That time of year is once again upon us. Happy for some, lonely for others… Whether you are celebrating your love this Valentine’s day, stalking someone new, or frowning upon the holiday altogether – we invite you to participate in our vday art card show. Spill your guts on a Valentine, send it to us, and we will hang it up in our store! We will choose a winner to win a $50 Dream in Plastic gift certificate in addition to having their card emailed out as a Valentine to entire email list.

Mail or drop off your creations:

Dream in Plastic
177 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508

If you want your work returned to you, please provide return postage.

OR email your digital art (hi-res please) to info@dreaminplastic.com.
(We will print it out and hang it up for you)

The show will begin Saturday, February 13th but we will begin hanging cards up February 6th – so please get your artwork in with that in mind.

We love you! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Come see the works of NYC based Ryan Schroeder at Dream in Plastic November 14 – December 7, 2009. The images in this exhibition are from places, throughout the world, that have acted as temporary encampments.

Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, November 14, from 6 – 9PM complete with free wine and goodies!

See more of Ryan’s work at his site: www.RyanSchroederArt.com

Celebrate the launch of MUNNYWORLD, Kidrobot’s all-new do-it-yourself toys, at the world’s most prestigious custom vinyl extravaganza, featuring over sixty rock star artists from around the world.

Be there to get your hands on these hot works of art before their official release. There will be beats, booze, and the chance to meet many of the most important toy artists in the game:

64 Colors, Aaron Stewart, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Amanda Visell, Andrew Bell, Angry Woebots, Buff Monster, Bukubuku, Christie Holloway, Chuckboy, Coolvader, Damon Soule, Dave White, DEPH, Devilrobots, DFC Mexico City, Dirty Donny, Doktor A., Filth, Frank Kozik, Greg Foley, Harley + Boss (Nathan Jurevicius x Andrea Kang), Harry Allen, Heidi Kenney, Huck Gee, ILoveDust, Jason Siu, Jeremyville, Jesse Hernandez, Jesse Smith, Joe Capobianco, Jon Burgerman, Kevin Gosselin, Koralie, Kronk, MAD, MR. DEN, MR. Shane Jessup, Patrick Li, PON, Ryan Bubnis, Saner, SEEN, Serge Seidlitz, Shawnimal, Sket One, Solarspace, SourBones, SUCKADELIC, TADO, The Baroness, The Beast Brothers, TILT, Tim Tsui, TOUMA, Travis Cain, Triclops Studio, Tristan Eaton and Vault49.

On view 3 days only!
November 13-15
Opening Party November 12, 8-10PM

The Eloquent Delinquents Gallery
41 Wooster Street, New York, NY

The new critters:

Can’t get to Dream in Plastic to see the illustrations of Eric Talbot firsthand?

Here are some pics of what you’re missing!

Eric Talbot is a comic book artist known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. His intense characters and amazing sketches will be gracing the walls at Dream in Plastic from October 11th until Novermber 10th.

Visit his BLARGH! at erictalbot.blogspot.com and stop by to see his work in person!

Dunny is back in 3-inch form and morphed into pop art masterpieces in ways you’ve never seen him morphed before.

Get ready for Dunny editions of Devilrobots’ To-Fu Head Son and Mori Chack’s Gloomy Bear, plus a new bunch of wild figures equipped with the accessories necessary to wreak havoc on your collection.

Keep an eye out for 2 chases that slipped into the line-up, plus Golden Tickets redeemable for an elusive 3-inch Dunny by the NYC-based artist Pon. Not available for sale anywhere!

Each Dunny sold with a collectible insert card starting September 10!

Artists in this series include Amanda Visell, Andrew Bell, Amy Ruppel, Brandt Peters, Dalek, Devilrobots, Gary Taxali, Mori Chack, Huck Gee, Jeremyville, Kozik, Kronk, Luke Chueh, Mad, Pon, Shane Jessup, Shawnimal, SupaKitch, Travis Cain, and Thomas Han.

Dream in Plastic will have dunnys available ONLINE at  12am on Thursday, September 10th.

Don’t miss our Dunny Trading Party in store on Thursday from 5-7pm.
Come hang out and meet fellow collectors, trade the new dunnys you get for others that you want and enjoy some refreshments on us!

It is crazy to believe that in exactly ONE WEEK our storefront will be open!

I think this is still a bit surreal to us. Our merch is in, the paint is drying and gallery submissions for the first gallery exhibit are still pouring in. We just wanted to say thank you to all our friends, family and customers who have shared in the chaos and excitement with us.

Please join us next Saturday from 4–9pm at 177 Main Street in Beacon to eat cake and drink champagne to toast the upcoming years of dreaming in plastic!

Take a look at some of the fun San Diego Comic-Con exclusives for this year! If any of our friends want to bring some of these back for us since we can’t go, we’d love you forever

Mini Domo Qee

Available at the ToyTokyo booth (#5237), this translucent orange Comic-Con exclusive Domo Qee will appear in advance of the complete Domo series that we will have in stock in August. Can’t make it to SDCC? Pre-order one up directly from ToyTokyo.

