Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Can’t make it? Its ok! We’re having Luke Chueh in store Saturday June 24th at Giant Robot. Deadline to Order June 24th 10AM. We can have him custom sign your copy! (Giant Robot – Luke Chueh)
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giant robot time: 6.15.12 | artwork by: kwanchai moriya THE ART OF LUKE CHUEH *CUSTOM SIGNED* We’re having Luke Chueh in store Saturday June 24th at Giant Robot. Deadline to Order June 24th 10AM. Can’t make it? Its ok! KEVIN LUONG THE CUDDLIEST STAR PRINT Measures 8″ X 8″ – Digital print, Edition of 10, unframed. MEAT BUN DAYTONABOT T-SHIRT MEAT BUN PASSING BREEZE T-SHIRT MIMOBOT X BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RISES USB FLASH DRIVE Batman™ (The Dark Knight Rises Edition) X MIMOBOT®, featuring a brand-new a design inspired by the Christopher Nolan-helmed trilogy of movies. MIMOBOT X HELLO KITTY USB FLASH DRIVE Bring the outdoors IN, with Hello Kitty® Fun in Fields MIMOBOT® designer USB flash drive by Sanrio® and Mimoco! MINI TAPE ROLL PANDA AND FRIENDS Add this adorable panda and his friends to your mundane taping tasks. It’s sure to make your craft projects cuter. TOTORO 10″ PLUSH Straight from Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) this guy is super soft and officially licensed. Game Night 10 Glorkbot’s Mini-Adventure / Tri-Tri-Triobelisk / Samurai Gunn Saturday, June 16, 2012, 6:30–10pm In conjunction with the Attract Mode, Meat Bun Apparel and Angry Bananas, Giant Robot is proud to host Game Night 10, an event that takes place at GR2 about every two months. For this tenth installment, we are teaming up with James Kochalka and Pixel Jam’s long awaited title, alongside Shelby Cinca and Erik Svedäng’s iPad game, Tri-Tri-Triobelisk, and Beau Blyth’s Samurai Gunn. We will set up game stations both indoors and outdoors and in person will be Shelby Cinca and Beau Blyth. Also playable with be Cinca and Sean Chao’s Yeren board game and Beau Blyth and Jeni Yang’s Catburger. Game Night 10 is taking place during the Game Over Exhibition, so it’s a great chance to see video game inspired art alongside playable games. More info. Luke Chueh Book Signing and Print Release Sunday, June 24, 2012, 1–4pm The Art of Luke Chueh – Bearing the Unbearable is a monograph filled with the history of Luke Chueh’s art work. We’re proud to announce the appearance of Luke Chueh at Giant Robot 2 on Sunday June 24th 1-4pm. Chueh will be available to sign copies of his monograph (we’ll have copies) and to release his new print, “Swarm” which was on the cover of Giant Robot 68. More info. Satoshi – The Last Salaryman Figure Exhibition by Yukinori Dehara June 30 – July 25, 2012 Reception: Saturday, June 30, 2012 – 6:30-10pm Artist Talk & Clay Modeling Workshop Sunday, July 1, 2012 3-5pm The Salaryman in Japan, is an underpaid and understated workforce who work long hours and have forged a lifestyle that is strongly responsible for the economic miracle of post World War 2 Japan. Today they wander the streets after their long day, drinking and frolicking until they head home to their family, only to face the same thing the following day. Satoshi is this person but has...
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Mimobot Dark Knight Returns. Flash Drive 8gb USB that’s 19.99. There’s been a price drop at Mimoco recently. We have it in stock along with other classic Mimobots! (Mimobot – Dark Knight)
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GR: Did you grow up with Army Men? Jim A: Yeah I grew up with army men. As a kid I set them all up then I’d get rocks and destroy the battlefield. The ones the dog chewed up were the injured soldiers. GR: Explain how you came up with the idea of skateboarders in the Classic Army Men style? Jim A: I saw what was already out there & I thought how cool it would be to make them based off of the old school toy soldiers that I grew up with. Keep them simple & cheap, but they had to look cool & realistic. I saw other things out there and they were sort of corny. They didn’t look realistic – the characters had mohawks & the moves looked awkward. GR: Are you a sculptor and or skateboarder? Are the original sculpts that tiny? Jim A: I am a graphic designer & an old school skateboarder, my son AJ he skates all the time. He helped me design the final designs & got me up to date on the moves that they should be doing. Hence I named ‘em after my son AJ – AJ’s Original Toy Boarders. The original sculpts are just a tad larger than the final product – this way you can get a little more detailed. GR: Was this easy to get done from your idea to complete product? Jim A: No it wasn’t easy. I wasn’t familiar with the process of making moulds , but I had a friend teach me the process. Also we wanted to get each skater to balance on his board so that they would stand upright. There was always some tweaking involved so that we could maintain the style –yet keep them balanced. GR: How did you pick their poses out of an almost an infinite amount of things that a skater does! Jim A: We originally had more designs for the first series. We found out that some were not possible with a 2 part mould. Also like mentioned before we wanted them all to be able to pose upright on their board so kick flips and certain moves just weren’t gonna work. GR: Are the boarders any particular rider? Jim A: No, no boarder in particular, just based off of my son & his friends that skate. We wanted them to have style so we based their clothing off of what kids are wearing today. Within the skateboard culture there are all sorts of styles so we wanted to cover a wide range. GR: What’s next? Jim A: Series II Skate is DONE & in the Mould Process as we speak !! We are really stoked on this series –in it there is a Girl, we had lots of demands for a girl skater. Also we put a filmer in there – you know the friend that is following behind the rider with the death lens. Series 1 Snowboard is currently being designed & after that...
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Like army men, these figures are skaters. You get 24 pieces for 5.50 and they’ll skate all day and grind past any army man. Can they go against ninja figures? We’re not sure, but these are a cool item. (secure.giantrobot.com – Toy Boarders)
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