Le Merde Archive
vinyl
Hooray for toy news from the land of Le Merde! Mike will be releasing his Misty Fog characters as multi-colored vinyl finger puppets (fenga papits). The 5-piece sets
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conventions
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
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vinyl
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
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vinyl
Portland’s Grass Hut collective and the Gargamel Japan crew united (as usual, see last year) for Comic-Con with an array of colorful and eclectic sofubi. Their soft vinyl toys included
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books
The Art Hustle is a boutique trading card series featuring contemporary artists and related personnel. Now in its 3rd series, The Art Hustle cards include an elite international group of Illuminati working
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paintings
With less than a week til EARTH MOVEMENT opens, I wanted to start sharing some of the amazing kids art I’ve been receiving. The work spans continents (in this
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resin
It’s only Monday morning, and I’m already giffing two back to back posts? For Le Merde, who is still rocking out to cassette tapes (which, according to the
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conventions
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.
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vinyl
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
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vinyl
Like last year, the Grass Hut guys shared space with Gargamel and offered a variety of toys and art. Arbito continues to amaze with his resins and “squishy”
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