conventions Archive
vinyl
Camilla D’Errico brought out her new Kuro vinyls en masse for Comic-Con. The Canadian comic and fine artist could be found daily hand-painting away in her booth. What
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vinyl
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
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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
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Art
The Brothers Washburn of Color Ink Book acclaim are always so nice. Is it because they color a lot? Because they make plushes and hang out with Skinner?
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vinyl
I happened upon Mr. Andrew Bell signing sashimis at the Dumbrella booth. Bell won big at The Designer Toy Awards (coverage and commentary forthcoming). When I have my
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vinyl
If I was going to give an award for biggest heart(s) in the designer toy (store) scene, the trophy would go to Joanne and Ray Suavillo of Sacramento’s
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vinyl
Bob Conge‘s first vinyl figure, Molezilla, made its debut in blue at SDCC on Wednesday (Preview’s Night) at the Dragatomi booth. I’d been wanting to get my hands
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conventions
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
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These were the people to talk to if what you wanted at DesignerCon was colorful, a little left of normal and made of resin. Left to right: Aaron
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“The world’s first and leading toy art gallery,” suitably named Toy Art Gallery, had a stall at DesignerCon. Here’s where the line between toys and art and sculptures
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