It’s that time of year again!
Ayleen and I open a Lego window each day of December leading up to Christmas.
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Logo by I Heart Guts
NOW FOR SALE IN THE ONLINE STORE!
Just in time for Black Friday or Cyber Monday or whatever…
DKE Toys and Suckadelic present “The Super Suck Up 2!”
Customized Sucklord Figure Editions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Couldn’t make it to Designer Con and you want to pick up some of these clever Customized Sucklord Figures?! They are available NOW at www.supersuckstore.com/toys.html
Hand painted, handmade toys by Bob Conge/Plaseebo, healeymade, Grody Shogun, JéRYU, Jesse Hernandez, Leecifer, Michelle Valigura, Mike Egan, Sket One, TOUMA, UAMOU, Woes Martin, Scott Wilkowski, and The Sucklord himself. With package designs by the one-and-only Sucklord!
DKE Toys asked each artist to customize, mash-up or paint an edition of Sucklord figures. These 3-3/4” figures are complete with a bubble on a Sucklord designed backing card. All figures will retail for $100* each tax included.
Edition sizes are as follows:
Bob Conge/Plaseebo – edition of 28
Healeymade – edition of 30
Grody Shogun – edition of 50
JéRYU – edition of 50
Jesse Hernandez – edition of 50
Leecifer – edition of 30
Michelle Valigura – edition of 29
Mike Egan- edition of 30
Sket One – edition of 50
TOUMA – edition of 50
UAMOU – edition of 50
Woes Martin – edition of 50
Scott Wilkowski – edition of 50
Sucklord – edition of 35 (Only $50 each*)
THE SUPER SUCKLORD is an intergalactic hustler and entrepreneur, trading in bootleg action figures, illicit remix records, and dusted internet video. Operating from a secret facility in Chinatown New York, The Sucklord is a master media manipulator and Downtown Designer Toy impresario. He is the supreme ruler of SUCKADELIC, an evil arts organization dedicated to the production and sale of the Sucklord’s ironic, low-quality art merchandise. www.suckadelic.com
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. www.dketoys.com
Super Suck Up images and news: www.supersuckup.com
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: www.facebookcom.com/DKEdkeDKE
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Thanks to Eric Frank for this swell write up about the 99 Deaths of Jar Jar with tons of photos in the Huffington Post!
DKE Toys & Toy Break present The Third Annual Suckathon!
Featuring The Super Sucklord and Billions McMillions broadcasting
LIVE and UNCENSORED from the DCon stage. 2-4pm each day
WIN FREE PRIZES!
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DKE Toys and Toy Break present the Third Annual Suckathon starring The Super Sucklord. Can’t make it to Designer Con? Tune in to www.toybreak.com Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2013. 2-4pm PST each day.
This year the Suckathon is all new with GAMES, PRIZES, MADNESS and MORE!
FREE PRIZES!!!!
That’s right! Be the next contestant on The Suckathon and WIN FREE PRIZES from all your favorite artists. Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2013. 2-4pm each day on the Dcon Stage! Must be present to win!
Prizes provided by the artists below:
Scott Tolleson’s The Bong Show
KaNO’s Ghetto Balls
Healeymade’s Blow Your Brains Out
Frank Kozik’s The Dated Game
The Sucklord’s Man Twerk
Paul Kaiju’s Gorilla Nut Grab
Greg Mishka’s Space Friend
Billions McMillions’ High Spy
Healeymade’s Shock Therapy
The Sucklord’s Who Got It?
The Sucklord’s Deep Throat Carrot Suck
Luke Chueh’s Target
Featuring Billions McMillions on the Mix
And Suck-Babes Mzre Yuen and Agent Wednesday
Tune in to www.toybreak.com or show up at the Pasadena Convention Center. www.designercon.com
THE SUPER SUCKLORD is an intergalactic hustler and entrepreneur, trading in bootleg action figures, illicit remix records, and dusted internet video. Operating from a secret facility in Chinatown New York, The Sucklord is a master media manipulator and Downtown Designer Toy impresario. He is the supreme ruler of SUCKADELIC, an evil arts organization dedicated to the production and sale of the Sucklord’s ironic, low-quality art merchandise,.and you may have seen him on some cable art show. www.suckadelic.com
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes.
TOY BREAK: Toy Break is your weekly internet show featuring reviews and news about designer vinyl, plush, action figures, collectibles, events, how-to’s, interviews, and more! www.toybreak.com
DKE Toys is also presenting the following at Designer Con 2013:
Super Suck Up images and news: www.supersuckup.com
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DKEdkeDKE
Sarah Jo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SarahJo
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Designer Con is this weekend and we are getting ready for The Super Suck Up 2!
