Happy Anniversary!

ALIFE VANCOUVER

350 WATER STREET

TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY

&

FALL 07 COLLECTION LAUNCH

8PM - 11PM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2007

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Who's The Leader Of The Club That's Made For You And Me?

Erick Scarecrow of Esc-Toy Ltd. fame has just announced the release of a new toy, his latest plush offering, known lovingly as Mousey Micci [pictured above and below]. Mousey Micci is 12-inches tall, comes in three different colorways also known as Super Hi-Tech Mousey Suits that are armed with different abilities, and retails for $24.99 each. The green variant is currently available on the Esc-Toy Ltd. eBay store. Mousey Micci is the only surviving alien from his armada that made it through an asteroid belt on their way to conquer Earth. I like how it has a second set of eyes in the mouth area like a costumed character from an amusement park. Very cute. Those interested in wholesale distribution of Mousey Micci should contact DKE Toys at www.dketoys.com.

"Fuck Censorship And Its Mama" - R. Pryor

Richard Pryor was one of the funniest men ever, after Pontius Pilate, of course, who was a well known practical joker. Cameron wanted a t-shirt with the quote above from an interview Pryor did on the set of Stir Crazy. I couldn't find that shirt, but I did find the shirt above. "Gotta have the money" doesn't have the same ring to it, but at less than $10 from 80's Tees while supplies last, Cameron might just have to make do.

Pink Is The New Clear

One of my favorite online toy stores and print magazines and probably my favorite place for Neo-Kaiju, Super 7, has just gotten in the new Secret Base Fan Club Frankenghost [pictured above, left] and Ghostfighter [above, right]. These are two of my favorite Secret Base sculpts, and I love the Inner Demons ghost-sheets plushies inside the soft, soft vinyl. So delicious... Anyway, each is available for $65 until they run out, which will probably happen quickly 'cause these guys don't come around often. Personally, I am not a huge fan of the pink and yellow colorway, but I'm sure there are some girly toy collectors (or girl toy collectors, if there is such a thing) out there who would just eat these guys up. Alright, so I am a little girly. I am a giant, hairy, bearded girl. Take that, society!

Pulling Tubes

E-mail blah, blah, blah... Tokyoflash blah, blah... new watch blah...

Sorry, I'm a little tired this morning. I stayed up late last night working on a top secret project. More will be revealed on that later, but for now I must keep it secret (I can say that it has something to do with a "new toy" and "design").

Anywho, Tokyoflash has a new watch available in their web store. It is the Kyokusen Digital Tube LED watch [pictured above]. Kyokusen means "curved line" in Japanese. This is another one of those watches that requires an advanced degree in mathematics to decipher. The curved row of bars represent the hours, the outer ring of dots represent five minute intervals and the inner ring of dots represent individual minutes. There is no way to tell a.m. from p.m. and there is no date on the watch, but you won't need either when you are getting laid as much as you will be when people see you wearing this watch. The watch comes in three styles, IP black with blue LED's and a black leather strap, IP black with green LED's and a black leather strap or IP silver with multicolored LED's and a mottled leather strap. I like the green one the best. The Kyokusen will run ya' ¥13,900 or $120.14.

Did Someone Call Me Schnorrer?

Forbidden Planet, one of my favorite online toy stores (and if you are in the UK, it is an actual storefront as well), has just opened their new online urban vinyl shop, Vinyl Splatter. I thought this was the same Forbidden Planet that I visited in New York on the corner of Broadway and 13th Street, but apparently they are not associated. Anyway, while I was surfing around the Vinyl Splatter website I ran into an old friend, Captain Spalding from Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. The Captain Spalding latex mask [pictured above] would be perfect for Mac to wear for Halloween. Or any other day of the year for that matter. And at only £35.99 or $73.31 it wouldn't be out of Mac's price range. So, if you are strolling down Franklin Street on Halloween and see Captain Spalding coming at you with a butcher's knife, don't be surprised if it is just Mac coming to kill you.

What's Your Clearance, Clarence?

ALIFE & A.R.C

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH - 11AM TO 7PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH - 11AM TO 7PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH - 11AM TO 7PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7TH - NOON TO 6PM

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Papa's Got A Brand New Hat

Alife has got a couple of new Limited Ed. New Era fitted caps in stock. They are available in store and by phone. My favorites are the Oversize Antique 'A' in red [pictured above, $50] and the Stuck Up All-Over in Yellow [pictured below, $60]. I like the red 'cause it matches my blog and I like the yellow 'cuz it reminds me of a Vision Street Wear fanny pack that I used to rock all of my paraphernalia in back in the 80's. I hate the term "fanny pack". It sounds like something an old lady would wear. Which is basically what it became. I'm sure it would have been a lot more popular with the cool kids if it had a cool name like "hip pack" or "stash pack". Anyway, that has nothing to do with Alife's hats. Which are cool and will be rocked by the likes of Mos Def (seen sporting an Alife t-shirt on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO) and will never be worn by old ladies.

'Til Death Do Us Part

ADIOS spent 500 years in fire and brimstone before the devil discovered his good-natured ways and kicked him out of hell. Too mischievous for heaven, Adios was condemned to live forever on earth, in his modern grave-loft with his girlfriend ciao ciao and their cat Skeletrino. Together, Adios and ciao ciao wander the world, sharing with others how to make the most out of this life.

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

I got e-mail this weekend from Walkamox, a new backpack company espousing the virtues of their new product, which will launch in Spring '08. The WKMX bag from Walkamox [pictured above] comes in shiny, shiny patent leather or matte canvas. These are very bright, fun-looking bags with lots of cargo room, many interior pockets and an interior laptop sleeve available. The interior lining matches the neoprene laptop sleeve. The pack also features clean Vislon zippers, an interior PSP pouch, a plush laptop stash away compartment, and a padded mesh back logo. There are also stash pockets at the bottom of the back straps. All of the exterior pockets are lined with the Walkamox monogram as well. You can get more news of the upcoming release and see more pictures on the Walkamox blog. I like Walkamox's logo. It reminds me of the Recon logo, but more like a knot than barbed wire.