UglyDoll Signing @ Giant Robot, LA (Mar 6) / Release of 2002 Ice-Bat Plush
Giant Robot Los Angeles [www] will be having a special appearance and signing by UglyDoll creators/founders David Horvath and Sun-min Kim. The event will take place on Saturday, March 6 (from 3pm-5pm). David and Sun-min will be on hand signing a special edition, brand new “2002 Giant Robot Ice-Bat” (Limited to 300 pcs).PRESS: The Giant Robot Ice-Bat will reflect Sun-min’s original design that includes toes, bright blue fur, and five teeth! The plush will come in an edition of 300 and will also be distributed to GR's San Francisco and New York locations. It will be available at 3:00 pm at GR's Los Angeles location and at noon for our San Francisco and New York locations.
[CLICK THRU for the press release]
WHAT: UglyDoll signing at GR2
WHO: David Horvath and Sun-min Kim
WHEN: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: GR2 [www.gr2.net]
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276
PRESS-RELEASE: Giant Robot is pleased to present an appearance by UglyDolls creators David Horvath and Sun-min Kim, who will be signing a "brand-new" piece, the 2002 Ice Bat.
In 2001, Sun-min turned a drawing on the bottom of letters from David into a hand-sewn doll. It was Wage, the first Uglydoll ever. After David brought the piece to the newly opened Giant Robot store, it evolved into a toy with a rabid following–selling out at shops around the world, appearing in movies, creating spin-offs, spawning bootlegs, and inspiring a new wave of stuffed plushes.
Regarding the newest UglyDoll, Horvath explains, "In 2002, Sun-min sewed the first few Ice-Bats with toes, bright blue fur, and five teeth! Ever since, photos have popped up and requests to make him have come in, so we are creating a couple hundred production versions just for Giant Robot. They will be released at the GR store on Sawtelle on the day of our signing."
Customers are limited to buying three pieces at the signing. The limited edition of 300 will be also available at the Giant Robot stores in San Francisco and New York, as well as giantrobot.com, at 12:00 noon on the same day, with the same limit of three pieces.
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.
(Cheers for the headsup, Brandon!)
