Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year everybody! Hope everyone has a wonderful day with your family
and friends. We will be closed for New Years Day. But will be open on Saturday
morning. All the best!
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about our store is leaving it. Every visit is a new adventure
in design-inspired goods thoughtfully and carefully selected
from independent local & international designers. Toys, home
goods, art objects, books, jewelry, and apparel in a wide range
of prices. You’re certain to find a gift for a friend or for yourself.
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In the meantime, if you see something you like, just give us a shout at 214-821-1976
Happy 2010!
Billy the Scapegoat!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Bay Area graphic designer Jure Gavran, designed this toy to communicate his stance
against the social ills of scapegoating, a problem which he refers to as "a silly make-
believe caricature of the truth." Until recently, the act of blaming others for one’s mistakes
has been
faceless and anonymous, but to everyone’s surprise this very act has
decided
to take form and come out to show his ugly face. He goes by the
name of Scapegoat Billy
and his sole purpose is to inflict
discriminatory blame on the innocent. With tooling by
ThreeZero (known for the street-smart figures of many
famous Hong Kong toy artists),
Jure brought Billy to life as a hulking
8-inch vinyl villain with an innocent GID Blamee
trapped (but
removable) in his translucent stomach. The first edition of Billy the
Scapegoat
is Immigrant Billy which comes in a distinct brown/yellow
colorway limited to 250 pieces
(individually numbered) with a 3-inch
Blamee, red collar, leash and green leaf blower.
Solid sculpt with
clean paint all around. This is a really unique toy in that Billy
breaks
in half (between his tighty-whiteys and bulging belly) so that
the Blamee can be taken
out and walked on the leash.
THIS IS AN AWESOME COLLECTIBLE TOY.
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