Hong Kong toy-artist Michael Lau has teamed up with manufacturer How2work to bring a new series of figures from Lau’s Gardenergala universe. World class toymaker Lau has been re-inventing the gardener universe since 1999, his first line being that which would inspire the vinyl-toy movement throughout the world. It would take some time before his toys could be […]
Odds / Ends
30
May
World class designer toys from Crazysmiles
30
May
A scent that includes everyone... every gender & brand
Pharrell Williams doesn’t just sing about girls anymore, apparently he collaborates in smells about them too. But don’t let the title fool you, “Girl” is a unisex scent. It’s also a majorly multi-tiered marketing collaboration with bottle and packaging design by House + Holme, logo from Kaws and the scent itself created between Williams and the art director at COMMES […]
28
May
Half business/half party furniture from designer A.P.O.
The work environment can be a competitive game, so it only makes sense to have a workspace that easily converts into a beer ping pong table. In fact, you and the assistant from Creative have already been doing that for months in the conference room with a ball of rubber bands and a couple of […]
27
May
The greatest work of the Middle Ages does a kick flip
Boom-Art is already known for putting beautiful ladies on skateboard decks. From 1970s Pin-Up Girls and Snow White Gangbangs to Gardens Of Earthly Delights, Boom-Art has this time moved onto a far more refined dame: La Dame à la Licorne (aka The Lady & the Unicorn). To capture the heavy detail from the classic work of French medieval art, the tapestry had to be […]
27
May
When your desk is headed for disaster of biblical proportions
Funko Pop is ready to de-poltergeist your toy box with the Ghostbuster’s Pop! vinyl figures. Funko has gotten license to create adorable vinyl toys for every pop-culture crew under the sun, from Game of Thrones to Nightmare Before Christmas. So it only makes sense that a 6″ Stay Puft Pop get on board too — not to […]
27
May
Medicom Toys towering ode to dispensable Darth Vader lackeys
If Star Wars episodes can keep coming, you’d better brace for the very same for lucrative toy licenses. And so, in eager of anticipation of the upcoming episode VII, and in revamp of the 400% Bearbricks released in June 2011, now comes Medicom Toys’ huge 1000% Bearbrick Stormtrooper. The stormtrooper measures just under 28 inches, and if […]
27
May
Ardberg, Macallan & more aged in sherry casks
Aged in the smaller casks that once held some of Spain’s finest sherries means whisky that is dark, brute, dark, bold, dark, dark and dark. Also, just to clarify, it’s very dark. The Darkness! is a series from Scotland’s finest, be it the 21-year-old Ardberg finished in the casks of Oloroso sherry or the Macallan […]
22
May
The NBA's bizarro-est bad boy in toy form by Storm Collectibles
Now the ultimate athletic superstar bad-boy of the 90’s can be all yours. Because Storm Collectibles has answered everyone’s prayers, and made it all possible with this 1/6th scale creepy degree of real-likeness figure of Dennis Rodman. Stay tuned for the chance to out-rebound and give a healthy kick-in-the-nuts to everyone else in your toy box cubicle. Features […]
