This video just made me sad, to be honest. I can only conjecture as to what’s going on here but, for one reason or another, George W. Bush is the only guy at the G20 meeting who is not shaking hands while everyone else is. As to whether he’s snubbing them or they’re snubbing him, [...]
Entries from November 2008
Not Even A Handshake – The Last Days of W
November 20th, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
Tags: Politics
Jailbreak Toys Breaks the Bank at eBay (with a little help from Conan O’Brien)
November 14th, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
For the second time this week, our dirty little secret, the McCain Action Figure, made a guest appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Yes, he called them “dolls” again and he dissed their lack of resemblance to the actual John McCain again** but that was not the main theme of last night’s sketch. The [...]
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McCain Giveaway On Conan O’Brien
November 13th, 2008 · Comments
by jennbreck
Conan O’Brien did a hilarious skit on Jailbreak Toys‘ 6,000 McCain “dolls,” as he called them, that we had left over after the election. These McCain action figures, as we call them, were developed by Jailbreak Toys due to a special request from a specific retailer. Though there was some internal resistance to creating this [...]
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Super Obama World
November 10th, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
I wish I could take credit for creating this but I am just a humble dollmaker and all I can do is tip my hat to the creators of Super Obama World. It’s a full-on, real, working version of Super Mario Brothers, except, as you’ve probably guessed by now, it’s Obama you’re controlling instead. What [...]
Tags: Jailbreak News
Marc Goldberg’s Obama Project
November 8th, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
After the Art + Action Show, I was introduced to a local photographer, named Marc Goldberg, whose specialty is shooting small things in big spaces. He originally was just going to shoot pictures of the customs from the show. (The last picture below is actually his shot of the custom I did for the show. [...]
Tags: Toys
Behind The Scenes on Election Night
November 8th, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
I came across this photo set today. Really, the pictures speak for themselves… a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of history. These photos show the Obamas and the Bidens backstage, as they watched the election results come in.
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Tags: Politics
WE DID IT!!!
November 5th, 2008 · Comments
by jennbreck
Thank you America. Yes We Did.
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Tags: Jailbreak News
Barack The Vote Video
November 3rd, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock
Three weeks ago, I was driving through the East Village with a carton of DIY Obama Action Figures in my back seat. I saw my friend, James Kendi, walking down the sidewalk and so we pulled up, said hi real quick, tossed him a free blank, then drove off. Yeterday, he sent me this little [...]
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Obama Rocks NYC: ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08
November 3rd, 2008 · Comments
by admin
The ART + ACTION = OBAMA 08 exhibition went down as a night to remember at Toy Tokyo’s gallery space, The Showroom NYC. After all the harried preparations by the ART + ACTION artists, Jailbreak Toys, agitprop media, Toy Tokyo, and sponsors Singha and Halcyon, everything finally came together in an absolutely stellar [...]
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