All figures are $100 each tax included and will be available at Designer Con starting Saturday at 11am and all day Sunday until gone. Any remaining will be available after the show at Suckadelic.com
Edition sizes are as follows…
Bob Conge/Plaseebo – edition of 28
Healeymade – edition of 30
Grody Shogun – edition of 50
JRYU – edition of 50
Jesse Hernandez – edition of 50
Leecifer – edition of 30
Michelle Valigura – edition of 29
Mike Egan- edition of 30
Sket One – edition of 50
TOUMA – edition of 50
UAMOU – edition of 50
Woes Martin – edition of 50
Scott Wilkowski – edition of 50
Sucklord – edition of 35 (Only $50 each)
SUCK UP SIGNING: There will be a signing and photo opportunity with all available Suck Up artists on Saturday at 1pm at the DKE Toys booth at Designer Con!
Original press release:
DKE Toys and Suckadelic present “The Super Suck Up 2!”
A group art show featuring customized Sucklord Figure Editions
Saturday, November 9 & Sunday, November 10, 2013 9am – 5pm
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DKE Toys and Suckadelic present “The Super Suck Up 2”, a group art show featuring exclusive editions of hand painted, handmade toys by each artist with package designs by the one-and-only Sucklord! Customized Sucklord Figure Editions by: Bob Conge/Plaseebo, healeymade, Grody Shogun, JRYU, Jesse Hernandez, Leecifer, Michelle Valigura, Mike Egan, Sket One, TOUMA, UAMOU, Woes Martin, Scott Wilkowski, and The Sucklord himself.
DKE Toys asked each artist to customize, mash-up or paint an edition of Sucklord figures. These 3-3/4” figures will be complete with a bubble on a Sucklord designed backing card. Figures will retail for $100 each.
These special editions will premiere and be available for sale at Designer Con, Saturday & Sunday, November 9 & 10, 2013.
The Sucklord is clearly excited about “The Super Suck Up 2”. In an official statement he said, “It’s great that I’m baller enough that all these successful artists have to make my shit for me. All I have to do is design some shitty grafix and wait for the check. I love how DKE is pimping real artists for my benefit.”
THE SUPER SUCKLORD is an intergalactic hustler and entrepreneur, trading in bootleg action figures, illicit remix records, and dusted internet video. Operating from a secret facility in Chinatown New York, The Sucklord is a master media manipulator and Downtown Designer Toy impresario. He is the supreme ruler of SUCKADELIC, an evil arts organization dedicated to the production and sale of the Sucklord’s ironic, low-quality art merchandise. www.suckadelic.com
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. www.dketoys.com
DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. www.designercon.com
DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2013:
Super Suck Up images and news: www.supersuckup.com
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: www.facebookcom.com/DKEdkeDKE
Sarah Jo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SarahJo
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DKE Toys 5th Annual Graveyard & Garage Sale
Proceeds go to Los Angeles Fire Department “Spark of Love” Holiday Toy Drive
Saturday, November 9 & Sunday, November 10, 2013 9am – 5pm
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: What does a toy distributor do with damaged toys? Turns them into a fundraiser of course! All year DKE Toys puts broken toys under the stairs in the DKE warehouse in what has become known as “The Graveyard.” At Designer Con 2009 DKE Toys had their first ever Graveyard Sale to incredible results. Now DKE is back with more fun stuff this year!
Come shop for two days only at Designer Con 2013 in Pasadena in this lot of missing box, broken piece, smudged, fudged, no arms, vinyl and designer toys all at Crazy Eddie discount prices and feel good about it! Proceeds go to the Los Angeles Fire Department “Spark of Love” Holiday Toy Program.
In addition visit the DKE Garage Sale where DKE will offer all kinds of action figures, new and loose from Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers and more. Dig through books, magazines, posters and other fun knick-knacks. Who knows what you will find!
Pieces and parts are great for DYI customizers and who doesn’t like a good toy sale?! Come buy some of our junk at drastically reduced prices and make the holidays a little brighter for some LA children.
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. www.dketoys.com
DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. www.designercon.com
DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2013:
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: www.facebookcom.com/DKEdkeDKE
Sarah Jo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SarahJo
DKE Toys and Suckadelic present “The Super Suck Up 2!”
A group art show featuring customized Sucklord Figure Editions
Saturday, November 9 & Sunday, November 10, 2013 9am – 5pm
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DKE Toys and Suckadelic present “The Super Suck Up 2”, a group art show featuring exclusive editions of hand painted, handmade toys by each artist with package designs by the one-and-only Sucklord! Customized Sucklord Figure Editions by: Bob Conge/Plaseebo, healeymade, Grody Shogun, JéRYU, Jesse Hernandez, Leecifer, Michelle Valigura, Mike Egan, Sket One, TOUMA, UAMOU, Woes Martin, Scott Wilkowski, and The Sucklord himself.
