Odds / Ends

Who doesn’t want an edible human skull hand-made to order? Now that would be a delicacy — a fine, bone-grind of a cannibal’s dessert. Made from a mould that was hand cast from a real human skull, never you mind what crime scene made such a thing possible in the first place. Become your own personal […]


2 Jul
Smell like a booze & smoke-filled nightclub... but in a good way

Perhaps you once thought that in order to replicate the manly evening musk one can only pull from a proper jazz club, you’d have to make out with a drunken torch singer and crush a Macallan-dipped cigar into your lapel. You may in fact be right. However this apothecary bottle of jazz club fragrance from […]


British illustrator Jon Horner has laced out a series of Cliché skateboard decks, the theme of which applies Horner’s well known “Where’s Waldo” treatment to stars in skating culture. Pros like Joey Brezinski, JB Gillet and Sammy Winter hide cleverly in the graphics for the French decks, challenging you to find (and guess) all the possible characters. Boards measure in […]


1 Jul
Handbuilt by Roy Stuart of rare Palounia wiid wood

Roy Stuart, the Kiwi Kahuna who mastered the dark art of handcrafting luxury surfboards, has released his latest masterpiece, the “Rampant 10.6′”, with a whopping price tag of $1.3 million. If you’re wondering what could possibly drive the price tag of a surfboard this deep into the blue, it’s not a gold-dipped mermaid pulled from […]


Will, an eccentric family man who left his past life in Theater to craft leather goods, has turned his attention from more expected items like bags and belts to focus on leather-binding bicycles. Crafted lovingly by hand, seven bikes will be released throughout 2014, each being one of a kind. The first in the aptly […]


30 Jun
J.Led's first fully self-produced limited-edition toy

Artist Joe Ledbetter has been around these parts before, if you remember his Rainbow Burger Bunny or Fire-cat’s previous water bottle appearance done for Los Angeles toymaker The Loyal Subjects. But looks like Ledbetter ain’t such a loyal subject, for what is special about the his new “fire-cat” is that this it’s his first fully self-produced independent piece. Standing at about […]


Have you ever wanted to wear a mask that kind of looks like your face over your own face? OK, that would be weird, but then again, so is wearing tit-colored tit covers. But if you don’t know how to pull together your Springbreakers Halloween costume, this nude-looking top atop your bonbons along with a […]


With the onset of the 4th installment of the mega-blockbuster Transformers franchise opening this weekend, Medicom Toys brings us the 200% Be@rbrick version of all the big hitters: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumble Bee and Star Scream (above). Each Be@rbrick stands a bit under 6″ tall and fully transforms into robot form, something no other Be@rbrick can offer. Pick up each figure for […]