Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
MARI INUKAI – SEKAISEIFUKUDAN New from artist and designer Mari Inukai! Sekaiseifukudan is a new line of vinyl toy figures that debut this Saturday, May 7th at GR2! Meet all seven new characters and their creator at Giant Robot this Saturday from 2-4pm. Get your signed by Mari Inukai even if you live far away!
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When times are tough, Giant Robot works harder to bring the best in asian pop culture and awesome merchandise! Working hard at Giant Robot throughout the week, I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend of doing ….NOTHING. And the best way to do nothing is to plop down on my bed and doze off in a huge pile of pillows and plushes! I’ve collected so many plushes, and I’ve learned that they make the best pillows. Recently, Giant Robot has received so many new plush dolls with each one more cuddly and soft than the previous. Click the photo above or the link below in order to check out all of our plush dolls: Giant Robot – Plushes Don’t forget to check out the recent introduction of the plush Pecanpals to our online store! These plush dolls are the newest release from Noferin, the creators of Jibibuts! The Pecanpals are characters that live on Carrara Island, an island that rises majestically from the Pacific Ocean with sharp mountain peaks on one side and thickly forested plains on the other. These characters have so many stories waiting for them! But in the meantime, these super soft plushes are available for everyone to enjoy!
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For our regular customers, you have already noticed the recent update to the Giant Robot Online store! For all our new customers, welcome! Giant Robot is the premiere source that brings you Asian pop culture and beyond! Want to catch up on the latest news, reviews and interviews? Then check out the latest issue of Giant Robot: Giant Robot Issue 68! Giant Robot features many popular artists and collaborations! David Choe’s Munko Uglydolls x Giant Robot – Uglycon II Skate Deck 2K – Matt Furie’s Flight Monster T-shirt (Cream) Giant Robot – Robot Army T-shirt (Navy Blue) Expect new arrivals and restocks of your favorite classics!
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There’s a lot of interesting stuff floating around the GR office, and this particular design has a story that should be told. The design has a retro feel because it’s based on the Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! videogame from 2005. Released for the DS exclusively in Japan, the game follows a male cheerleader squad team dedicated to helping people in times of crisis. Taking a high-school exam, making pottery, wooing a girl, saving the world from an asteroid–wouldn’t any task be a little easier if men with armbands were cheering you on in a synchronized fashion? The task of this article of clothing happens to be assisting Giant Robot. The woes of print publishing are well-documented and our particular challenges have been fully disclosed, so it was extra cool of our friends at Meat Bun, the masters of turning obscure videogames into hip T-shirt designs, to raise money for GR with this shirt. That’s actually Eric in the middle of the manga panel (I recognize the T-shirt he’s wearing, if not the expression) clutching back issues of GR. Can you identify them all? Find more information and images (or even buy your own) at the GR shop site. Support GR and keep the spirit of weird videogames alive!
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