{"id":1032,"date":"2012-10-29T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T00:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2012-10-29T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T04:30:10","slug":"dke-toys-and-suckadelic-present-a-losing-proposition-2004-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/29\/dke-toys-and-suckadelic-present-a-losing-proposition-2004-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"DKE Toys and Suckadelic present \u201cA Losing Proposition: 2004 &#8211; 2012\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">DKE Toys and Suckadelic present \u201c<strong><em>A Losing Proposition: 2004 &#8211; 2012<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>From the Secret Archive comes this incredible Bootleg Timeline <\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0Saturday, November 3, 2012\u00a0\u00a0 9am \u2013 6pm<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n<p>DKE Toys and Suckadelic present an all-day retrospective of the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suckadelic.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Sucklord<\/a>: \u201c<strong><em>A Losing Proposition: 2004-2012<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away\u2026well, at least in a studio in Chinatown, NYC way back in 2004, The Sucklord as we know him today, dropped his first recognized art toy release.\u00a0 Fast forward to present, The Sucklord has completely flooded the market with his tomfoolery and crappy bootlegs. For the first time ever, from the deepest part of the Secret Archive, the public will be able to plug their nose and lay their eyes on the three-dimentional timeline progression into the Suck Realm.<\/p>\n<p>Despite living with his mom for 36 years, the Sucklord has managed to fleece the toy industry and somehow build enough of a fan base to hold his very own retrospective. Witness the progression from an original Sucklord 66 figure to the ever-popular Gay Empire figure.\u00a0 You may not have bought it (good for you), but come be an asshole by checking it all out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>A Losing Proposition: 2004 &#8211; 2012<\/em>\u201d is from the collection of Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s ironic, low-quality art merchandise. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suckadelic.com\">www.suckadelic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DKE TOYS: Dov Kelemer &amp; Sarah Jo Marks are Co-Founders of DKE Toys,\u00a0the 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\">www.dketoys.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DESIGNER CON is an art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designercon.com\">www.designercon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DKE Toys is also presenting the following events at Designer Con 2012:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Super Suck Up!<\/em><\/strong> Customized Sucklord figure editions by actual artists! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersuckup.com\">www.supersuckup.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Second Annual<strong><em> Suckathon<\/em><\/strong> featuring the Super Sucklord live streaming noon-5pm. Watch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toybreak.com\">www.toybreak.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All day presentation<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>of<strong><em> Toy Lords of Chinatown, <\/em><\/strong>featuring the Super Sucklord<em><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Play stupid games at the <strong><em>Suckcarnival<\/em><\/strong>! Win a talking plush Sucklord.<em><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Fourth Annual DKE Toys <strong><em>Graveyard &amp; Garage Sale<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Super Suck Up<\/strong> <strong>images and news<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersuckup.com\">www.supersuckup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DKE news<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dketoys.com\/blog\">www.dketoys.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Jo on Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SarahJo\">www.twitter.com\/SarahJo<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gay Empire Vintage Package by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/5283013337\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5163\/5283013337_eece5f45cd_m.jpg\" alt=\"Gay Empire Vintage Package\" width=\"169\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Mordros package by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/4081162832\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2659\/4081162832_e2523d480f_m.jpg\" alt=\"Mordros package\" width=\"185\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"JERK OF ART: The world's worst artist by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/6351817557\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6211\/6351817557_bed012da8c_m.jpg\" alt=\"JERK OF ART: The world's worst artist\" width=\"182\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Spacemens1 package by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/4898390078\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4101\/4898390078_89723bea32_m.jpg\" alt=\"Spacemens1 package\" width=\"240\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Sucklord 43 package by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/6876112804\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6118\/6876112804_88ce442cea_m.jpg\" alt=\"Sucklord 43 package\" width=\"179\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"MARY PAPER$ Package by SUCKADELIC, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suckadelic\/3501525588\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3631\/3501525588_629a668d98_m.jpg\" alt=\"MARY PAPER$ Package\" width=\"134\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DKE Toys and Suckadelic present \u201cA Losing Proposition: 2004 &#8211; 2012\u201d From the Secret Archive comes this incredible Bootleg Timeline \u00a0Saturday, November 3, 2012\u00a0\u00a0 9am \u2013 6pm Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena CA 91101 &nbsp; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DKE Toys and Suckadelic present an all-day retrospective of the work of The Sucklord: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,13,14,23,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-shows","category-conventions","category-designer-con","category-dke-news","category-press-releases","category-dov-and-sarah-jos-personal-art-collection","category-suckathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dketoys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}