I spotted this photo of Gary Baseman signing his Two Tone Dunny during Saturday’s art opening for Walking Through Walls at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. It immediately struck me
[Disclaimer: This is a blog about toys. This post in no way seeks to make light of the devastating situation in Japan. For current information on the Sendai
I definitely recognize the appeal of wanting to show off when a big-time celebrity is spotted sporting your company’s merchandise. But is Joe Jonas (and for that matter,
Making toys takes money. In general, money is something that creative people don’t tend to have. Enter Kickstarter: the “largest funding platform for creative projects in the world”.
How serendipitous that news of Coarse Toys‘ latest release hit my inbox the same day that my interview with Mark Landwehr for Design Bureau magazine hit my mailbox?
The first iteration of the eagerly anticipated Brandt Peters x Ferg Trouble Boys collaborative Squadt [Scram / no.45] was called the Got Away Clean variant, which is apropos
Japanese designer, Jun Watanabe brings his Mr. Bottle Head character to toyland with this garage kit. If I’ve done my math right, the unpainted plastic figure retails for
I wrote a story about Leecifer for the Arts and Culture section of our local alternative free news weekly, The East Bay Express. The Express can be found
Michael Jackson’s face went through many transformations in the brief time he was with us, and his monster visage in Thriller was one of the least frightful. Leave
When people who wear suits and sit around in conference rooms talk about “brand devotion,” they should take a look at this picture. Tara is a local collector