Tag: Brian Flynn

Comic-Con comes but once a year, and collectors of designer toys (and other niche nerds worldwide) prepare for many months in advance. Given all the hard work that goes

Super7 brought its vision of Japanese vinyl toys to Comic-Con en masse. Popular Monster Family figures showed up in new colorways and for the first time, I saw

BoingBoing recently ran a story called Can Lego Be Considered Art? The comments section was an interesting read, as was this 8-page Lego as Art (PDF) essay by

Right now, if you live in San Francisco, New York, Chicago or London, there are designer toys in your midst. They’re all around you in fact, but in

This past July, I drove down to San Diego from the Bay Area for Comic-Con 2011. It was hell on my lower back but great for my trunk.

San Francisco’s Super7 held court with a vast variety of vinyls from founder Brian Flynn and regular co-conspirators Josh Herbolsheimer, Leecifer, Lamour Supreme, Le Merde and Kathie Olivas

Brian Flynn invited me over to check out his first bronze sculpture, The Skullwalker. It’s hard to pass up an opportunity to make my own animated gif, and

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

Saturday night saw the debut of Super7‘s first group custom toys show at it’s new Haight Street location. The show, 1-Offs, was comprised of custom paint jobs on

On Saturday night, after over a year in the making, several months of dedication, 22 days of fundraising and a 48-hour gallery transformation, LOVE MOVEMENT opened in San