I figure this will stir the inmates into a fine froth:
Personally, I dig the giant trademark on the logo. Irony, thy name is OBEY.
http://www.strangeco.com/feature.php?id=187#
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| Author: | COOP [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I figure this will stir the inmates into a fine froth: Personally, I dig the giant trademark on the logo. Irony, thy name is OBEY. http://www.strangeco.com/feature.php?id=187# |
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| Author: | liquidsky [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
Heinous. Discussed here too: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=35729&start=150 |
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| Author: | JoeMan [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
The only thing that could make this toy worse would be if an Obama poster came with it. |
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| Author: | Samurai Lincoln [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I dug this when I saw the drawing of the character, but the actual sculpt just makes me sad... |
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| Author: | locomoto566 [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
It's really shows of the talent and creativity of Mr. Fairey. |
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| Author: | bannedindc [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". |
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| Author: | liquidsky [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. |
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| Author: | bannedindc [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. Isn't hat one is still pretty sought after? I had a non toy collector ask me about it once. He said he had been trying to win on ebay for a year. I had no answers for him on how hard it was to obtain. |
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| Author: | liquidsky [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
bannedindc wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. Isn't hat one is still pretty sought after? I had a non toy collector ask me about it once. He said he had been trying to win on ebay for a year. I had no answers for him on how hard it was to obtain. I've been searching for a reasonably priced one for three years. I've seen only two surface and they went north of $500. I should shut up now... |
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| Author: | mz [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
Well, in fairness, it does suck. I didn't even need to see who produced it. |
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| Author: | kopponigen [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
It says it's ldt but there's like... how many versions!? And it's not even out yet, is it? I like mascots in general. But I feel this one is trying to hard. This guy, Mr Spray, should impersonate himself as Mr. Clean or something, I have a feeling he would do better as a cleaning product mascot. |
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| Author: | blakewest [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
If you've seen the film Exit Though the Gift Shop, it's obvious that he should have done a Mr. Brainwash version where the can is a Campbell's Soup can that says "Spray". Maybe it could be called Mr. Spraywash. |
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| Author: | toybotstudios [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. Isn't hat one is still pretty sought after? I had a non toy collector ask me about it once. He said he had been trying to win on ebay for a year. I had no answers for him on how hard it was to obtain. I've been searching for a reasonably priced one for three years. I've seen only two surface and they went north of $500. I should shut up now... interesting figure. my favorite from the set. it's weird and creepy. 
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| Author: | Dean [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
toybotstudios wrote: interesting figure. my favorite from the set. it's weird and creepy. Muy cool, and the rare example of a toy catching the original vibe of a certain regional zeitgeist really well ... in this case the McGee/Kilgallen sort of aesthetic of 20 - 10 years ago. Vastly superior to Mr. Spray, which looks like a desperate (and rushed) last gasp to hold on to long-lost street cred. If Fairey would simply embrace his current life role as the very talented graphic designer that he is, there would be no need for tired-ass E-Z "irony," which by this point is the last resort of the ideas-challenged, the laziest way to milk the sucker lemmings. |
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| Author: | liquidsky [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04lyGnngOQ |
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| Author: | Rich [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
liquidsky wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04lyGnngOQ Thank you 
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| Author: | COOP [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
locomoto566 wrote: It's really shows of the talent and creativity of Mr. Fairey. Haw! |
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| Author: | JAY [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
toybotstudios wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. Isn't hat one is still pretty sought after? I had a non toy collector ask me about it once. He said he had been trying to win on ebay for a year. I had no answers for him on how hard it was to obtain. I've been searching for a reasonably priced one for three years. I've seen only two surface and they went north of $500. I should shut up now... interesting figure. my favorite from the set. it's weird and creepy. This is one of the pieces I've always looked at as a perfect example of an "art toy". Very true and close to what Barry does in other mediums. And I respect the fact that there was no attempt on his part, to agree and produce a follow up to bleed dry the idea of selling some more.   
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| Author: | TrimmTrabb [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I hope they decide to carry these at Taco Bell. |
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| Author: | Dylanx [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
 Very similar to this 
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| Author: | rhinomilk [ Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
JAY wrote: toybotstudios wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: liquidsky wrote: bannedindc wrote: I had to read this twice because I thought it was a Barry Mcgee toy. I still have and love the toy he did with Tokion. I felt it was perfectly "obey". The Tokion piece was nice, I still have one. I need the Barry McGee one to finish the set. Isn't hat one is still pretty sought after? I had a non toy collector ask me about it once. He said he had been trying to win on ebay for a year. I had no answers for him on how hard it was to obtain. I've been searching for a reasonably priced one for three years. I've seen only two surface and they went north of $500. I should shut up now... interesting figure. my favorite from the set. it's weird and creepy. This is one of the pieces I've always looked at as a perfect example of an "art toy". Very true and close to what Barry does in other mediums. And I respect the fact that there was no attempt on his part, to agree and produce a follow up to bleed dry the idea of selling some more. doesn't the head pop off and make to make a marker. i'd love to have this one and the Kilgallen one.... but yeah, too much $$ for me. I really dig the mr. spray as a poster... but boy does it look like shit in 3d form. |
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| Author: | alifeintoys [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
Dylanx wrote: Very similar to this wow. like it or not, but close to his concept at least. |
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| Author: | Cubensis [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
Dylanx wrote: Very similar to this No doubt about it. Down to the eye-creases. |
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| Author: | Sanjeev [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I'm confused: why are people getting heated about this thing supposedly "biting" the Orkin man? It's obviously an homage to that style of artwork from way back, just like a lot of COOP's artwork is an evolution of classic pin-up/pulp pop art from back in the day. The point is, it blows. Let's move on. |
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| Author: | bigstar13 [ Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shepard Fairey Mr. Spray |
I'm lucky enough to own a Fairey and I've met him. He is easily one of the nicest, most genuine people you'll ever meet. He sat at the gallery during his show with a group of High School students BS-ing while the big money folks were busy snapping up his stuff. He still hits the streets and put shit up himself. Having said this I have never seen one of his toys really work, some styles just aren't suited for it and I think it damages his work a little bit. |
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