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23 Apr 2020

Q & A with Toy Designer One-Eyed Girl AKA Kasey Tararuj

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Q & A with Toy Designer One-Eyed Girl AKA Kasey Tararuj on release of The Rejects – Dark Chocolate Edition on Kidrobot.com. “I’ve been paralyzed and in a wheelchair for almost 20 years and I spent so much of that time creating all this weird, emotional art to help deal with it. I got to a point where that got old and making these silly characters was way more therapeutic than trying to put my feelings into a painting. So now I make my little guys to make myself laugh or smile and hope that it does the same for others.” -One-Eyed Girl AKA Kasey Tararuj

10 Apr 2020

The Story Behind the Locknester Puzzle Dunny & How They Are Made

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A few years ago, a member of the Kidrobot team met architect and Locknesters founder Fleet Hower at a trade show. At this show, Locknesters was introducing BEAR, their first three-dimensional puzzle bear figure…

6 Apr 2020

LOCKNESTERS CREATING FACE SHIELDS FOR COVID-19 HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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Fleet Hower of LOCKNESTERS has temporarily converted their New York-based studio from the production of art decor items like the Puzzle Dunny to the production of face shield visors for health care workers due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

14 Nov 2019

Alex Solis – A Multi-Talented Toy Designer

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It’s a Kidrobot Christmas holiday tradition to release special 3-inch Holiday Dunnys by artists that we love and adore. And this year, we’re releasing two 3-inch Chunky Holiday Dunnys by Alex Solis. Before they drop tomorrow (November 15th), we had … Continued

3 Nov 2019

Q & A with Toy Designer Candie Bolton

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If you’ve been hanging around the Kidrobot website lately, you’ve definitely seen the name Candie Bolton. Having recently designed a 3″ Bastet Dunny for our Spiritus Dea goddess series, and most recently a collection of Hello Kitty art toy designs … Continued

10 Oct 2019

Introducing “La Flamme,” the new 8″ Dunny by Junko Mizuno

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Ever seen a one-armed Dunny that’s on fire? Well now you have. For years, Junko Mizuno has been establishing herself as a force to be reckoned with in the art world. Her work has taken numerous forms – paintings, comics, … Continued

7 Oct 2019

That Halloween Candy you Hate… Hates you Back – Alex Pardee made sure of it

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Probably the most debated-over Halloween treat – candy corn is one of America’s oldest candies that is still being produced, having been invented by George Renninger of the Wunderland Candy Company in 1880’s Philadelphia. Yes. In the same decade that … Continued

3 Oct 2019

Tristan Eaton Breaks new Ground with the New Money 5-inch Metal Dunny

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Tristan Eaton is ridiculously, unfairly talented. An artist’s artist who’s so good at what he does that other artists might want to burn all their works and move to a cave in the Himalayas to die alone. Except he’s evolved … Continued

26 Sep 2019

Meet the Goddesses of the Spiritus Dea 3-inch Dunny mini-series. Part Four: Death

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On September 27, Kidrobot dives helmet-first into the deep waters of world mythology with the Spiritus Dea 3-inch Dunny Mini Series. Spiritus Dea – “spirit of the goddess” in Latin – unites 12 different female artists and goddesses under one … Continued

23 Sep 2019

Meet the Goddesses of the Spiritus Dea 3-inch Dunny mini-series. Part Three: Nature

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17 Sep 2019

Meet the Cosmic Goddesses of the Spiritus Dea 3-inch Dunny mini-series. Part One: Cosmos

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5 Sep 2019

Meet the King of Killer Candy Vinyl Art

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Few artists have been involved with Kidrobot since the beginning but New York-based artist Andrew Bell is one that can make that claim. Collaboration after collaboration, his work has remained fresh, interesting, and at times, infused with deliciously dark humor. … Continued