De La Soul 3-pack from Kidrobot (Mar 18-release)
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PRESS: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, hip-hop pioneers De La Soul teamed up with Kidrobot to create this limited edition set of 3-inch figures. Each figure comes with individual accessories and the set comes in futuristic space travel boxes, symbolizing De La’s mission to take hip-hop to the stratosphere and beyond. Retailing for US$50, the De La Soul 3-Pack arrives at Kidrobot stores, kidrobot.com, and select retailers on March 18. [Source: KRonikle]
CLICK THRU for my personal impressions, and a little blast-from-the-past :)
TRE-IMPRESSIONS: If seen as edible candy, these seem to be pretty decently delectable, but as toy-figures? These are quite an afront to "designer art toys", but then again nobody claimed that these were "art toys" in the first place, innit? And perhaps this would be a non-threatening product to get De La Soul-fans or non-art toy-collectors into the hobby? ("Mr Potato"-nose, notwithstanding) ~ Enjoy the video below instead of fretting over "the future of toys", yeh? heh.
