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.
Boring. There used to be times when you bought toys because of the designer. Now Kidrobot doesn't even tell you who made these.
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