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An anonymous tipster at a reputable art toy company emailed me about this Dylan Sprouse toy. Toys, pop culture, scandal…you know me so well. I got to work
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The Toypunks guys, Justin Kovalsky and Chris Nelson, have a new teaser for volume 2 in their ongoing film documentary series about Japanese toys, fashion and punk rock.
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Nothing’s the matter (that I’m aware of). Le Merde’s fourth Super7 show was chockablock with neon resin and painted vinyl toys. Just last month, Mike was in San
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Last year, Brian Flynn and I got to talking about kaiju toys. It seemed no matter what people (including me) wrote about Super7’s products, we were never quite on
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This little missive opened a lot of doors for me. I wrote it out of nostalgia and frustration, not anticipating the fast and furious reaction it generated. The
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Kaiju invaded San Francisco last weekend and set up shop in North Beach at Double Punch’s upstairs gallery. Some might say that the Bay Area is already a
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After nearly a decade as a San Francisco institution, GAMA-GO opened its flagship store on 8th and Folsom in San Francisco. Founders Chris Edmundson and Greg Long were
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And so it all comes to a close. Now you know the different reasons why companies make blind box toys and the ways in which stores sell them. You
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On Monday, we began a conversation about blind box toys, and we started at the source: the toy companies. Kidrobot and MINDstyle both said that their fans enjoy
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All this week, ToyCyte has been having a conversation about blind box toys: Are they a marketing strategy or a fun experience? As designer toys travel from toy
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