The Unofficial Official KAWS Toy Thread.

aBAYBAY · **Joined:** Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:56 am **Posts:** 621

kidandplay305 wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions.... i recently purchased the kaws pink twins.. and the hair on both girls is very badly discolored and appears stained... does anyone know if there is a way i can fix this????? if i paint over it .. the toys lose a lot of value i believe ...

probably due from sun damage.

saucemoola · **Joined:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:25 am **Posts:** 1733

kidandplay305 wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions.... i recently purchased the kaws pink twins.. and the hair on both girls is very badly discolored and appears stained... does anyone know if there is a way i can fix this????? if i paint over it .. the toys lose a lot of value i believe ...

Try magic eraser

willnyc555 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:44 pm **Posts:** 246

Has anyone seen or spoke to xeneize666 recently I wired him a good amount of money for something in his collection and he has not reply back to me in over 5 days.... its getting annoying now talking to wall.

MEGAMIXBLASTER · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:34 pm

TiredChildren wrote:

Put some scotch tape on the back and slap that guy on your wall, dorm style!

hahaha this made me laugh! hahaha

Anyways...i heard the next release from KAWS will be a big one....THis dude said better save your money....so i think thats a good sign its gonna be amazing? but i could be wrong?

saucemoola · **Joined:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:25 am **Posts:** 1733

willnyc555 wrote:

Has anyone seen or spoke to xeneize666 recently I wired him a good amount of money for something in his collection and he has not reply back to me in over 5 days.... its getting annoying now talking to wall.

Ill hit him up on Facebook for you. Im almost sure its not on purpose.

willnyc555 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:44 pm **Posts:** 246

saucemoola wrote:

willnyc555 wrote:

Has anyone seen or spoke to xeneize666 recently I wired him a good amount of money for something in his collection and he has not reply back to me in over 5 days.... its getting annoying now talking to wall.

Ill hit him up on Facebook for you. Im almost sure its not on purpose.

thanks man.. i just need a response

666ways2love · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:54 am

museum glass is worth it in my option. Mainly because it doesn't look like there is glass there at all.

beatnik21 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:15 am

willnyc555 wrote:

saucemoola wrote:

willnyc555 wrote:

Has anyone seen or spoke to xeneize666 recently I wired him a good amount of money for something in his collection and he has not reply back to me in over 5 days.... its getting annoying now talking to wall.

Ill hit him up on Facebook for you. Im almost sure its not on purpose.

thanks man.. i just need a response

i actually bought the kaws wooden be@rbricks from him months back and didnt get them delivered to me. had filed a paypal dispute and lucky for me, got back my money.

what did you buy from him? please dont tell me you pay it as a gift payment

MinusOneMoose · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:06 am

beatnik21 wrote:

i actually bought the kaws wooden be@rbricks from him months back and didnt get them delivered to me. had filed a paypal dispute and lucky for me, got back my money.

what did you buy from him? please dont tell me you pay it as a gift payment

I was going to buy the dark one of those be@rbricks from him but passed. He seemed really cool, also been a long standing boardie, surely something has happened to him, seems out of character. But you never know....

saucemoola · **Joined:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:25 am **Posts:** 1733

beatnik21 wrote:

willnyc555 wrote:

saucemoola wrote:

has anyone seen or spoke to xeneize666 recently I wired him a good amount of money for something in his collection and he has not reply back to me in over 5 days.... its getting annoying now talking to wall.

Ill hit him up on Facebook for you. Im almost sure its not on purpose.

thanks man.. i just need a response

i actually bought the kaws wooden be@rbricks from him months back and didnt get them delivered to me. had filed a paypal dispute and lucky for me, got back my money.

what did you buy from him? please dont tell me you pay it as a gift payment[/quote]
Purchased my bronze pushead from him. Took forever to get to me like a month. But it was usps fault not his. I hit him on facebook and said he will contact you.

lupend88 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:18 pm

whogotham wrote:

Philpenn wrote:

^^ Nice, that yellow really pops.
Edit: Mailman just dropped it off. Smiley emoticon.

its pretty bright in real life.

I dropped it at the framers yesterday

How did you frame it if you don't mind me asking?

lupend88 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:26 pm

Just dropped mine off at the framers, and I need some help. I ended up double mounting it, with a flat white frame. White on white on white, all 'digital' white, the whitest you can get. I'm 100% positive with all my decisions I made except the mounting. Should I have done single or double mounting? It's not too late to change my order. Opinions would be greatly appreciated!

osirus · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:47 pm

Frame color will be based on your preference and the decor of your home. White frame is good if you have multiple prints in your room so that no particular piece has too much weight than the others, just like an art gallery.

The photos below are double float mounted and the print is raised for the matboard by ~15mm. Hard to tell in these photos, but they look awesome in person. Float mount is great imo.

lupend88 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:45 am

osirus wrote:

Frame color will be based on your preference and the decor of your home. White frame is good if you have multiple prints in your room so that no particular piece has too much weight than the others, just like an art gallery.

The photos below are double float mounted and the print is raised for the matboard by ~15mm. Hard to tell in these photos, but they look awesome in person. Float mount is great imo.

Thanks for the input. Doesn't float mounting require some sort of adhesive, lowering the value of the piece? Great pics!

Philpenn · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:24 pm

lupend - My only suggestion would be you could save some money with only one mat if they're both white and have a white core. Otherwise, I'm interested to see how all white comes out.

