Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Dehara and Yoko at Giant Robot NY. I liked her hat. Dehara was last in New York over four years ago, and it’s great that he’s back bringing a modernized pop culture to the town in the name of Tokyo otaku. 30 handmade figures are on the wall. The show begins tomorrow at GRNY. 437 e. 9th street. But Dehara is also at Comiccon signing at our booth at 3pm. The underrated items are the poster prints. In an edition of 10. Menta Ice-Bat – these are amazing and won’t last long. Here’s some figures. These are great, then you read the little description and they’re even better.
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Swiss Air. Amazing graphics. So simple and so good. I saw this while rolling by. It’s not the Helvetica Bold, but it’s the tiny text next to it. Four lines that fit just right. The tail has the + sign. It’s clean. The engine is another great detail. Two red boxes next to each other with more Helvetica in it. That’s the wing of a Virgin America plane with New York under it. The patterns of the snow are interesting. I’m not sure if it’s because people travel and melt it, or if it’s just how it melts. I wonder where this is. It’s a narrow strip of land with neighborhoods and neighborhood. I’ll tell you what I was thinking while we flew over: wouldn’t it be cool if I lived down there, and were able to walk across a neighborhood to see water on both ends? You can do it in Manhattan, but this is much smaller.
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