The walls are now painted purple at Phillips De Pury, an inspiring color for the forthcoming Saturday @ Phillips auction. The idea of kids watching Saturday morning cartoons bounced around as I entered the toy room where two of Kaws‘ vinyls are the centerpiece. The brown dissected companion took a main page of what will be a coveted catalogue in years to come. As the auction approaches, collectors worldwide will be focusing in on his work specifically as this is the first introduction of his vinyls to the auction world. There are many other interesting pieces, as well. A nice Barry McGee liquor bottle sits just to the right of Kaws, a set of Jeff Koons’ Supreme Monkey Train Skate decks around another corner, and many, many Murakami’s. Saturday @ Phillips is for the younger collectors, but maybe the older ones have started to realize that we have all come to play and they need to catch up. All is fun on a Saturday morning.

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Who knew Bearbrick’s had such a reach? Next week sees a group of established contemporary Chinese artists participating in an exhibition in Beijing featuring 1000 % Bearbricks that they have made into their own.  My favorite being Yue Ming Jun’s “Qiu Tu” (above).

Tom Hung, via hype beast

GeekCentralStation has these little Gems for sale. Prices vary from $3.00-$55.00

BrickArms Custom Minifig, WW2 German SS Major v2. A midnight-black Lego Minifig with a custom decal printed with full color and metallic silver and gold inks. He comes with:

• Black Minifig w/custom torso decal
• Black Cap
• Silver BrickArms C96 Mauser
• Silver BrickArms MP40 SMG

Legos, lack  firearms. Luckily, BrickArms is here to fill the void. The online store creates and sells Lego weapons ($1) and custom minifigs ($10-$15). You can get everything from an UZI to an RPG Rocket Grenade, and anyone from Bond to an Arab terrorist. All of the BrickArms toys are designed used professional CAD tools and are made with Lego-approved ABS plastic.

Robotic Dinosaurs! Toy inventors must have the best time, hanging out, dreaming up whatever. In this case, Kota the Triceratops Dinosaur. I think the opening line sums it up best, ” PLAYSKOOL goes prehistoric.” More info here

Via, NotCot