There's some adhesive touching this print if you frame it no matter what. Being full bleed, I think you'd lose too much image if you used strips or corners. I'm thinking floating is the way to go because of this.

lupend88 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:47 pm

Philpenn wrote:

lupend - My only suggestion would be you could save some money with only one mat if they're both white and have a white core. Otherwise, I'm interested to see how all white comes out.

There's some adhesive touching this print if you frame it no matter what. Being full bleed, I think you'd lose too much image if you used strips or corners. I'm thinking floating is the way to go because of this.

Ya I was debating between 1 or 2 mats. The money isn't much of an issue, I'm more concerned which will look better. What do you think will look nicer, 1 or 2 mats?

My framer is sink mounting, which uses no adhesive. The only downside is that I will lose about 1/8 inch all the way around. Is this something you would recommend? I liked the idea because the piece will retain its value because there is no adhesive to lower the quality.

willnyc555 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:44 pm **Posts:** 246

lupend88 wrote:

Philpenn wrote:

lupend - My only suggestion would be you could save some money with only one mat if they're both white and have a white core. Otherwise, I'm interested to see how all white comes out.

There's some adhesive touching this print if you frame it no matter what. Being full bleed, I think you'd lose too much image if you used strips or corners. I'm thinking floating is the way to go because of this.

Ya I was debating between 1 or 2 mats. The money isn't much of an issue, I'm more concerned which will look better. What do you think will look nicer, 1 or 2 mats?

My framer is sink mounting, which uses no adhesive. The only downside is that I will lose about 1/8 inch all the way around. Is this something you would recommend? I liked the idea because the piece will retain its value because there is no adhesive to lower the quality.

Being that the image bleed do you really want to sink mount it? Wouldn't the mat press against the print and bleed under the mat? If done right they use i believe and can be wrong rice paper to float mount prints and it usually leaves no marks. I have most of my prints on float mount from a framer that does a lot of high end gallery in New York City so I trust them as this is consider cheaper art to what they do.. and they always wear white glove so I'm not too worried.

lupend88 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:09 am

willnyc555 wrote:

lupend88 wrote:

Philpenn wrote:

lupend - My only suggestion would be you could save some money with only one mat if they're both white and have a white core. Otherwise, I'm interested to see how all white comes out.

There's some adhesive touching this print if you frame it no matter what. Being full bleed, I think you'd lose too much image if you used strips or corners. I'm thinking floating is the way to go because of this.

Ya I was debating between 1 or 2 mats. The money isn't much of an issue, I'm more concerned which will look better. What do you think will look nicer, 1 or 2 mats?

My framer is sink mounting, which uses no adhesive. The only downside is that I will lose about 1/8 inch all the way around. Is this something you would recommend? I liked the idea because the piece will retain its value because there is no adhesive to lower the quality.

Being that the image bleed do you really want to sink mount it? Wouldn't the mat press against the print and bleed under the mat? If done right they use i believe and can be wrong rice paper to float mount prints and it usually leaves no marks. I have most of my prints on float mount from a framer that does a lot of high end gallery in New York City so I trust them as this is consider cheaper art to what they do.. and they always wear white glove so I'm not too worried.

Yes I would lose a small bit (1/8 inch) all the way around. My framer convinced me that using a float mount would decrease the value, but the more I think about it, I don't even see myself selling this any time in the future. It's my first KAWS print after all! Would you mind PM'ing me the # to this NYC framer so I could maybe talk with them? It would be great to get another opinion from them. If the damage using a float mount is none or minor, I would definitely want to consider it. Thanks for your help!

Philpenn · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:55 am

Not familiar with sink mounting, please explain. Maybe I just know it by another name.

I double checked the print and you should have 1/8" to spare no problem. I was thinking the signature was right along the bottom, but there's space for sure.

As for one or two mats, if you don't care at all about keeping costs down then go for two like you had to begin with. Both being white, it won't look much different but the second mat will add depth for sure.

MinusOneMoose · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:06 am

Sink mounting is basically where they build a surround around the print or art work in the exact dimensions of the piece being framed to hold it in place side ways and vertically, then they place a mat with a smaller window on top to hold the image in place front to back. Basically, you wouldn't need adhesives or those corner things that stop the print moving and overlap with the mount can be small but there will still be contact between mount and image surface at the edges.

Not sure how well this works on thinner stuff like prints, but I have seen it a few times with canvas boards (canvas stretched over a board rather than a wood frame) like the link below

http://www.logangraphic.com/blog/2011/1 ... vas-board/

Philpenn · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:27 am

I see, thanks. That seems all sorts of tricky with a thin piece of paper.

Also, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 500wt_1202 Riiiight.

lupend88 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:52 am

Talked to my framer today and asked them to put my original order (sink mount/ double white matted/ white frame) on hold. Now I'm 99% sure I want to float mount, even if I have to use adhesive. It just looks so good! I'll post pictures when I get it back.

Philpenn · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:24 am

Honestly, I think some cats are a bit too paranoid with hinging prints and the damage it'll do to the print and/or the print's value. It's not like all these framers are drymounting or stapling your prints down. Any quality framer is just going to use a couple paper hinges, or a couple pieces of archival tape that are pretty much completely reversible should you choose to unframe at some point. I use corners whenever possible, but that calls for the right print with proper borders and whatnot.

CanadianTurbo · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:08 pm

Just a change of pace for this thread

MinusOneMoose · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:14 pm

Fingerprints O.o nunchucks NO!

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