Grateful Bear by DJ A-Trak x Dust la Rock x Kidrobot (July 2-drop)
PRESS: Renowned DJ A-Trak and artist savant Dust La Rock drop this iconic piece of mind-melting plastic July 2. With serious swagger in his step, Grateful Bear stands 8-inches tall and equipped with a plethora of handy accessories for his psychedelic trip... Only 500 made with a SRP of US$50 each.
[CLICK THRU for Artists' Bio and toy-launch/signing details for July 1st]
ARTIST-BIO: A-Trak is a Montreal-based DJ and turntablist and the youngest DJ in the world to win the DMC World DJ Championship. He was a part of DJ crew, Invisible Skratch Piklz, is now a member of The Allies and is the tour DJ for rapper Kanye West. He also runs 2 record labels, Audio Research and Fool's Gold Records.
ARTIST-BIO: Joshua Prince aka Dust La Rock is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer and illustrator. He serves as art director for Fool's Gold Records, is designer-in-residence at Studio B, and has his hand in a number of low-brow and high-profile projects at any given time.
Product Info:
SIZE: 8-inches
ACCESSORIES: Gold-plated necklace, leather cuff, cotton sweatband, snow-capped igloo, fitted baseball hat and wayfarers.
OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2009
PRICE: US$50
A-Trak-blogs: "You see the bear at the top of this blog? His name is Grateful and he’s been my buddy for many years, ever since he appearing in the previous incarnation of djatrak.com. He was created by Dust La Rock, and soon he can be your friend too. Dust and I started working on a toy with Kid Robot a while back, even before the birth of Fool’s Gold. It takes patience to make one of these things and I’ve been itching to talk about it for so long…"
Looks mondo-better without the shades and cap, IMHO :)
Source: Kidrobot
