Some friends and I are taking another small step towards developing an urban vinyl presence in Atlanta. We're forming an online company called Blue Monday, through which we hope to build enough of a presence in the industry (as well as raise enough capital) that we can eventually open a brick and mortar location here in Atlanta.
We're planning to man a booth at this year's Dragon-Con over Labor Day weekend. Between now and then, we'll be developing a website as well as establishing accounts with major wholesalers.
I'll post more updates as they become available.
Showing posts with label Retailers. Show all posts
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Monday, June 4, 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.
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.
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