(July 22 -26)
Vimobot Custom Show Curated by DrilOne at SDCC '09
San Diego Comic-Con 2009 is right around the corner, and with this year's awesome event comes a custom designer toy show featuring Mimoco's Do-It-Yourself Vimobot™ vinyl toy customized by many top artists in the urban vinyl scene. The event is curated by San Francisco-based, DrilOne, toy-customizer extraordinaire known for his organic rust-treated pieces and who has recently curated the custom exhibits "Into The Darkness" at 1:AM Gallery and "Humans Beware" at Rocket World. The Vimobot custom show, hosted by Mimoco, the company primarily known for their MIMOBOT® collection of designer USB flash drives, can be seen at Mimoco's Toy Growers booth #4938 at Comic-Con.
Participatings artists include: 64 Colors, Betso, Brian Colin, Cris Rose, Dlux, DrilOne, Gatchabert, George Gaspar, Jenny Wolf, Jeremiah Ketner, Jesse Hernandez, John"Spanky"Stokes, Kat Brunnegraff, Leecifer, Leonard Amaral, Lunabee, Motorbot, Paul Kaiju, Phoneticontrol, and Reactor-88.
Come out Wednesday, July 22nd to catch a sneak peek of all the fine customs at Comic-Con's preview night from 6pm-9pm. Starting Thursday, July 23rd the custom Vimobot vinyl toys will be sold on a first come first served basis, ranging in price from $40 to $100. Additionally, many artists involved created extra pieces, 15 in all, which will be raffled off as free prizes Thursday through Sunday to visitors at Mimoco's booth.
About Mimoco:
Since 2005, Boston-based design house Mimoco has fused the art of contemporary characters with the functionality of personal data storage devices making its name known in both the pop-culture driven Art Toy underground and the high-tech gadget world. With a mission to bring style and soul to consumer electronics, Mimoco is renowned for their flagship collection of MIMOBOT® designer USB flash drives.
The distinctive character-based MIMOBOT line offers from 1GB to 8GB of flash memory storage and transport for all your precious data. The MIMOBOT range is available in several crossover flavors, such as Star Wars, Halo, Happy Tree Friends, and Japan's Domo. Moreover, the MIMOBOT Artist Series has functioned as a canvas for pop-artists like Gary Baseman, Jon Burgerman, and Simone Legno amongst other fresh designer toy, street art, and urban cultured talent. MIMOBOT flash drive creations also originate from the minds of fans through design challenges and the original MIMOBOT Core Series of data deprived denizens hailing from far out Planet blõôh kicked off Mimoco's creative revolution in portable personal data storage.
CONTACT: Clint Weiler
p: 610.781.4303
e: clint@mimoco.com