LA ROBBER 400% tokidoki Be@rbrick

Available at the ToyTokyo booth (#5237), modeled after the 100% Be@rbrick previously released from tokidoki, this 400% one is a must-have. Pre-order from ToyTokyo.

Cosmic Pennie

Available at the ToyTokyo booth (#5237), MINDstyle will be releasing an exclusive figure from Kathie Oliva’s oh so popular mini-series, The Scavengers. Limited to 200 pieces, Cosmic Pennie takes on a baby blue outfit and is still complete with her ray gun. Released only at ToyTokyo’s booth for $20 each.

Lucky Cat Dunnys

Based on Shane Jessup’s series 4 dunny, Kidrobot will be releasing two 8” Lucky Cat Dunnys. One gold (1000 pieces) and the other an SDCC exclusive glossy black (200 pieces), each comes with red envelope and gold coin necklace for $75. Available at the Kidrobot booth (#4529).

DEPH Fatcaps

The Holy Roller 6” Fatcap by DEPH makes it’s debut at SDCC in two colorways, Green (1200 pieces) and the SDCC exclusive Purple (200 pieces) and also comes with a DEPH poster for $75. Available at the Kidrobot booth (#4529).

Amanda Visell x Frank Kozik Labbit

Frank Kozik’s Labbit, has been re-constructed into a 5” Wood Labbit by Amanda Visell. Limited to 300 pieces, this collaborative piece will be available on Saturday, July 25th where both of these artist will be signing at the Kidrobot booth (#4529) from 1-3pm. The wood Labbit will be available for a respectable $50 each, so be sure to get their early because they won’t last long!

MINDstyle Limited Edition Box Set

Limited to 200 sets worldwide, this box set features five glossy black and white editions of MINDstyle’s most sought-after mini-figs: Buff Monster 3″, Mask Mouse Murphy mini (Popaganda Circus Sideshow series) by Ron English, Two-Faced Hazel mini (from The Scavengers series) by Kathie Olivas, Slap Happy mini by Brandt Peters, and Mechtorians mini by Doktor A (each set comes with 1 of six randomly inserted Mechtorians minis).

Skeletrino & Skeletrina – Platinum Editions

The beloved undead felines from tokidoki are available for the first time in a special limited Platinum edition. Limited edition, 250 of each – $15 each (sold separately). Available at STRANGEco booth (#4629).

Carina & Bruttino – Platinum Editions

The newest members of the Cactus Friends family will make their limited edition Platinum debut at SDCC 09 as well. Uber cute and shiny! Limited edition, 250 of each – $15 each (sold separately). Available at STRANGEco booth (#4629).

Captain Coco – Grayscale Edition

Having debuted last year at Paper Mag’s 24-hour pop up store, the special edition vinyl Cocommando is now storming SDCC. Limited Quantities available only! $25 (includes pineapple grenade pal). Available at STRANGEco booth (#4629).

Julie West – Bumble & Tweet, Tree Edition

There will be a VERY limited amount of these at SDCC. Meet Julie West at the STRANGEco booth, Friday 1-2pm.

While we are celebrating our grand opening, Saturday August 8th, we will also be hosting our very first gallery exhibit: Analog.

Of course, this is all very last minute but we are still accepting submissions for the show.

If you are a plastic camera photographer, contact us and tell us a bit about your photos!

Submission guidelines:
- No larger than 24″ in either direction.
- Ready to hang, with proper framing. No alligator clips please.
- Multiple submissions accepted.
- Photographs will be available for sale.
- Photograph MUST have been taken with a plastic or toy camera!
- Any subject matter accepted.
- You are not required to attend the show to have your work included.

Don’t have a plastic camera?
You should! Check out some of the cameras available through Dream in Plastic.

Join us in celebrating the opening of our very first storefront in Beacon, NY!

Saturday, August 8th 4-9pm at 177 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508.

Check out our beautiful new store in person, have some refreshments and enjoy our first gallery exhibit.

Beacon is a great little city that is a haven for art. Although we will miss Brooklyn, we are extremely proud to call it our new home!

August 8th is also Beacon’s monthly “Second Saturday” celebration and the first day of the “Windows on Main Street” art project. There will be tons to explore if you are making the trip! Beacon is an 1:15 train ride from Manhattan, home to numerous galleries, incredible restaurants, the modern art museum Dia:Beacon, and great shops.

For all our NYC friends making the trip, you can take Metro North from Grand Central Station. Call (800) METRO-INFO (1-800-638-7646) for details. Upon arriving in Beacon you can contact West Side Taxi @ 845.831.7373 for a 3 minute cab ride to the store.

Click here for driving directions from anywhere.

RSVP on Facebook and invite all your friends!