Picture it: San Francisco, January 2009. A pre-skinny Alex Pardee had just opened an atrabilious art show entitled Letters From Digested Children. The concept: Missing children who’d been eaten by monsters were being
There’s so much talk about Fifty Shades of Grey, I figured I’d capitalize on current events with a dual-duty post on two sexy monotone toy releases this week.
A royally sad day for European toy collectors and American anglophiles. Kidrobot has announced the closure of its London store: Yes, unfortunately, it really is true: Our Earlham Street
Donta Santistevan is a San Francisco-based artist and illustrator. Locals may know him from working at the Kidrobot store and drawing at Sketch Tuesdays. It was during the latter
Junko Mizuno‘s Kuro Megami is the 7th collectible produced under Kidrobot’s Black label, and it’s the first one I saw and thought: “Ohhhh, I get it now,” and
Viewing modern toy art in a museum/fine art gallery is an amazing experience. As LA’s Toy Art Gallery celebrates the 1st anniversary of its Melrose Ave showroom, and major
I once asked Frank Kozik if he gets bored designing Labbits, and he said no. He loves making Labbits, and besides, every batch of Smorkin’ bunnies paves the way
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