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
Remember last year how MINDstyle’s Comic-Con setup recalled Bombay Company? For 2012, MINDstyle appears to have ceded their stall to BAIT, an LA-based lifestyle boutique. BAIT was quick to
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
Tamara from Australia has a most-awesome collection of Kathie Olivas (and also Brandt Peters) toys and sculptures. I love seeing photos of collections like this. It must have
As I said back in 2009, “Wondercon isn’t about toys.” It’s about comics, superheroes, Star Wars, extreme nerdiness in a variety of flavors, people in costumes I usually
The designer toy scene was born in the mid-late 1990s in Hong Kong (Michael Lau), Japan (Bounty Hunter), the UK (James Jarvis) and the USA (Kaws). A culture
SKWAK is back! Technically, he never went away. He’s actually been pretty busy, and his current schedule includes new toys, new tees and a show. Johan of the French
In 2008, I began a segment of stories on ToyCyte called Playing With Politics. I was very interested in the unprecedented outpouring of art inspired by Barack Obama.
Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with
