Most kids believe being in a place like this would be like a dream come true, but realistically its a gritty, mundane and shitty place of work. Where people work for low pay in an assembly fashion. China is responsible for 70% of toys made int he world. Recently largest toy maker Mattel recalled 8.8 million Mattel’s China toys after discovering considerable amount of lead in the toy paint. Check out these photos…

This will be a nice good-bye gift for my move to California. Auto + USBoombox by Superdeux, mixes toys and music both implicitly and explicitly. Each edition of the figure comes with its own exclusive soundtrack on USBoombox’s concealed 1GB USB flash drive. Only 350 available for $60 @ KidRobot!

A recent exhibition at the Tate Modern Museum in London,”Pop Life:Art In A Material world ,” featured this bizarre collaboration between McG,a big Hollywood commercial director, and pop art phenom Takashi Murakami. Its a four minute music video staring Kirsten Dunst singing Turning Japanese by the Vapors…….Whaatever

The KidRobot Photobooth shots from the Popular Show @ City Of Ink are finally available for your viewing pleasure! Photography by Hannibal Matthews.

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Legendary artist Futura does his thing, this time around with Legos.

via Freshness.

This costume destroys anything that you have ever had to dress up for/will ever have to dress up for.

De La Soul has teamed up with Kid Robot to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album “3 Feet High and Rising”. The limited 3-pack of toys features all the group members (Maseo, Posdnuos and Trugoy) and will be available at Kid Robot stores on March 18th at a cost of $50

Awesome Lego town made by Dave DeGobbi.

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These are pretty neat.

“Each ship is presented in all the kite detail that kites can provide. You can choose from either Luke’s X-Wing, Vader’s Tie Fighter, or Han’s Millennium Falcon (hey, he won it fair and square). Imagine the peaceful, floaty dogfights as Darth chases Luke in the trench of a cloudy-made Death Star, with Han zipping in and taking Darth down. Just like the movies, but a lot more relaxing. We love it, the Alderaanians loved it, and so will you.”

via Think Geek

Galleries One Nine Eight Eight recently held a Heman themed tribute show. The show featured around 100 pieces contributed  by an array of artist.

Wish I could of attended this one.