Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Online Ordering
I just ordered two Cat Qee figures for a customizing project I just picked up. A local cat shelter here in town is having a fundraising auction, and I'm doing a commemorative custom for the shelter's five year anniversary.
I ordered from My Plastic Heart. I poked around online for a while, and MPH seemed to be the best put-together site I could find. They carry everything, and there's a lot of content on the site. Depending on how this order goes, I may start ordering from them from now own.
ATTENTION Atlanta Retailers: Until someone in this burg get's their act together, I guess all of my money will be going out of town.
I ordered from My Plastic Heart. I poked around online for a while, and MPH seemed to be the best put-together site I could find. They carry everything, and there's a lot of content on the site. Depending on how this order goes, I may start ordering from them from now own.
ATTENTION Atlanta Retailers: Until someone in this burg get's their act together, I guess all of my money will be going out of town.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
My First Customs
Here are some pics of the very first customs I ever made. I took some of my duplicate Dunny series 3 figures and just saw what I could come up with:
The Hangman (you can't see it, but there'a a tiny noose around his neck)
The Houngan and Voodoo
Eh, I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out, for a first try.
The Hangman (you can't see it, but there'a a tiny noose around his neck)
The Houngan and Voodoo
Eh, I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out, for a first try.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Local Vinyl Retailers in Atlanta
As I've mentioned before, we have three retailers in Atlanta that carry limited selections of vinyl product. Those retailers are:
Criminal Records - a local alternative records store in Atlanta's hip Little Five Points district. They usually carry an assortment of blind box items, but between the traffic and the lousy parking, I only go to Criminal Records as an aboslute last resort.
The Toy Store - Specializing in educational toys, The Toy Store generally carries a couple of 8" Dunnies, and a case of the one or two of the latest Kidrobot blind box releases. It's a neat little store, and the sales people are always ready to chat about the figures. It's too bad that their selection is so limited.
Urban Outfitters - UO will generally carry a few blind box series as well as the blank munnies. This is here I'll go to get my DIY materials. Drawbacks here include the fact that it's in a major shopping mall, which means it's impossible to just run in, get what you want, and run out.
So that's it. If you can't find what you're looking for in one of these three stores, then you're not going to find it in Atlanta. As for in-store events, launch parties, artist appearances, none of that ever goes on around here. Since a lot of limited edition and highly collectible items tend to get distributed at these, it secondary market hell for guys like us.
Criminal Records - a local alternative records store in Atlanta's hip Little Five Points district. They usually carry an assortment of blind box items, but between the traffic and the lousy parking, I only go to Criminal Records as an aboslute last resort.
The Toy Store - Specializing in educational toys, The Toy Store generally carries a couple of 8" Dunnies, and a case of the one or two of the latest Kidrobot blind box releases. It's a neat little store, and the sales people are always ready to chat about the figures. It's too bad that their selection is so limited.
Urban Outfitters - UO will generally carry a few blind box series as well as the blank munnies. This is here I'll go to get my DIY materials. Drawbacks here include the fact that it's in a major shopping mall, which means it's impossible to just run in, get what you want, and run out.
So that's it. If you can't find what you're looking for in one of these three stores, then you're not going to find it in Atlanta. As for in-store events, launch parties, artist appearances, none of that ever goes on around here. Since a lot of limited edition and highly collectible items tend to get distributed at these, it secondary market hell for guys like us.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Dunny Azteca Series
The Dunny Azteca series has come out. I was able to score a few boxes at Criminal Records, one of about three retailers in town that carry selected vinyl items.
That's one of the things that sucks about being a vinyl collector in Atlanta. Because the stores that do carry vinyl aren't dedicated retailers. they only order a small quantity of any one item. When it's something as hot as a new Dunny series, the chances of me being able to get a complete set are pretty limited.
Here are some shots of the ones I did get:
That's one of the things that sucks about being a vinyl collector in Atlanta. Because the stores that do carry vinyl aren't dedicated retailers. they only order a small quantity of any one item. When it's something as hot as a new Dunny series, the chances of me being able to get a complete set are pretty limited.
Here are some shots of the ones I did get:
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Mystic Vinyl is in the House
As the profile says, we're a group of urban vinyl enthusiasts based in Atlanta, GA. Unfortunately for us, Atlanta is something of a wasteland when it comes to the urban vinyl craze. Except for about three stores carrying a (very) limited selection of toys, the ATL is pretty much devoid of a dedicated vinyl presence. Hopefully, that's something Mystic Vinyl will be able to change. By gathering enough like-minded enthusiasts and creating enough noise, we hope to convince some enterprising business person that Atlanta is ready for a dedicated vinyl store. Of course, if that fails, we might just take a stab at starting a store of our own.
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