Tag: editorial

I worked with San Francisco’s Neon Monster for the end of 2009 and a chunk of 2010. When it was good, it was really good. When it wasn’t

Cherry Vinyl sent out its big announcement smack during SDCC, so I wanted to bring it back up, and leave it at the top of my blogroll (just

The only company whose setup made even less sense than MINDstyle’s presence at Comic-Con was Toy2R‘s sad little metal rack of a shared booth. I’ve seen peoples’ garages

In an interesting move, everyone’s favorite art toy-makers/villains, MINDstyle, has purchased licensing rights to The Bombay Company, that bamboo beacon of 1990s mall culture. As you can see

This morning, pictures of an unreleased KAWS toy began appearing online. I traced the images to a site called Labiology.com, which almost exclusively sells “replicas” of KAWS toys and paintings.

This makes a lot of sense: Luke Rook, co-founder of Arizona outpost, Lulubell Toy Bodega, has been living and working (and buying and selling toys) in Japan for

Over the last week, I’ve watched people who participated in Toy Art Gallery’s Juried Resin Show rechristen it as a celebration of the spectrum of resin. Initially, this

Brand Toys uses data from Millward Brown’s BrandZ study and “online buzz” to create toy-like brand visualizations. Body shapes are generated based upon each brand’s scores in “familiarity”

Critics critique and collectors collect. I like to do both. Under the right circumstances (when the moon and my bank account are in alignment) the highest compliment I

Great quote from Olly Moss from an interview with Slashfilm posted today: People always ask how you justify doing work with pop culture. And it’s kind of a pretentious