{"product_id":"gary-baseman-dumb-luck-japan-version-2003-designer-toy","title":"Gary Baseman Dumb Luck Japan version 2003 designer toy","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom renowned illustrator, multiple Emmy award winner and general uber-artist Gary Baseman comes DUMB LUCK Japan Edition, based on his enigmatic painting of luck and loss. This extremely limited edition, 148\/500,  27 cm - 10.629\" vinyl art toy produced by Critterbox in 2003 \/ 2004, comes with a rotating-cylinder box ingeniously designed to provide surprising glimpses of original art by BASEMAN. DUMB LUCK comes complete with his own lucky rabbit's foot.\u003cbr\u003eThis Dumb Lucky Rabbit has been signed on it's belly by Gary Baseman in 2005. Dumb Luck is in Mint condition, he has been kept in storage out of sunlight in a smoke free environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrice is insured transport with track \u0026amp; trace included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGary Baseman (born 1960) is a contemporary artist who works in various creative fields, including illustration, fine art, toy design, and animation. He is the creator of the Emmy-winning ABC\/Disney cartoon series, Teacher’s Pet, and the artistic designer of Cranium, a popular board game. Baseman’s aesthetic combines iconic pop art images, pre- and post-war vintage motifs, cross-cultural mythology and literary and psychological archetypes. He is noted for his playful, devious and cleverly named creatures, which recur throughout his body of work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaseman’s art is frequently associated with the lowbrow pop movement, also known as pop surrealism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrban vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a type of designer toy, featuring action figures in particular which are usually made of vinyl. Although the term is sometimes used interchangeably with the term designer toy, it is more accurately used as a modifier: not all designer toys can be considered urban vinyl, while urban vinyl figures are necessarily designer toys, by virtue of the way in which they are produced. Like designer toys in general, urban vinyl figures feature original designs, small production numbers, and are highly sought-after by collectors, predominantly adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe urban vinyl trend was initiated by artist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTWljaGFlbF9MYXU\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\" title=\"Michael Lau (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eMichael Lau\u003c\/span\u003e, who first created urban vinyl figures in Hong Kong in the late 1990s. Other well-known creators of urban vinyl figures are Japanese artist and designer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVGFrYXNoaV9NdXJha2FtaT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\" title=\"Takashi Murakami (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eTakashi Murakami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhose work has been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Australian designer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTmF0aGFuX0p1cmV2aWNpdXM\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\" title=\"Nathan Jurevicius (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eNathan Jurevicius\u003c\/span\u003e's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU2NhcnlnaXJsP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\" title=\"Scarygirl (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eScarygirl\u003c\/span\u003e, based on characters from his comic of the same name, and produced in conjunction with Hong Kong company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmx5aW5nY2F0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\" title=\"Flyingcat (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eFlyingcat\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban vinyl figures are designed primarily by musicians, DJs, illustrators, and graffiti artists from urban areas in Asia (especially\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanvinyl.fandom.com\/wiki\/Japan\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/urbanvinyl.fandom.com\/wiki\/Japan\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Japan\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Hong Kong), North America (especially the United States), and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn offshoot of hip hop and youth-oriented popular culture, urban vinyl often depicts real-life figures from Asian and American culture, particularly artists who perform in a hip-hop or related styles. Noteworthy examples are Lau's depiction of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTE1GP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\" title=\"LMF (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eLMF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erappers from Hong Kong, and figures based on the members of the virtual band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvR29yaWxsYXo\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\" title=\"Gorillaz (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eGorillaz\u003c\/span\u003e, produced by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvSmFtaWVfSGV3bGV0dD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\" title=\"Jamie Hewlett (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eJamie Hewlett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand made by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvS2lkcm9ib3Q\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\" title=\"Kidrobot (page does not exist)\" class=\"new\"\u003eKidrobot\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA toy may be designed entirely by a single artist, including the body, clothing, accessories, and paint applications, or one artist may create a sculpt for a figure and another artist may apply paint and other finishing details. Some pieces are a collaborative effort, with as many as 12 different artists contributing to the final design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban vinyl is commonly designated as either Eastern Vinyl, including anything designed and produced in Asia or Australia, or Western Vinyl, encompassing pieces which are designed and produced in North America, South America, or Europe. Urban vinyl figures have become highly collectible. Rare pieces may sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary Baseman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42953179988127,"sku":"","price":850.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0496\/5230\/1983\/files\/dumb-luck-japan-version-2003-art-toy-by-gary-baseman-toys-175.jpg?v=1792004968","url":"https:\/\/vintageobjects.com\/products\/gary-baseman-dumb-luck-japan-version-2003-designer-toy","provider":"Vintage Objects","version":"1.0","type":"link"}