Tenacious Toys Rollies Show: Oct. 30th, 6 to midnite!
Tenacious Toys will be hosting the Rollies show at All The Right clothing store. All the Right is a New York based lifestyle boutique carrying everything from sneakers to spray paint. It is truly “All the Right” stuff to make for a kick ass way to live. If you manage to get hungry, All the Right is conveniently located on top of Kennedy Chicken. Why leave?!
It’s always great to see the convolution of vinyl toys with more traditional urban mediums. Benny at Tenacious Toys was gracious enough to provide us with a little virtual tour of the shop. Check it out!
The Rollie Show is a collaboration between Tenacious Toys and NemO (NYC-based sculptor Mike Mendez). NemO wants to use little roll-on deodorant bottles (Rollies!) as custom platforms! And why not? With a sexy little organic shape, these specific Rollies are cheap, plastic and made in China just like everything else you customize. BUT, these only cost 99 cents!
The Rollies are as pictured above- they are all Ban brand or one of the Avon brands: Skin So Soft, etc… so they are easy to locate. However, if you can’t find one for yourself, they have easy access to them in NYC and they can mail one to you for a couple bucks. $3 gets an emptied-out Rollie shipped to your door if you are in the US or Canada. Shipping overseas is slightly more but still very affordable. If you are interested in participating in this show contact Benny via tenacioustoys@gmail.com!
The Rollie Show custom show
Friday, October 30th, 7PM
All the Right graff supply store
3561 Junction Blvd
Corona, Queens, NY
WHY ROLLIES?
Why not? You’re going to destroy & paint over the platform anyway, who says that has to be expensive? Mike loves interesting shapes and he’d been thinking about using the Rollies as platforms for years so I just felt he should carry that idea through!
WHO’S NEMO?
Nemo is Mike Mendez, a NY-based sculptor and artist who’s quickly making his mark in the toy world as the go-to guy for sculpting projects and super-detailed customs.
Nemo’s blog is: http://nemossculpturestudio.blogspot.com/
Nemo’s email is: nemoink@hotmail.com
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