Kidorbot’s largest figure series, The Simpsons, will drop 8/21/08. Although some are embracing the collaboration with open arms, true Kidrobot fans are somewhat upset. I guess the whole theory behind Kidrobot is that nostalgia kills creativity. So with this mindset, it would seem that Paul Budnitz is going back on his word. Doh! He clears a few things up on his blog here. I still love you Paul.
[...] As we have all witnessed lately, collectible toys are extremely popular. I couldn’t really tell you why people find it amusing to collect little plastic things that have no practical use, but brands like Kidrobot have shown us that people still love to collect cool shit. Ever since we were kids we loved to have that newest thing on the shelves before anyone else did. The coolest people in high school were always the ones who had the freshest gear and newest kicks. We would be fooling ourselves to pretend like we don’t still do this. Did anyone else get their iPhone on launch week? When I was a kid my favorite things to play with were always LEGO, so I am not mad at their dip into the blindbox collectible scene. I won’t act like all the above designs are dope, but I seriously can’t hate on the zombie, ninja and luchador. Hell I’m not even the biggest Kidrobot fan and really only own a handful of vinyl toys (almost all of The Simpsons toys!). [...]
[...] I’ve seen everything. The upcoming November issue of Playboy is officially slated to have Marge Simpson on the cover. This is kinda creepy. I mean there are TONS of creepy porn drawings of The Simpsons [...]