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Yes, it Exists: The Joan Jett Barbie Doll
She Loves Rock & Roll
The Joan Jett Barbie Doll was released in December of 2009 as part of Mattel’s Ladies of The ’80s Barbie Doll collection (which also included dolls created in the likeness of Debbie Harry and Cindy Lauper). While the doll is no longer being manufactured, a quick Google search reveals that the fashionable and highly collectible Ms. Jett can be purchased at various locales on the Interwebs for between $44 and $56 — quite reasonable for such a find! Happy hunting!
Yellow Submarine Lunch Box
School just started, right? So, I know this thing has a weird shape and all, but wouldn’t it make the coolest lunch box? Alternatively, it could also be a fun purse or just a unique addition to your vast Beatles Yellow Submarine memorabilia collection (maybe next to this guy).
Here are the vital stats on the Yellow Submarine Tin Tote:
- Tin tote/Lunch Box shaped like The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine
- Metal latch closure
- Printed graphic on both sides
- Size: 9-1/2″ x 5″ x 3″ (24 cm x 10 cm x 7.5 cm)
Buy now for just $14.95 at This Link.
Kidrobot & Swatch Design Collaboration Launches
Today, August 18th 2011, marks the worldwide launch of the highly anticipated Kidrobot x Swatch collaboration. To celebrate this pairing of artist-designed watches and matching Dunnys (Kidrobot’s signature 3-inch vinyl rabbit figure), Swatch is hosting events in eleven countries around the globe, featuring appearances by Kidrobot artists Frank Kozik, MAD, Tara McPherson, Jeremyville, Tilt and Joe Ledbetter. Additional Swatch / Dunny designing artists not participating in the events are Gary Baseman (a favorite here at the Worley Gig) and SSUR. The 3-inch Dunny and Watch sets will be available for sale beginning on September 1, 2011 for $70.00 each. Continue reading Kidrobot & Swatch Design Collaboration Launches
The Suckadelic Art Toy Universe: Retrospective and Pop Up Store
NYC’s Boo-Hooray Gallery announces the first retrospective gallery exhibition by subversive toy-making geniuses, SUCKADELIC. Intentionally confusing, misleading, disappointing and really funny, SUCKADELIC’s limited edition parodies of action figures reverberate with a vicious wit and are oddly eyeball-pleasing in the manner of all kinds of toothsome 20th/21st century collage and montage art. The toys and their aggressively situationist piss-take packaging comment on pop culture commodification and the consumer habits of compulsively shopping kidults: The very process that made KAWS, Takashi Murakami and Michael Lau art-stars on the Art Basel Miami/Armory Show/Venice Biennale tip.
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