Channel Young / Shoes Master / Monster Pack / 3:30am Dumplings!

Sherry from CHANNEL YOUNG (tv station in Mainland) came did a feature on ICONIC-1 last week. Spent a good hr & a half filming the place and did a simple Q&A, we even had her doodled up a 10" Teddy Troop at the shop. The episode aired last Friday night, but I was outta town, so I missed it. Working hard at letting people know what we are doing. We (kinda) know what we are doing, but I have absolutely no clue as to how to really explain it. I mean, we are not your average "toy maker", but to some societies, "toys" are still just toys. There's a learning process, just like any other sub-cultures. Anyways. Many thanks to CHANNEL YOUNG for the opportunity, and nice meeting Sherry, come back anytime.


Japanese sneaker magazine SHOES MASTER showed off their latest cover.
Another collabo between Supreme and Nike graced the cover and this will, just like the Supreme Air Trainer issue cover, be remembered as THE image for promoting this collaborative shoe. As a "side topic", this issue also marks the first time Shoes Master covers other Asian countries/cities besides Japan. The editors visited Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong to see how the sneaker cultures are like in those cities. They paid us a visit in Shanghai where we explained what's up in our city, so I'm quite excited to see how that spread will turn out. Grab a copy if you see it.


Speaking of sneakers, here's another variant in the soon-to-release Japanese Movie Monster Pack from PUMA. Triple-headed Dragon,... Scary.. The texture on this STEPPER model turned out amazingly. We'll drop this pack at ICONIC-1 in 2 weeks.


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During the recent Taiwan visit, I spent a nite at Tai-Chung (Central Taiwan).
It was the MANIA x MACHI party at XAGA, so a group of us went onto Bruce's turf to see what up. After the party (no photos, a good party though), we were looking for food, and Bruce brought us to this joint which only opens everynight at 3:30am! Yup! Operation hours are 3:30am to 10:00am, selling meat dumplings. Amazingly enough, there is always a lineup.


I shit you not, this was when we got there!


Bruce the Taiwan don making sure we do get enough food in the middle of the night.


Eric showing off the hanna he got from his recent trip to the Far East.
Got a nice tan out of the trip...


Jesse and his very cool girl.
That's right, Jesse, keep smelling that sauage.

Great dumplings, but I doubt I'll stay up that late just to have it.
You should try it at least once though if you visit Tai-Chung anytime soon.