FFM stands for Frankfurt am Main ;-)
February 5th, 2010

Toys R Evil.

Around Christmas, I got a package from Andy, who runs the blog Toys R Evil, with some nice vinyl toys in it. He sent them to me, because I was the 700th @ToysREvil follower on twitter and didn’t wanna make a big deal about it. But I think I can at least write this post as appreciation and of course to show you these little friends and also what I got on our last trip to Tokyo.

Let’s start with this Yoka out of Season 1, designed by Huck Gee, showing a little attitude.

toysrevil yoka 1 Toys R Evil.

It’s perfect because these are the colours of Frankfurt: black, white, red! Here it is in his natural position.

toysrevil yoka 2 Toys R Evil.

I found out that there is now a Toys R Evil online store and he even has his exclusive Yoka, that you can buy from there.

toysrevil yoka 3 Toys R Evil.

He included this vinyl toy as well: Molly Play To-Fu.

toysrevil molly play to fu 1 Toys R Evil.

“Kids, if you watch too much television, your head will also turn into a TV.” Hahaha…

toysrevil molly play to fu 2 Toys R Evil.

And then also included was this bubble keychain. :)

toysrevil bubble Toys R Evil.

So, I wanna send a big thanks to Andy, who really has one of the illest blogs about vinyl toys. If you are into it, you should definitely check out his blog at www.toysrevil.net.

toysrevil package Toys R Evil.

This post here also gives me the chance now to show you my other acquisitions from our trip to Japan last year, as I got these two King Kens.

king ken Toys R Evil.

But what I cherish the most are my Be@rbrick figures from Series 18 and also a Bape one by Medicom.

bearbricks 1 Toys R Evil.

Chrishimself already told this story about how I got very lucky at the atmos store, as I was looking for the Tetris Be@rbrick and that was the only one I wanted! I asked them if I could just buy the one they had on display, since they only got one unopened box left. (For startest: It’s a little bit like Kinder Überraschung, so it’s a sursprise, what figure is actually in a box!) But he denied, so Chris convinced me to take my chance! I opened up the box and a Tetris Be@rbrick was in it! :) The staff at the shop was also freaking out. Haha…

bearbrick series 18 tetris Toys R Evil.

There are also Hidden Be@rbricks in a series, so they are even more limited. I got this Spongebob one…

bearbrick series 18 hidden bearbrick spongebob Toys R Evil.

…and this one out of the Hidden Be@rbrick Series 18.

bearbrick series 18 hidden bearbrick Toys R Evil.

And of course, a Bape camouflage Be@rbrick should not be missing.

bearbrick bape Toys R Evil.

Here they are all together, having some fun.

bearbricks 2 Toys R Evil.

And if that was not enough, Chris got incredibly lucky in Tokyo when it came to vinyl toys!!!

Andi / @theballatician

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October 22nd, 2009

Spongebob 400% Medicom Toy

Last time in Tokyo I bought a few of the latest series (18th)  Bearbrick’s by Medicom Toys and luckily got this little character.

spongebob medicom Spongebob 400% Medicom ToyIts the 100% Spongebob x Medicom Bearbrick

I think because of the popularity that Spongebob has in asia, Medicom Toys decided to release a 400% version (approx 28cm high) of the Spongebob x Medicom Bearbrick.

spongebob squarepants medicom toy bearbrick 400 1 Spongebob 400% Medicom ToyWould make a perfect decoration for any Spongebob fan.

Colette in Paris stocked a few of those but as always they’re sold out quick.

Another funny Elvis Bearbrick design just to compare the size between 100% and 400%.

medicom toy bearbrick 400 100 Spongebob 400% Medicom Toy

Chrishimself

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October 10th, 2009

Toypunks

Just finished watching a documentary called Toypunks, now what could that be?
Well the name suggests 50% Toys and 50% Punk and thats exactly what it is about, filled with interviews with noneother than the Bounty Hunter founder himself Hikaru Iwanaga, Frank Kozik and Secret Base founder Hiddy and some more.

Toypunks1

You will get some insight into how urban vinyl came about and what was considered the first “design toy”.

Also inspiration for older and current design toys and the collectability of “UV” is explained well in this documentary.

They are currently producing the second volume and you can check out their production blog right here.

Chrishimself

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September 20th, 2009

Urban Vinyl in Deutschland

German magazine STERN made this video about urban vinyl also known as “designer toys” for better understanding.
Urban vinyl is usually made in limited numbers and seen as a piece of art like a sculpture for example.
The market is still kinda “unknown” but prices can go up to a few thousand euro already for highly limited “toys”.

Some of the designers for urban vinyl are KAWS, Usugrow and Pushead.
I recently won an urban vinyl figurine by Secret Base designed by Pushead while I was in Tokyo, I heard it’s  highly limited of which (if I remember right) 10 were given out in a raffle if you buy something worth 5000 yen in the Secret Base store in Tokyo.  A rumor says that they made those out of some leftover glow in the dark vinyl ;).

secret base

They had to take a polaroid picture of every winner to place it on the store shelf, if you happen to be in Tokyo check out the Secret Base store and look for the polaroids and say “Hey I know the guy from RUNFFM.COM” ^^; .

I really dig the design it has so many details and it glows orange in the dark ! ;).

pushead sdcc 2009 skull captain orange glow 00 540x360 Urban Vinyl in Deutschland

In the video Selim Varol shows his huge urban vinyl collection, the video says he has the biggest collection in europe so far. Selim Varol is best known for the book Toy Giants which you might have seen in one or the other bookstore already.

Unfortunately the video is only in german and without subtitles but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Chrishimself

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