"OBEY WAN KENOBI" by For The Love Of Old Toys (for #DKECON July 22-26)

"For the Love of Old Toys is continuing his series mashing up classic sci-fi characters. You better Obey and go get yourself some. UK based artist John Norwood who goes by For The Love Of Old Toys (FTLOOT). He likes tapping that nostalgia vein hard!" (Etsy)

Introducing "OBEY WAN KENOBI" by @fortheloveofoldtoys, featuring the revered "General Obi Wan Kenobi" being infected by aliens from the cult-classic "They Live", with the result being a hand-cast and painted 3.75" scale carded resin figure, blister-carded in a signed and numbered edition of 40pcs, each priced at US$55.00 - to be made available online via www.dketoys.com/store, as apart of #DKECON: a LIVE virtual event hosted by DKE Toys, in place of the cancelled 2020 San Diego Comic Con, alongside other fabulous appropriated and unlicensed mash-up collectibles FTW! Festivities begin July 22nd thru to 26th, 2020.

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Featured on #POPCORNX: https://bit.ly/2CL3DXw #StarWars mashes-up with cult classic #TheyLive with "OBEY WAN KENOBI" by @fortheloveofoldtoys (for #DKECON July 22-26)! Further availability info + images in blogpost-linked, cheers. Also featured #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/2CngvTX #ForTheLoveOfOldToys #resintoy #unlicensed #appropriated #idonotsellthese #toynews

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SDCC #DKECON release Obey Wan Kenobi. Hand cast and painted 3.75" scale carded resin figure. Signed and numbered edition of 40. ••••• All #DKECON items will be available online July 22nd at 5pm PST. Check out www.dketoys.com/dkecon for more info (link in bio) about the virtual event. ••••• DKE Toys is hosting a LIVE virtual event in place of the canceled 2020 San Diego Comic Con, July 22-26, 2020. For your enjoyment we have created #DKECON to fill the gaping hole in your canceled convention season. The pandemic has provided the unusual opportunity of inviting everyone we know to our San Diego Comic Con “booth”. The DKE Toys booth will be set up in the DKE warehouse and available to all via a live continuous Zoom meeting and for the first time in DKE Toys history all of the SDCC convention releases will be available in an online store. ••••• If you don’t want to miss any DKE SDCC posts we highly recommend you turn on your push notifications for @dketoys. Don’t let the algorithm decide IF you will see our posts. Go to our profile page and hit the FOLLOWING button > NOTIFICATIONS > turn on POSTS to get notified each time we post. ••••• #dealwithdov #dketoys #sdcc #sdcc2020 #sdccexclusive #conventionexclusive #customtoy #actionfigure #actionfigures #bootlegtoy #bootlegstarwars #starwars #starwarsfigure #starwarsfigures #starwarsactionfigure #starwarsactionfigures #starwarsbootleg #starwarsbootlegs #dkecon #covidcon #dkesdcc2020 #obey #theylive

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SDCC #DKECON release 24 of 30. Obey Wan Kenobi by For the Love of Old Toys @fortheloveofoldtoys. Hand cast and painted 3.75" scale carded resin figure. Signed and numbered edition of 40. $55 For the Love of Old Toys is continuing his series mashing up classic sci-fi characters. You better Obey and go get yourself some. ••••• All #DKECON items will be available online July 22nd at 5pm PST. Check out www.dketoys.com/dkecon for more info (link in bio) about the virtual event. ••••• DKE Toys is hosting a LIVE virtual event in place of the canceled 2020 San Diego Comic Con, July 22-26, 2020. For your enjoyment we have created #DKECON to fill the gaping hole in your canceled convention season. The pandemic has provided the unusual opportunity of inviting everyone we know to our San Diego Comic Con “booth”. The DKE Toys booth will be set up in the DKE warehouse and available to all via a live continuous Zoom meeting and for the first time in DKE Toys history all of the SDCC convention releases will be available in an online store. ••••• If you don’t want to miss any DKE SDCC posts we highly recommend you turn on your push notifications for @dketoys. Don’t let the algorithm decide IF you will see our posts. Go to our profile page and hit the FOLLOWING button > NOTIFICATIONS > turn on POSTS to get notified each time we post. ••••• #dealwithdov #dketoys #sdcc #sdcc2020 #sdccexclusive #conventionexclusive #customtoy #actionfigure #actionfigures #bootlegtoy #bootlegstarwars #starwars #starwarsfigure #starwarsfigures #starwarsactionfigure #starwarsactionfigures #starwarsbootleg #starwarsbootlegs #dkecon #covidcon #dkesdcc2020 #obey #theylive

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P/S: This piece would make a swell companion buy to John's similarly themed previous releases (featured below), currently available online via his Etsy e-shop!

WHAT-IS: "They Live is a 1988 American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by John Carpenter, based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson, and starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster.

It follows an unnamed drifter who discovers through special sunglasses that the ruling class are aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to spend money, breed, and accept the status quo with subliminal messages in mass media.

The film was a minor success at the time of its release, debuting #1 at the North American box office. It originally received negative reviews criticizing its social commentary, writing and acting. However, like other films of Carpenter, it later enjoyed a cult following and eventually became recognized as a largely underrated work.

The film has also entered popular culture, and notably had a lasting impact on street art (particularly that of Shepard Fairey), while its near six-minute alley brawl between the protagonists makes appearances on all-time lists for best fight scenes." (Wiki)

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