Kid Robot Videos

This week we depart from traditional illustration to talk a little about customizing urban vinyl designer toys and making your own with some sculpting materials.

Graphic designer and artist, Joe Ledbetter dropped by Kidrobot LA to sign his new Slanders Snake toy! Distributed by Tubemogul.

Fan at the Joe Ledbetter Slander Snake signing talks about what he loves about Joe's work. Distributed by Tubemogul.

This week we look at Totem Dopplegangers by Anton Ginzburg, Dragon Scout by Amanda Visell, resin figures from Overkill Creations, lots of SDCC news, and much more!

Croncast - 2009-04-13.mp3 Show: #525 Length: 32:37 Size: 30.1 mb Format: mp3 Show us some love and leave us a review at iTunes Where the shows been? I'm not well Hear it in the voice Why do men get sicker than women? It is like quantum mechanical Betsy, he looks really bad No one was validating You had a temp of 98.6 That's high for me Legitimately sick and you just make fun of me I talked with two people this week That's it It manifested as fevers, rashes, sweats, bumps Let's give the run down New IRS debt, no longer employed by BlogTalkRadio, starting a new business Venture Capital is tight and requires travel Betsy lays it all down . . . what I've learned in comedy . . . so far Well, you are being paid That $40 a week is going to take us through You gotta finish strong I picked the handicapped guy and made the most inappropriate joke Well, the audience knew he was handicap . . . but I didn't Later in the show my pants starts falling down No laughs at this either Here I am walking down the street So what's going on with you guys then? I'm not going to list it out again Follow Kris on twitter Join the Croncast Facebook group We come around the pillars There are people just smoking Blowing smoke in tourists faces Out of the corner of my eye I see these guys Then hear, "You got this one, Phil?" Flicks his cigarette He's doing the new york fast walk Of course the cop didn't care What are you doing in SOHO with a hot dog cart in front of the Prada store? The place of small dogs, tall women and street vendors on crack I think you would love New York, Betsy Sure I almost got robbed But I even love the filthy, dirty New York It's got high energy Tags: Prada Store SOHO breadwinner NYC kidrobot Prada green open back shoes Current bid: $75.00 on eBay NIB PRADA Shoes Ballet Flats Black Suede 37 7 Bag $400Current bid: $179.99 on eBay See all 10,632 Prada items on eBay.

Croncast - 2009-03-11.mp3 Show: #520 Length: 30:30 Size: 28.0 mb Format: mp3 Show us some love and leave us a review at iTunes Traveling with Grammie's carry on Boarding the dogs Mexico anxiety is coming home to roost Paper dog collars Hercy vajajay slayer TSA was just messing with me It wasn't a vacation Did you have the kids? Did you drink? Yes and yes Then it was a vacation Tags: peecol kidrobot mexico anxiety paper collars grandma luggage Kidrobot Peecol Nuke NK01 LMT Dunny sealed in box NewCurrent bid: $49.99 on eBay KIDROBOT Hugh Hefner PEECOL Eboy Playboy Dunny UK 5 4 3Current bid: $9.99 on eBay See all 8 peecol items on eBay.

KidRobot Launch event w/ Giant Realm TV & Yue XU

Join us for a gander at Da Ape Junior by Tim Tsui, Mighty Muggs from Hasbro, Peecol from Kidrobot, news, events, and an actual toy break!

Paul Budnitz takes command of the room at Core77's Offsite Event at the Art Directors Club in New York City: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act. In this video, Paul talks about the role of wit and creativity in the work of Kidrobot, and in his own creative acts. After a quick review of some of the merch, he discusses abstraction and scale, followed by an amazing sequence on writers' block and how creativity is beaten out of us at an early age. (DO NOT MISS THIS!) It is essential to learn to kill the ego, he argues, because "to be creative, we need to find ways to work around our minds." Next, he delves into the roles of nostalgia and appropriation, "since Kidrobot uses a lot of appropriation", discussing the SUCKLORD and his StarWars toys. He ends with a movie from the same, an hysterical romp through, well...you'll just have to watch it to see.

The videos of Core77's Offsite event, Design, Wit, and the Creative Act, are up! Held at the Art Directors Club in New York City on November 9th, the day featured Moderator Ze Frank, Kidrobot's Paul Budnitz, writer/editor Steven Heller, technologist Kelly Dobson, and artist Tobias Wong. (Well, almost Tobias Wong--you'll have click on the link to find out more.) Check out the little video taste above, then delve into the main dishes below: Ze Frank (5 min.) Paul Budnitz (11 min.) Steven Heller (7 min.) Kelly Dobson (13 min.) Tobias Wong (*)