DKE Toys asked each artist to customize, mash-up or paint an edition of Sucklord figures. These 3-3/4” figures will be complete with a bubble on a Sucklord designed backing card. Figures will retail for $100 each.
These special editions will premiere and be available for sale at Designer Con, Saturday & Sunday, November 9 & 10, 2013.
The Sucklord is clearly excited about “The Super Suck Up”. In an official statement he said, “It’s great that I’m baller enough that all these successful artists have to make my shit for me. All I have to do is design some shitty grafix and wait for the check. I love how DKE is pimping real artists for my benefit.”
THE SUPER SUCKLORD is an intergalactic hustler and entrepreneur, trading in bootleg action figures, illicit remix records, and dusted internet video. Operating from a secret facility in Chinatown New York, The Sucklord is a master media manipulator and Downtown Designer Toy impresario. He is the supreme ruler of SUCKADELIC, an evil arts organization dedicated to the production and sale of the Sucklord’s ironic, low-quality art merchandise. www.suckadelic.com
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. www.dketoys.com
DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. www.designercon.com
DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2013:
Super Suck Up images and news: www.supersuckup.com
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: www.facebookcom.com/DKEdkeDKE
Sarah Jo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SarahJo
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DKE Toys presents “The 99 Deaths of Jar Jar”
A two day only group art show exclusively at
Designer Con 2013
Saturday, November 9 & Sunday, November 10, 9am – 5pm
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DKE Toys presents “The 99 Deaths of Jar Jar”, a group art show featuring 99 artists. Each artist was asked to submit a black and white, pen and ink illustration on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and chose one way to maim, torture, and/or kill our least favorite Gungan.
Participating Artists Include:
64 Colors – A Little Stranger – Doktor A. – akirophoto – Ardabus Rubber – Asaad – Atila – Jason Atomic – Super Cooper Berella – Bigfoot – Joemm Blanche of CBNC – Botsch – Jon Burgerman – Candy – Nate Carle – Luke Chueh – Nicholas Dewey – Luis Diaz – Mike Egan – Dez Einswell – Brent Engstrom – Gus Fink – Frédéric Fleury – Brian Flynn – Steve (Go Hero) Forde – Free Humanity – Renee French – Gregg Gibbs – Darren Goldman – Dan Goodsell – Grenadier Stinny – James Hakola – Gary Ham – Nathan Hamill – Joshua Herbolsheimer – Jesse Hernandez – Francisco Herrera – Kerry Horvath – I Heart Guts – Jay222 – Jeremyville – JSalvador – kaNO – KiLL! – Sun-Min Kim + David Horvath – Scott Kinnebrew – Jim Koch – Frank Kozik – Wade Lageose – L’amour Supreme – Leecifer – LiLJAPAN – Abe Lincoln Jr. – Andy Linke – Jerome Lu – Madtwiinz – Jim Mahfood aka Food One – Man One – Manly Art – Marka27 – Randy Martinez – Mauricio Tubesteak – El Maz – MCA – William Luke Miller – Miso – Nate Mitchell Squid Kids Ink – Nick the Ring – Brent Nolasco – Mitch O’Connell – Odio – olive47 – Jordan Owen – Virva Peikko – Ritzy Periwinkle – The Pizz – Playful Gorilla – PodgyPanda – Poulin Eurlegg – Dave Pressler – Ted Rall – Rob Reger – Renone – Jermaine Rogers – D. Ross “scribe” – Johnny Ryan – Phil Ryan – Nick Sawyers – Dave Savage – SERBAN – Skinner – Bwana Spoons – Scott Tolleson – Triclops Studio – Tracy Tubera – twerps! – Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca – valleyDweller – Denise Vasquez – Scott Wilkowski – Neil Winn – David Zajdman
Jar Jar Binks was contacted for comment about the event and noted about the show, “Why meesa so hated?”
This art show is not sponsored or endorsed by Lucasfilm, and has no relationship with them in any way. Jar Jar Binks and all related intellectual property is copyright and/or registered to Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. But who would really want to own the rights to Jar Jar anyway. Go step in poo doo.
Rumor has it that there may or may not be a corresponding collectable program (er.. crappy zine.. er..something) but that remains to be seen. Show up for more details…
99 Deaths of Jar Jar Images http://www.flickr.com/photos/dketoys/sets/72157635662424295/
DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer & Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys, the largest independent wholesale distributor of designer toys, limited edition art objects, collectibles, and gifts in the world exclusively representing hundreds of artists, designers, and boutique manufacturers. DKE also curates art shows, writes books, appraises and buys collections and toy closeouts of all shapes and sizes. www.dketoys.com
DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. www.designercon.com
DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2013:
Super Suck Up images and news: www.supersuckup.com
DKE news: www.dketoys.com/blog
DKE Facebook: www.facebookcom.com/DKEdkeDKE
Sarah Jo on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SarahJo
