Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
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Giant Robot is proud to host a signing of Bossy Bear Kaiju by David Horvath This special event will take place on July 9 from 3-5 p.m. David Horvath Saturday, July 9, 2011, 3-5 p.m. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 http://gr2.net/ (310) 445-9276 This special event will take place on July 9 from 3-5 p.m. There is no guest list or ticketing required, but signing will be limited to the items purchased at GR2. The “Monster Bossy Bear” is released by Toy2R. As the toy press release states, “Two versions will be released in the assortment – the Classic Blue and the Roseus (or Pink) edition. Fans should be on the look out for variant versions within the assortment as one can never be sure what mood Bossy will be in.” We’ll be sure to have them both on-hand. David Horvath is half of the creative duo behind Uglydoll, which recently signed on to do a Hollywood animation project. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries, as well as an online equivalent. For more information about the event, GR2, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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With the launch of the Nintendo 3DS this year, 2011 is the year of the gamer! In addition to the influx of many new games and new platforms, older titles like The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and the Street Fighter series are making a come back. Giant Robot pays homage to the gamer in all of this by hosting Game Night at GR2, where gamers and developers come together to play classic games as well as new releases. Our recent Game Night 5 featured the new titles Skullgirls by Reverge Labs and Skulls of the Shogun Haunted Temple Games for fans to enjoy, and our friends at Meat Bun provided gear for the night’s events. Meat Bun is the leading company in providing t-shirts for geeks and gamers. Their designs are bright, creative, amusing and nostalgic, bringing the appeal of video games to the masses and bringing back memories of Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. Gamers and fans alike came out to GR2 and donned their signature apparel as Giant Robot offers 11 different designs for geeks, gamers, and everyone in-between. Three of our popular designs are featured here. In collaboration with Giant Robot, the Osu! T-shirt features the average intense gamer in the aftermath of a pixelated duel! The neon yellow Fight Night T-shirt advertises the upcoming showdown between Vega and Balrog at Block Head Pub! The three t-shirts below call out to the classic gamer who fought 8-bit vampires and eggplant wizards. Only the scar-battled gamer can recall the feeling of triumph and relief with the Beheaded T-shirt, featuring the ultimate fate of Count Dracula at the hands of Simon Belmont, and inevitably the anguish of a never-ending battle as the Lord of the Night always makes a return! The Secrets T-shirt quotes one of the most infamous words uttered by the ultimate undead: “What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!” Gamers know that the battle against the Count is never-ending. Meat Bun also reminds us all about the devious power of the Eggplant Wizard, who has never looked more menacing before. He isn’t the bumbling goofball from your childhood Saturday morning cartoons. This wizard is deadly! Expect to see more of the vegetable overlord as Kid Icarus: Uprising will be released on the 3DS. Click on the photos above to heck out more awesome gamer gear from Meat Bun or click here!
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We are featured in UCLA Magazine. Thanks to writer Scott Fields and photographer Mathieu Young. Yes, come and visit us. UCLA’s support has always been great. Actually, not just UCLA, but most of the Southern California Schools have been great to us. Thanks much. “Visit one of three Giant Robot locations on the Westside opened by a former UCLA East Asian Studies major and get a dose of Japanese pop culture. There’s a store, a restaurant and a gallery space that promotes local artists. All three are hip, urban, international and different.” (UCLA Magazine - Bruin Guide to L.A.)
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The evolution of Bossy Bear has reached its limit! And the new Kaiju Bossy Bear 5″ Vinyl Figures have reached Giant Robot! These new Bossy Bears feature the eclectic combination of western cuteness and eastern malevolence as Bossy Bear has become an altered beast that rivals the vinyl kaiju monsters before him. Recently released by Toy2R, the kaiju-inspired figure transmutes the moi-inducing Bossy Bear with a reptilian torso, scales, sharp teeth and fangs. He is dubbed the “Strange Beast Bossy Bear!” The new 5” figure is available in Blue and Pink versions with four different facial expressions, because you never know what terrifying mood Bossy Bear will be in. Click on the photo below in order to witness the emergence of this new incarnation! More bossy than ever before! Bossy Bear is very bossy. And he’s also had just about enough. Bossy has reached his limit. Just like you, Bossy Bear has a strong side. Well Bossy’s strong side has come out, and he wants things his way NOW!!! Let Bossy help you find your strong side.
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