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THE TRADING TORTOISE SOUTHER SALAZAR & MONICA CHOY SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2-5PM 1. Bring us something special that you’re willing to trade. 2. Fill out a tag (we will have them out near the Tortoise) with your name, location, and as much info about your trade as possible (leave the number blank). 3. Sit down and trade with us!  Tell us about your object you brought: where did you find it? did you make it? what’s the story behind it? We will present a few different options for you to choose from. We will do our best to connect you with something we think you might appreciate.  (If you decide you would rather keep the item you brought, that is always totally OK too) 4. Track your trade online. We will assign a number to your item that will allow you to see where it eventually finds its new home. We can only accommodate up to 50 trades per stop, so come early! You are welcome to bring more items to barter with others, but please only 1 trade per person with the Trading Tortoise. Facebook event.  >> UGLYDOLL WAGE BIRTHDAY PARTY AUGUST 12, 2-5PM Giant Robot is proud to host a Birthday Party for Wage! As many of you know… Wage began the journey for Uglydoll in 2002. The first shop? Giant Robot. Now, ten years later, Wage in it’s original form is reproduced as Uglydoll 10 Year Anniversary Wage. On August 12th from 2-5pm Giant Robot 2 in LA, will host creator David Horvath in a “relaxed event” including Anniversary Wage signing, cake, cookies, button making, and Wages (Bingo)! Facebook event. >> TOKIDOKI X MARVEL FRENZIES CHARM / ZIPPER PULL You might find Wolverine, Cyclops, Iron Man, Thor, Silver Surfer, Red Skull, Storm, Human Torch, Thing, Vision, Spiderman, Hulk, Captain America, Rogue, Dr. Doom, Dr. Octopus, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Magneto, or Punisher in your new collection. GIANT ROBOT BITMAP DINO T-SHIRT New Giant Robot design featuring a dino reassembling Tokyo Tower! Sometimes your favorite dino character can be a good guy too. MIGHTY FINE – UGLYDOLL I’M SO MONEY T-SHIRT The tees are lightweight and have a kind of distressed faded print. Perfect for the summer time! THE ART OF DANIEL CLOWES MODERN CARTOONIST The book includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art, and also includes essays by noted contributors. PAT GRANT BLUE Part autobiography, part science fiction, Blue is the story of three spotty teenagers who skip school to go surfing, only to end up investigating rumors of a dead body in their beach town. UGLYDOLL BOP N’ BEEP & JEERO Everybody could use a pouch-friendly pal. TOKIDOKI – CACTUS ROCKER VINYL FIGURE Part cactus, part punk rocker. All attitude! JENI YANG SOLO EXHIBITION AUGUST 18 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 RECEPTION: SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 6:30-10PM Giant Robot is proud to present Two of a Kind, an art show featuring new works by Jeni...
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We got a little more information on the Trading Tortoise. We’ve been asked many times, “what’s going on?” So I asked Souther a few questions. Here’s more info: GR: Does it really stick to 50 trades? SS: We can only do about 50 trades max, because of the time/space constraints of the project. We have short conversations with each person about their item, so that’s about the most we can do.  If more people show up with trades then we can get to, we encourage trading outside of the tortoise too.  When we are approaching cut off time (5pm), if there is still a line, we will just need to cut the line off at somebody. GR: What do people need to do? SS: We have printed tags for people to fill out about their item, before they sit down to trade with us. GR: What are people getting or trading for? SS: We are trading the things that people have brought to trade with us in all the cities we’ve been so far…everything from handmade objects, found artifacts, art, zines, prints, secondhand store finds, sentimental trinkets, childhood toys, homemade jams, mix cds, stories, etc ,etc.  It depends on what we got from the last few stops usually.  There are guidelines on the site, but the main things we can’t accept are things that are too big or too fragile for us to travel with.  We only ask that people bring something they think is special.
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  1. Bring us something special that you’re willing to trade.  2. Fill out a tag (we will have them out near the Tortoise) with your name, location, and as much info about your trade as possible (leave the number blank). 3. Sit down and trade with us!  Tell us about your object you brought: where did you find it? did you make it? what’s the story behind it? We will present a few different options for you to choose from. We will do our best to connect you with something we think you might appreciate.  (If you decide you would rather keep the item you brought, that is always totally OK too) 4. Track your trade online. We will assign a number to your item that will allow you to see where it eventually finds its new home. What is OK to trade:  Anything that you think is special and carries some story or meaning along with it. It could be a found object, a childhood possession, a handmade creation, a story, a drawing, etc. What is not OK:  Anything living Anything perishable Anything extremely fragile without a container Anything extremely large or bulky (shoebox size or smaller is preferable, our storage space is limited!) Garbage from the bottom of your purse or backpack. Extra Notes:  We can only accommodate up to 50 trades per stop, so come early! You are welcome to bring more items to barter with others, but please only 1 trade per person with the Trading Tortoise.
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