KAWS Darth Vader Companion

The artist KAWS will be doing a limited edition Darth Vader companion which will release on September 29th at the Original Fake store in Aoyama, Tokyo. You will only be able to get these via a lottery system or a reseller but the prices will be super high. I need it!!

  Product Release : September 29th(Sat) 2007

• A lottery will be held from 8:00 AM on the day to allot Admission Tickets 

• This product is for ages 15 & up.

• Customer must show their valid identification cards as Driver's license, passport, 

   or insurance proof when the store staff requests. 

• The purchase of item is limited to one piece per person only.  

• The Admission Ticket is valid to said person only, and can not be yield to 

   the others. 

• Customer can purchase the product one piece of the product per person only, 

   even if he/she has two or more of the Admission Tickets.

info via OF

DIY Bart Simpson Qee Art World Tour - NYC

The Toy2R DIY Bart Simpson Qee Tour is coming to New York. The exhibition will take place this weekend only at SHOWROOM NYC. Hosted by Toy2R, along with ToyTokyo and Diamond Comics, the event will feature more 100 customized 10" Bart Simpson Qee figures by luminaries like Ron English, Colette, Stash. Buff Monster, and more...

There will also be an exclusive 3" Bart Simpson Qee - Treeman Black Edition, available for purchase during the exhibit only. The figure will not available anywhere else in the U.S.

SHOWROOM NYC

117 2nd Avenue, 2nd FL.

New York, NY 10003

EXHIBIT DATE:

September 15th (Saturday) | 6pm - 10 pm

September 16th (Sunday) | 2pm - 7pm

info via fmag

New Apple iPod touch

Apple announced released an an new iPod model - iPod touch. The outlook and basic configuration of iPod touch is similar to iPhone. 3.5" touch screen, OS X 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Safari installed. The only differences are you can not make calls from iPod touch as it is not a phone, and also there is no camera on iPod touch. There are 8GB and 16GB version with price US$299 and US$399. 

At the same time, Apple also upgraded the iPod classic, iPod nano and iPod shuffle with new colorways. For the iPhone, Apple will lower the price of 8GB from US$599 to US$399 and stop the production of 4GB model.

info via Apple

CLOT Royale x Visvim Christo

Designed by Kazuki from Visvim and Edison Chen, CLOT is combining chinese traditional graphics, materials and nowadays fashion to release these Royale Visvim Christo. Seen here are samples of the CLOT Royale X Visvim Christo in red and blue with two other colorways being released in black and yellow. 

All of them are limited to 250 pairs worldwide. The first to drop are blue and yellow in November, followed by black in December and red in 2008 February, Chinese New Year color.

Retail price is tentatively set at HK$2,180 (approximately RM 1,090)

info via ETmag

Giant Lego man found in Netherlands

A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort but no one knows where it came from or what it is. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-meter (8ft) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso from the sea and placed it in the sand.

 "We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water" said a stall worker.  "It was a life-sized Lego toy"

info via rts

OriginalFake X tsetse

OriginalFake and Japanese eyewear brand, tsetse up and created a pair of wayfarer style sunglasses monogrammed with KAWS "X". The leather casing also has two big "X's" across the top, the wayfarer style glasses is a classic and one of my favorites.

info via KAWS