Thursday, June 21, 2012 KIDROBOT INC around the world held
signings at all their major stores in commemoration of their newest Dunny
series, featuring 20 designs by 14 famous artists.
DS2012 features the art ambassadors from the hands of Andrew
Bell, Attaboy, Scribe, Jeremiah Ketner, Jon-Paul Kaiser, Junko Mizuno, Kronk,
MAD, Mauro Gatti, Sergio Mancini, Nakanari, Pac23, Tara McPherson, and Triclops
Studio.
Paul Budnitz the founder of Kidrobot, is now the world’s
premiere creator of art toys, fashion apparel and accessories. 2002 is when Budnitz
discovered images of limited edition vinyl toys that were emerging from Japan
and China based on cereal box characters and modified GI-Joes turned into
stylized B-boys wearing streetwear. Budnitz recognized the toys as collectible
art pieces that fused a variety of artistic disciplines: graffiti, graphic
design, pop-art, and animation.
Dunny collectors feverishly anticipating this launch had a
choice of over 100 Trading Parties to go to around the globe from 6-9pm. Plus
depending on the store you went to, you got to meet the artists of the Dunnies
in this new series:
KRSF – Junko Mizuno and Attaboy
KRNY – Tara McPherson, Andrew Bell and SUCKLORD
KRLA – Jeremiah Ketner and Nakanari
KRMIA – Pac23
KRLDN – Jon Paul Kaiser and Triclops Studios
KR at the Cosmopolitan LV – MAD and Scribe
Sixxa Store, Vienna, Austria – Mauro Gatti
ToiToy, Capetown, South Africa – Kronk
With a case pack purchase, receive the EXCLUSIVE Gay Empire,
Suckadelic Overmaster- Supreme Dunny by SUCKLORD. And a cool Kidrobot tote bag!
“Seasoned Dunny masters jump in the mix with fresh blood,
creating characters that push Dunny into new worlds with new sculpts, new uses
of the Dunny platform, new treatments, and new plans. A more colorful mix than
you would find in the Mos Eisley Cantina, each figure is its own species - an
ambassador to the mind of its creator. If you are one of the lucky few to see
them all together, you will find a window into what whimsy and wickedness lies
under the creative rocks found in the far away corners of the Dunny galaxy.”
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I was fortunate enough to attend the London event with a couple of mates who alerted me to this pop art bonanza and got my
Dunny postcard signed by Triclops Studio. They even bought some dunnies and they got their own they signed them and sold them to lucky fans They even customised peoples blank dunnies if requested - talk about limited edition!
We turned up fashionably late (we bumped into Aunty Gok filming a new episode of Gok's Fashion fix XD pun totally intended) but even after 7.30pm people were still
booming in and out buying Dunnies by the crate for £150.
A few people sat in
store and opened their mystery boxes and came across the rare Junko Dunny up
close what made it shine amongst all the designs were the different textures used
to make the hair and overall the biggest Dunny with most detail. The Kronk
design seems to be the most elusive as no one in store had opened one however I
left triumphant with my Jeremiah Ketner Dunny.
Also met an aspiring artist called
Siobhan Alcaide who was handing out her beautiful posters. If you like boobs you'll like her art. Working on her own manga comic strip Pink V Blue on the side of being a budding designer & illustrator another person to look out for in the future.
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| Jeremiah Ketner Dunny |
