[A Jack is a creature that keeps the Vinyl Pulse wheels a turnin’. Though he loves sticking the camera in your face he seems to hate attention. Here’s a picture of him in his natural setting.
A few things I know about him are…..
-lightweight boozer
-messy peanut eater
-evil laugh
Like you, the viewers I crave more information about this dude. So let’s tie him to the chair and ask him. – Amanda Visell. ]
Hello sir I will be doing an interview for Amanda Pulse and I was wondering if you would be interested in answering some questions for our viewers.
How long have you been doing Vinyl Pulse?
I started Vinyl Pulse at the end of March '05 so it's been almost four years now.
Why did you start it?
I started collecting vinyl towards the end of 2004. I still remember thinking $100 on eBay for Tristan Eaton's Black Voodoo Dunny was insane, but I just couldn't help myself — way too cool. So since I'm slightly obsessive I wanted to learn more about the scene, the artists and the toys. Being geeky I did a few google searches looking for vinyl news sites. When I didn't find any really, I thought it would be fun to start one. I would like to say it was purely a hobby back then but it was also an experiment of sorts — playing with Typepad for blogging and Google Adsense to see if I could cover my hosting fees.
So since you've started you think you've been thinking about toys every single day?
I've never really thought about it that way, but yes I think that's true. I pretty much do VP 7 days a week, so yeah my days are filled with toys. It's rough 🙂
We're you obsessed with toys before you started Vinyl Pulse?
Not really. I had my fair share of toys when I was a kid but I didn't really collect them per se. I didn't really obsess about toys or collectibles really until I saw one of the crazy Tokyo Guns vinyl figures in Import Tuner of all places.
You have a lot of toys, so many you hide them in a secret facility. What do you really like to collect though?
Secret Facility. You make a storage unit sound so glamorous — thanks. I have a few artists that I like to collect — Tristan Eaton, Itokin Park, and Touma to name some. I tend to focus on larger toys these days — mini-figs are hard to display in a way that makes them look appealing. Kaiju is growing on me — I like Blobpus. i figure if you're going to buy monster figures they should creep people out. I've started collecting Michael Lau (waaaaay behind), and I'm enjoying that. But really I collect what catches my eye.
Top 3 toys from last year?
- WWR Bertie by Ashley Wood — sick toy. a toy nerd's wet dream come to life. The finger articulation alone was incredible.
- 1:3 Pain by Coarsetoys — Mark Landwehr's extreme sports aesthetic is great and works really well on the large scale. Like everything he does, the quality is top notch.
- T9G's Loveless figure — the spotted animal print one. Sick. T9G makes wild figures — his trademark doll eyes are just plain weird and hey I can respect that.
Top 3 toys you're looking forward to?
Of the stuff I can safely mention without fear of instant death —
- Ferg's Squadt Line — love the combination of military 1:6 ish style and designer toy stylings.
- Jeff Soto's Walker — I know, I know… but hey it could happen, right ???
- Brandt Peter's Peacemaker 32.9 — love how it looks like a metal toy. Just gives me the desire to reach out and play with it — which is pretty rare these days.
Pet peeve in toy design?
Uh oh. You're a troublemaker! One I've been thinking about lately has to do with blind-box artist series. I think it's really important to make sure that the customer knows who designed the toy they opened. Some companies make it a point to include collector cards that identify the artist and also list their website. On the other hand, some blind-box series make it exceedingly hard for someone unfamiliar with an artist to figure out who did the design. That's a serious no-no in my book since arguably artists do platform mini series to get exposure.
Favorite dog named Horrible?
This is a trick question. I do dig your dog, Horrible, but Peanut is pretty dope as well.
What are the odds of you eating a vegetable today?
It depends on what your definition of a vegetable is, particularly in terms of portion size. Even then, not so good.
Thanks for the keys to Vinyl Pulse, I'll lock up when Im done. (editors note: yesterday I heard Jack tell Horrible that he loved him).
