Tag: vinyl toys

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.

The year was 2002. The place was Tokyo. Japanorama‘s Jonathan Ross walked through a purple curtain and emerged into the toy-stocked studio of Japanese artist, Junko Mizuno. Regarding her

Mark Nagata & Yo Miyamoto’s Toy Karma opened at Rotofugi in Chicago over the weekend. Now in its third year, the popular Japanese vinyl toy show continues to thrill.

What do you get when two clean and simple, cute and playful vinyl toys come together? A collision of cuteness. In the case of The Circle of Rody,

I didn’t want to leave you with scary balls all weekend, so here’s something cute as a counterstrike. Joe Ledbetter is releasing a pair of (vinyl) piggy banks

The same day I drove south in my car full of hedgehogs destined for Comic-Con, High Snobiety posted this epic KAWS collection. What is believed to be the

It took eight years and a circuitous path for Perks and Mini‘s bizarre BUNYIP toy to find its way into my collection, and it’s here to stay. Before launching

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

Ron English is an incredibly down-to-earth artist, especially when you consider his level of global acclaim. His unpretentious attitude made me feel comfortable suggesting that he, as Designer

Bromance alert: Here’s Scott Tolleson and Gary Ham. Their booth at Comic-Con was colorful and happy (despite Tolleson’s efforts to be a downer). They stocked their stall with a good