Showing posts with label vinyl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vinyl. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2009

How to Melt My Plastic Heart

Awesome Weekend!  I decided to go to NYC for the weekend at around 6PM on Friday after work, so I called my friend Gray and he said, "Get your ass down here!" and so I jumped in the car and cruised on down.  Had the chance to drink some great Guiness and eat the second best steak I have ever consumed and went to my favorite Designer Urban Vinyl Shop (sounds much posher than Toy Store doesn't it?  and so it should since these are no mere toys, but pieces of sculptured art...if you want to take it that far), myplasticheart, where I had the intention to buy a couple of gifts and Doktor A's 8" LePodd (seen below).  

So, while I was looking around the shop, since it was my first time there I was checking out their personal collection.  They have some great pieces there and I was admiring the awesomeness of it, when I noticed a Rebel Ink.  I said, "I am so so jealous that you have one of those because I missed the boat on collecting and these passed me by."  The owner man said, "It is your lucky day because we happen to have one right here!"  

BAM!  He pulls it out and it looks awesome!  It is the last colorway they put out (check the pic below), thus, most common.  Either way, I was completly geeked to see it and have him offer to sell it to me.  He gave me a price, I thought about it, but couldn't bring myself to spend so much, so I left.  The only thing is that it kept eating at me that maybe I could talk him down a few bucks.  With that I turned around, went back in and asked if he would be cool enough to cut a few bucks off.  He obliged and I paid a slightly less absurd price for it.  And so, I present you with my most recent and exciting find Rebel Ink.

Thank you again MPH for selling me Rebel Ink!  You were a great store before, but now I have to bump you to the best store I know!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Your Daily Bread


I am happy to announce that I have just pre-ordered the first of what should be an amazing set of colorways for Kathie Olivas' 9" Two-Faced Hazel (thank you Magic Pony for being a great site!  Go Canada!).  For those who don't know who she is, you can either check out her website or her blog for more information on her art and awesomeness.  

So, what is this Two-Faced Hazel you ask?  It would be this:

One of the coolest urban/designer vinyl toys that I have been waiting for since it has been in the works (or since I found out it was in the works).  She is based on the 3" Hazel from KO's "The Scavengers" Series 1 and is probably the most coveted in either one of the 2 Scavenger series.  This 9" version is the OG and is limited to only 500 (releases January 6th).  If you want to go even more exclusive you can try to pick up one of the 150 DIY that are being sold.  You can find this at the Vinyl Pulse site some time tomorrow (January 6th) if you are fast enough and have $100 to drop.  Mmmmmmm...  

Side note:  I just got 3 other toys in the mail today and will let you know more about them once I get off two of them to a friend of mine for a late Christmas gift.  Yes, you know who you are!