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thequiffisdead: September 2009
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Monday, 28 September 2009. Awaking at 7am on a Saturday morning is not pleasant. At least it made the weekend feel longer. After taking 500 photos of people in Gorilla suits running through London, I headed to the very busy Oxford Circus tube station to meet the world famous Steve Hogarty. We headed down Regent Street to find playlounge. See his cute face? Well he's also wearing a nappy which multiplies his cuteness by at least tenfold. And Danboard Amazon Box. In Akihabara and of course stop by my favou...
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Keepers update
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010. Well well well, the aim of course is to cut down and I have begin that hard job of sorting out the toys collection, but when my favorite "keeper" artists create something wonderful. I cannot simply ignore them! After all I have not given up collecting :P. So a few new pieces from James Jarvis and Ayako Takagi, and an old custom piece by Rolito, who I've covered already in the previous posts :). 1 Hello Kitty VCD produced by Medicom and just became Martin's new BFF.
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Keepers #3 - Uamou
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Saturday, 4 December 2010. Keepers #3 - Uamou. Uamou from another planet. Back in 2005, I came across Ayako Takagi's work in Playlounge (yeap that shop again). There were the polystone sitting Uamou and Katz and Beer figures. At the beginning, I was attracted by Katz and Beer more and now I know why! I think that is the most important aspect of a designer toy for me, that makes me want it and create my own story for it, in my head and in my photos. I have since sold my walking and angry Uamou figures.
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Keepers #2 - James Jarvis
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Sunday, 28 November 2010. Keepers #2 - James Jarvis. My first James Jarvis toy was unintentional! P I really wanted a pair of Stussy exclusive Nike Court Force Low and it happened to came with a toy. He's called Leon and he looks exactly (with James Jarvis style twist) like the bloke running the store! Then I saw Clutter selling this exclusive Pink Gorilla called King Ken that's featured on the cover of the magazine. I thought I would have one of them! Who wouldn't like a good 12" pink gorilla? So with J...
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Keepers #4 - Amanda Visell
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Saturday, 1 January 2011. Keepers #4 - Amanda Visell. They might have been relatively new additions to the toy shrine, but Amanda Visell's toy figures are some of my most treasured! The simple but expressive styles of the characters in her paintings just pop off the pages and into the 3D space with all their qualities intact, and I can play with them too! A cropped ear, sprouting leaves, wood pattern, axe and of course he swallowed the lumberjack :) What can she release to top that? Here comes the Keepers.
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Playlounge
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Thursday, 21 October 2010. Every addict has a dealer, and the dealer that started my addiction was. I first came into contact with Designer toys and the first time I really took notice of them was at Playlounge in London. I stumbled upon it because I was looking for more Gloomy Bear key-chains and they were the only place that had it in stock in town. This was back in 2005. This mini figure series was David Horvath's 2-Faced Dunny series 2! It is a name that was termed by some of my friends on Flickr.
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doc18's Toy Shrine: Keepers #1 - Rolito
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Saturday, 13 November 2010. Keepers #1 - Rolito. There are many reasons to buy a toy, generally the top reason is that it makes me smile, let my imagination runs wild and into photos. Sometimes the toy is simply another cute looking figure and the quality is so so, but it represents wild and amazing things in my head! First of my favorite artists in my collection is Rolito. His Rolitoland ( http:/ www.rolitoland.com/. Check out his games called Patapon. See more Rolito toys at my Flickr set,. How I see t...
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doc18's Toy Shrine: December 2010
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010. Well well well, the aim of course is to cut down and I have begin that hard job of sorting out the toys collection, but when my favorite "keeper" artists create something wonderful. I cannot simply ignore them! After all I have not given up collecting :P. So a few new pieces from James Jarvis and Ayako Takagi, and an old custom piece by Rolito, who I've covered already in the previous posts :). 1 Hello Kitty VCD produced by Medicom and just became Martin's new BFF. Fast forwa...
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doc18's Toy Shrine: October 2010
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Thursday, 21 October 2010. Every addict has a dealer, and the dealer that started my addiction was. I first came into contact with Designer toys and the first time I really took notice of them was at Playlounge in London. I stumbled upon it because I was looking for more Gloomy Bear key-chains and they were the only place that had it in stock in town. This was back in 2005. This mini figure series was David Horvath's 2-Faced Dunny series 2! Links to this post. I think they deserve a bit more attentions b...
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