Lot F Gallery: Return

Walking around Lot F Gallery, a space inconspicuously tucked away in Boston’s Chinatown area, the urban vibes flowing from the exhibition Return are heavier than the deep bass of a dub-step song. Return functions cohesively as a collective vision of urban street art, and yet each piece is distinctively the artist’s own unique approach and aesthetic. Todd Robertson, Will Long, Percy Fortini-Wright and Jamie O’Neill, the four Boston-based artists participating in Return, cite similar influences for their current work, including graffiti, music, everyday observations and urban culture. “Some of the artists [Percy and Jamie] have been painting together for years and worked on mural projects,” said James Wormser, co-director of Lot F. The abstract paintings of Todd Robertson, compositionally arranged like “improvisational jazz,” make use of everyday found objects (picture anything from newspaper clippings, tickets and toy trucks to a flattened can of spray paint) that engage and resonate with the viewer. Jamie O’Neill has a realist approach in portraying urban settings, transporting the viewer to a place of tagged train cars and city streets. Will Long, a graduate from the Museum of Fine Arts in ’09 who now resides in San Fran, uses mixed media, layering paint and cut-outs [...]

GETTRY x MEDICOM TOY BEARBRICK “Burger” 100% / 400%

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Sneaker retailer Gettry expands on their hamburger theme (which made its way onto a collaboration with ASICS earlier this year) in a two BEARBRICK release with MEDICOM TOY. The design features a number of colorful layers no different than your typical hamburger including all the fixings. The BEARBRICK will come in both a 100% and 400% format as part of GETTRY’s 5th anniversary. The toy will release on December 26th, 2009. Continue reading

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Medicom Toy Star Wars Bearbrick Set

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Having seen various projects between Medicom Toy and Star Wars over the years, this new version comes as no surprise. Offered as a limited edition set, we see Bearbrick renditions of two iconic Star Wars and pop culture characters, including a Stormtrooper and Darth Vader. The set can now be found through select Medicom Toy retailers which includes Gettry.

SOURCE: Hypebeast.com

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Bread & Butter Berlin: WeSC x Medicom Toy Headphones And Bearbricks

Bread & Butter Berlin: WeSC x Medicom Toy Headphones And Bearbricks

We start bringing you the first interesting product previews from the Bread & Butter tradeshow, that took off in Berlin today. WeSC continues to bring interesting new headphone styles, but raised the bar and brought Medicom Toy into the mix. They presented a series of headphones in collaboration with the Japanese toy company, who produced matching Bearbricks, as well as some Medicom Fabrick canvas accessories. The WeSC headphones were already very popular before, but this is definitely a nice addition to the offering. Overall there will be 4 sets from this series.

SOURCE: HighSnobiety.com

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A Bathing Ape Collaborates with Ghostbusters & Medicom Toy

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A Bathing Ape whip up a couple of new collaborations for their upcoming releases. Amongst the chosen entities are a nostalgic set of t-shirts featuring the iconic cult classic film Ghostbusters alongside Baby Milo and a set of camouflage Bearbricks alongside Medicom Toy. Further information regarding both collaborations should arise in the coming week. Stay tuned.

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Rotofugi x Formula Werks Toy Fetish T-shirts

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Rotofugi continues to knock out cool collabs with no sign of slowing up. This time, they turn their attention from toy production with Squibbles Ink. to the shirts on your back with Formula Werks. The Toy Fetish shirt concisely sums up the situation with the statement “I have more toys than your kids.” Besides being a much more honest shirt than this one I spied last year at the Bay Area Collectible Toy Fair, the ROTO-X-FWX shirts allow complete customization from text color to shirt color. The shirts are available from S-4XL for $25 each.  Speaking of honest, Rotofugi also has a pair of shirts with their Honest Abe logo and “Chicago” and “Midwest” written in Japanese underneath. Midwesterners can also pick up a cool “It’s not all about NYC and LA: Chicago” shirt. Nice to see other art cities getting recognized. We want a San Francisco shirt.

SOURCE: ToyCyte

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Kronk’s Tree Huggr Dunny Vinyl Toy

Tree Huggr Dunny is not your average patchouli-wearing hippy. The eight-inch vinyl toy from South African illustrator Kronk looks more like Planet of the Apes meets forest than Summer of Love. Get your tongue-wagging Dunny at kidrobot.com. One in 12 of the 1,000 figures available are super-light and rare.

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Surrender x Medicom Toy 100% & 400% Bearbrick

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Initially surfacing back in 2008, the collaboration project between Earn Chen/James Lavelle owned boutique Surrender and Medicom Toy has finally come into fruition. Two sizes will be released including a 100% and 400% Bearbrick both coming in a black and white color scheme. The figures are rumored to reveal a bottom bikini layer triggered by hot weather changes. Guess we’ll have to wait and see when the final product is released.

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Medicom Toy Terminator Salvation John Connor Kubrick | T-600 Bearbrick

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Featuring prominently in the promotion of the latest Terminator franchise Terminator Salvation, the previously seen 400% Bearbrick looks to be joined by this dual set of Kubrick/Bearbrick. Within the two-pack are a Kubrick version of John Connor and T-600 in Bearbrick form. The set is currently available at Zozo’s Medicom Toy while the movie will hit theaters on May 21st in the United States.

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