Banksy • Medicom • Brandalised

[dreadnatty]

Art Meets Toys! Medicom Unveil Banksy Collaboration at Annual Exhibition

When it comes to street art, there is none bigger than the talented, Banksy. He returns today, this time around in unique form as Medicom Unveil Banksy Collaboration at Annual Exhibition.

This unique collaboration comes in the form of some unusual merchandising, rocking some of the artist’s iconic designs. The collection includes cushions, rugs, clocks and figurines all in Banksy’s style, while coming in his most iconic works. This is certainly something to see, and definitely something to check out.

Have a look at the images below for a better look and speak your mind on it after the jump. Be sure to keep it locked here to stupidDOPE for much more coming very soon!

[WOOF]

Is this an authorized collaboration?

[Black Apple Art]

Jun 23, 2015 22:08:25 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Is this an authorized collaboration?

From the articles I would say yes. 

[iamzero]

Never mind that shite... I wanna know what the camo bearbrick next to the rat is.

[Lroy]

The anarchist looks ok ( waiting for color ? Too much grey and clean plastic ? Why to don't make it dirty ? Anarchists are not playboys or mannequins ) if we want it.. , but the rat ..

[European Bob]

love the rug!

[samfrost]

Jun 23, 2015 22:09:02 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

Jun 23, 2015 22:08:25 GMT 1 WOOF said:

Is this an authorized collaboration?

From the articles I would say yes. 

Board meltdown shortly if it is an official collaboration. I have my doubts...smells of click bait.

[therivler1]

smells like another BNE water fiasco.

i have my doubts this is real.

[Black Apple Art]

Jun 23, 2015 22:39:15 GMT 1 samfrost said:

Jun 23, 2015 22:09:02 GMT 1 Black Apple Art said:

From the articles I would say yes. 

Board meltdown shortly if it is an official collaboration. I have my doubts...smells of click bait.

Very possible but Medicom is a rather large company and has dealt with some major artists in collaborative efforts so would be out of character for them just to do it on their own and then press release using the word "Collaboration" more than once. If not they'd definitely be open for serious problems. 

[Rubys]

It coming out on a new label from Medicom called sync. I've seen the line sheets with all the products and prices. There's figurines, pillows, rugs and clocks.
The banksy collection is called Brandalism. I'm not really sure if it's 100% authorised, although I can't read the title page as it's all in Japanese.

They also have some stuff releasing with Stash and Jackson Pollock

[dreadnatty]

Jun 24, 2015 1:38:05 GMT 1 Rubys said:

It coming out on a new label from Medicom called sync. I've seen the line sheets with all the products and prices. There's figurines, pillows, rugs and clocks.
The banksy collection is called Brandalism. I'm not really sure if it's 100% authorised, although I can't read the title page as it's all in Japanese.

They also have some stuff releasing with Stash

Do you know how much the LIITA was? Rug?

[Rubys]

It says, Rug mat 'flower bomber' Size: 115cm x 94cm. 29,000¥ + tax
Love rat rug is 14000¥ + tax

[.dappy]

... my trusty android app tells me that is c£148 and c£72 respectively + tax and caveats above ...

[soupy]

needs colored....

by.....

[haring85]

Jun 24, 2015 1:38:05 GMT 1 Rubys said:

It coming out on a new label from Medicom called sync. I've seen the line sheets with all the products and prices. There's figurines, pillows, rugs and clocks.
The banksy collection is called Brandalism. I'm not really sure if it's 100% authorised, although I can't read the title page as it's all in Japanese.

They also have some stuff releasing with Stash and Jackson Pollock

Where can we find that line sheet?

[Deleted]

They doing a Cow one?.

[Deleted]

Jun 24, 2015 8:14:04 GMT 1 LonelyFarmer said:

They doing a Cow one?.

They should have gone with an elephant......

Are we seriously discussing if these toys are legit Banksy toys?....

[Happy Shopper]

These look terrible, even if they are real !
Perhaps the sculptures look OK (if you ignore the rat barely holding the brush), but the rugs and shit???

[Nick]

there is 0.0000001% chance of these being legit. Come on peeps, use your head.

[Happy Shopper]

Jun 24, 2015 10:20:19 GMT 1 Romulus said:

Jo Brooks says "they are nothing to do with Banksy"

Good to know. I had a look at her twitter, but couldn't see a statement.

I wonder if these are even Medicom? It's strange that every news story uses the same pictures. I'd assume there'd be tons of pictures if these were real.

[Dr Plip]

Vinyl is so last decade. Wake me up when they start making them clockwork and out of tin.

[Dr Plip]

Jun 24, 2015 10:48:38 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Jun 24, 2015 10:20:19 GMT 1 Romulus said:

Jo Brooks says "they are nothing to do with Banksy"

Good to know. I had a look at her twitter, but couldn't see a statement.

I wonder if these are even Medicom? It's strange that every news story uses the same pictures. I'd assume there'd be tons of pictures if these were real.

I was wondering the same thing. Is it a prank article? I don't know if Medicom would want to damage their reputation by looking like they're ripping off artists.

[Mr. Francesco]

Pretty neat.

I'm interested.

[Rubys]

It's 100% medicom

[Con Art Studio]

does anyone know anything about this? i just saw it in the Toy Tokyo newsletter:


Flower Bomber by Banksy + Medicom Toy Japan (Official)

www.toytokyo.com/flower-bomber-by-banksy-medicom-toy-japan-official/

First and foremost starting NOW, Toy Tokyo is proud to offer a pre-sale of an official Banksy piece brought to you by the masters of toy-cool, Medicom Toy Japan...Flower Bomber!

Flower Bomber stands approximately 14 inches tall, and is made from polystone. It is white, and only the bouquet is painted in color.

The pre-sale starts today, and finishes on January 4 at Midnight, sharp! The piece is scheduled to ship by the end of May. However, final ship dates are subject to change. Also, limit 1 piece per household.

[Con Art Studio]

don't know why Toy Tokyo has "(Official)" in the title because according to other sources, this piece was "inspired" by Banksy:

hypebeast.com/2015/12/banksy-flower-bomber-medicom
www.highsnobiety.com/2015/12/26/banksy-x-medicom-toy-flower-bomber-vinyl-figure/

i thought it was odd of banksy to do a mass produced item like this.

[WILLYBKLN]

Officially licensed?

[Con Art Studio]

Dec 29, 2015 21:59:37 GMT 1 WILLYBKLN said:

Officially licensed?

doesn't seem so. i'm guessing toy tokyo is being purposely shady to get some sales. if anyone is interested then shop around because many places are a lot less, including preordering directly from medicom.

[11]

This was kicking around a few months ago - I thought Jo Brooks denied any involvement.
It looks like they were being very loose with the statement and the word 'official' was more that the image was 'officially Banksy' as opposed to Fake or someone else.

[WILLYBKLN]

Dec 29, 2015 22:02:29 GMT 1 11 said:

This was kicking around a few months ago - I thought Jo Brooks denied any involvement.
It looks like they were being very loose with the statement and the word 'official' was more that the image was 'officially Banksy' as opposed to Fake or someone else.

That was my thought as well, err.