It has been quite a couple of years for us here at Jailbreak Collective, and the Obama Action Figure is probably the biggest reason why. While we don’t expect accolades for our humble game-changing products, it’s always nice to get a little bit of love, especially in a market that’s become increasingly saturated since we [...]

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The blob before you is a fully-functional grandfather clock adorned with myriad toys and other childhood play things that were bonded together and coated in white polyurethane. It measures a whopping 7.2-feet tall, and was designed on commission for a person in Dubai by Irish artist, Ryan McElhinney.
In addition to the Westminster Chiming Grandfather Clock, [...]

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There is conflicting information about the actual release time for Kaws‘ 4′ Dissected Companion in Black. Arrested Motion is reporting it’s tomorrow (01/09) at noon, while others are saying it’s today, in about 15 minutes. Either way, everyone is suggesting that the companion, which is the last in the series, will run anywhere from $4,000 [...]

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Apparently flying paper airplanes is a sport. With champions and world record holders and events and such. One Japanese man named Takuo Toda is the best. He can fly them for 27.9 seconds (with tape) and 26.1 seconds (without tape), but much to his chagrin not 30 seconds. However, according to Toda, who has been [...]

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Yesterday, Barbara Walters held her annual celebrity interview extravaganza and crowned First Lady Michelle Obama the most fascinating person of 2009. Tell us something we don’t know, Babs. We’ve dug Michelle for a while, and her level of pure fascination is simply one of the many reasons we’ve immortalized her as an action figure. And [...]

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Artist Mark Giglio is a talented illustrator who, among other ventures, puts a modern, colorful spin on classic Japanese Kokeshi dolls. Two of his latest creations are available to purchase in extremely limited quantities. Check them out under the cut.
Giglio works out of his Pen Pencil Stencil design studio in Oakland, California.
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It’s December 1st, and officially the beginning of the 2009 holiday season. During my childhood, it was always around today that mom hooked me up with one of those stale-chocolate-candy-filled advent calenders. Since we live in an online world, it would be impossible to send each of you an advent calender, so I figured a [...]

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From Duffy London comes this coffee table that interacts with the rug beneath it. The table itself is shaped like a classic children’s sled, which sits in two grooves in the white carpet, making it seem as if the sled is jetting through the snow. [via]
$1,000, here.
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Watch as Walter Wick, he of I Spy and Can You See What I See? book fame, stacks 117 objects on top of a single lego block and then attempts to knock it down with mechanical toys. He shoots a wind-up chicken first, but it’s not until the mini pool ball comes in that the [...]

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At first glance, this bookend of a breaking wave is pretty damn neat. But upon closer inspection, nothing is as it seems. The foam is actually copious bunnies, falling to their demise in the deep blue sea. It just went from cool to brilliant. The bookend, called “Uprisings Resin,” is derived from a painting–which is [...]

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