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New Kidrobot Toys in the Shop Tonight

Here’s a head’s up that a bunch of new Kidrobot toys will go live at 12AM EST/9PM PST tonight in the Neon Monster online shop. I spent an OCD moment counting the amount of Frank Kozik toys available through Kidrobot, and it’s a pretty massive amount. When we were over at Frank’s studio and he said, “My thing is a maximum amount of releases,” he wasn’t kidding. We’ve got Labbit Series 4 at a 10% case discount [Single Labbits here and a colony of 25 Labbits here]. We’re kinda digging Kozik’s Kidmutant, which is Frank’s take on Kidrobot’s mascot in an edition of 1000 pieces. [Kidmutant is $50 here.] The Orange Polka Dot Labbit [get it here] fits in with us Neon Monsters, and we’ll have plenty of these available for Frank to sign at Wondercon (booth 944 & 946).

The non-Kozik releases are Gloomy Bear Threat Edition and the De La Soul 3-pack. You can check out the packaging and read Jeremy’s thoughts on the De La Soul figures here. We’re discounting the De La figures just a bit to allow you to maybe pick up a De La record if that’s your thing. Of course we love seeing you in person, and we’ll have these for our local in-store customers when doors open tomorrow at 11AM.

Thanks to everybody who cracked me up with your thoughts on what I’d do with those Circus Punks. Tune in tomorrow because we’ll be posting some more art toy finds from STRANGEco. Be there!

Zipperpullapalooza

Zipperpulls are kind of the unsung heroes of the designer toy world. They’re really popular, but they have a Napoleon Complex. They serve a purpose, but they’re not exactly practical. It’s hard to justify that you need them, but you really want them. Zipperpulls are literally yanking your chain. And we’ve got tons of them.

Shane Jessup’s Things That Hurt are a fan favorite. You could sort of say that zipperpulls make you less likely to get something caught in a zipper, which would be a Thing That Hurt, indeed. I am guilty of being smitten by the new Paul Frank zipperpulls. Lots of people like the combination of dark humor and cuteness of Gloomy Bear zipperpulls. Perhaps the opposite of gruesome Gloomy Bears would be Friends With You’s Luckies zipperpulls. And the going joke is how nobody uses their Qees as keyrings, so Toy2R put out some 1.5-inch Qees as zipperpulls. We’ve got fishbowls full of ‘em for just a couple bucks each from Kidrobot, Toy2R and Rocketworld. Come fish ‘em out, or order blindly via the online shop.

Neon Monster’s Valentine’s Day Coupon Code

If you’re dating, married to or secretly admiring someone a little quirky, eccentric or alternatively adorable, consider the gift of plastic, plush, paper or vinyl for Valentine’s Day this year. Neon Monster’s got toys, records and comics for your special someone. If your tastes lean toward the macabre, try a limited edition rotocast vinyl Specimen 129 by Jermaine Rogers ($60) a 2-foot long bloody Gloomy Bear claw that you can actually put your own arm inside ($50) or this big, dead drumstick from Argentinian collective, DOMA ($42). Need your cute and cuddly fix sans blood and gore? For you, we’ve saved a few Love Bunnies by Jeremyville ($29.95).

Whatever your pleasure, take 10% off the list price of anything in the store with the coupon code “XOXO” at checkout. Order today or you’ll be in the doghouse on V-day.

Obviously, we’re partial to pink all year round, but if you’re looking for some pink vinyl for Valentine’s Day, may we suggest:

• Daniel Johnston’s Jeremiah The Innocent 12″ in pink (limited to 150 pieces) – $120
• Anton Ginzburg’s 3″ Totem Doppelganger Set – $49.95
• Gary Baseman’s 7″ pink Hot Cha Cha Cha (limited to 500 pieces) – $70
• Bubi Au Young’s 8″ pink Treeson (limited to 500 pieces) – $85

Depending on when you read this post, you may still have a few more hours to enter our Twitter contest to win the above pair of 14-inch eco-friendly super-soft Neon Monster exclusive Mitch plushes. If you can’t wait or it’s too late, you can buy them for $75 here.

Neon Monster is proud to stock a full array of plush Sweet Meats by local artist, Lauren Venell. The vegetarian-friendly toys range in price from $18-50.

If you’re feeling like a baller this V-day, and you want to drop coin on some bling that isn’t ice (wow, did I just write that?), consider this gigantic fiberglass human-size Smorkin’ Labbit stool by Frank Kozik in an edition of only 50 pieces for a cool $1,250. For half the price, you can be even more exclusive with a ruby jewel-tone resin Psnail created for Art Basel by Neon Monster, Reuben Rude and Pretty in Plastic.

Don’t forget: discount code “XOXO” saves you 10% off at checkout. Happy Valentine’s Day.