hands on these. Of course I will be selling doubles left and right to finance other Family Guy purchases. I like the fun of not knowing what is in the blind boxes but I also hate that it takes so long to collect a set. But you can just by this lot from ernest087 and save yourself the aggravation.

Kaws Pushead Companion

By Murphy | Published 02/22/2011

I’ve always been a fan of the Kaws Companion figure. It’s just a strong look for a figure. Then along comes Pushead in 2005 to throw a spin on the Medicom produced figure. These 4 figures are AWESOME. The combo of Kaws and Pushead is killer in my opinion. Definitely two of my favorite artists around. Pushead is the metal king, no doubt. Check the figures from blaringdog, tko_records and snakeyip. Which color is your favorite? Glow in the dark is awesome, no doubt. But honestly, you can’t go wrong with black.

Medicom Levi’s Clique Bearbrick

By jnaidoo | Published 01/25/2011

Just when you thought you had enough of Bearbrick, another limited release arrives to empty your wallets. ronnicshop is selling this Japanese exclusive Bearbrick from Medicom. This was given to customers of the Levis store in Japan. The customer had to purchase 20000 yen worth of merchandise.That comes out to about $242.00 that’s probably 3 pairs of jeans. I have to say this is one of my favorite Bearbricks, its such an original concept. The clothing is incredibly detailed I like it.

KAWS x LAZZARINNI

By Casali | Published 01/18/2011

Up for auction is the whole KAWS x ROBERT LAZZARINNI companion set. They came out just last month in Japan and are selling through the online site TODAY for the U.S. I’m pretty siked to see a Lazzarinni twist an old KAWS toy that I’ll never get my hands on. They have full sets for $900 BUY IT NOW on eBay as well, so maybe $250 – $300 resell value each, which isn’t that bad. You can also do a pre-order on Toy Tokyo for $264 each. But in case you miss out, there’s always uncle eBay to turn to. This one is at $255 with 3 days left.

Mickey Mouse Isn’t Paying The Bills Anymore

By Murphy | Published 09/03/2010

Have you noticed the recent of appearance in Disney in all sorts of new places? I know I have. It seems like Disney is attempting to branch out. After 90 years, someone realized it was time to mix it up. And this makes sense too. Traditionally, Disney’s target demographic has been children age 0 – 14 (or some where in the early teens). Courtesy of iPods, xbox and a shorter maturation time span, this target demographic window is shrinking. Instead of 0-14, Disney is lucky if they can hold onto 0-11. I’ve walked by a few Disney stores (the ones that didn’t out right shut down), and I would have to say the average age of the end consumer is getting lower and lower. I’d guess it is close to 4 lately (I think princesses are one of those Disney saviors).

This shrinking window must have forced execs to start thinking outside the box. In this post, I hope to give you a glimpse into this window. And oddly, most of these items are NOT in the usual toy range …

Lets start off with this lip gloss from MAC makeups. Yeah, not the typical item you would see branded with Disney characters. I’ve walked by enough Macy’s makeup counters and Sephoras to realize that makeup is big business. Disney execs can see this too. It seems everyone these days is getting into the health good collaborations from Kat Von Dee to Pharrell Williams. Makeup is big. And who’s bigger in a young ladies life than good old Daisy Duke. Seems like an easy transition product for tweens and teens.

Over to the mens counter, a few street brands have had success collaborating with Disney. These ones really struck me as odd. No disrespect to the brands Hundreds or Supreme, but the lifestyles portrayed by these crews seems very un-Disney. I believe The Hundreds kicked it off 2-3 years back. They did a big “Lost Boys” themed style drop. It worked, it even made sense. The Lost Boys were always the riff raff of the Pan world. I’m sure The Hundreds feels the same way.

Then Supreme (the king of collaborations) dropped these Mickey Mouse tees. You wouldn’t look at them twice if you saw someone wearing one on the street. They look like every other Mouse tee you’ve ever seen. Except these are branded with the name SUPREME. And that turns a $15 shirt into a $75 shirt. Good luck to the seller of this particular one …

Now I know what you are thinking. You didn’t come to this post to read about makeup and tshirts. Where the toys at??? Settle down, we’re getting to my favorite piece right now.

What you see here is the Kaws X Disney Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket Set. These pieces dropped on August 28, 2010 (just a few days back, mind you) over in Japan at the Original Fake store. Kaws has been going hard with art, beer bottles … and massive sculptures lately so I was very excited to see him get back into the toy market (doesn’t it feel like the kaws dissected figures came out a million years ago already??).

This one has classic KAWS styling. X’ed up hands, slashed mouths and tons of great details. Jiminy Cricket stands about as tall as a 100% Be@rbrick, where Pinocchio is more like a 400% Be@rbrick. Again, these would look great in my living room. Hook it up!