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A Recent History of Disney Collaborations

Bradley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:58:40 +0000

Jeremy Scott’s fall Ready to Wear collection images hit the ‘net over the weekend, featuring a variety of Mickey Mouse-inspired pieces. Since it’s high fashion, and since this dude kind of does whatever he wants, we’re guessing JS didn’t go ahead and officially collaborate with the entertainment house (the adidas are probably going to be a problem with infringement).

Disney does love getting the brand out there, though, and maybe Mr. Scott should have hit them up. There are a lot of other brands who’ve collaborated with the mega-brand in the recent past, and this nod would have gotten the guys excited. Enough to take Walt’s head out of the freezer and show him? Probably not, but you never know. Click through for a rundown on Disney’s greatest recent attempts at being relevant to people over ten…

NEMESIS PROJECT x DISNEY BLOC 28 24″ CRUISER
• What if Mickey rode BMX? Um, cool? These bikes launched in November of last year (2008), so tracking one down might take some leg work. The countdown to Mickey on a fixie, starts…now.

THE HUNDREDS x DISNEY T-SHIRTS AND NEW ERAS
• To be perfectly honest, we didn’t know what was going to happen with the Disney “Lost Boys” stuff from the Hundreds. It was cool, but you know, we weren’t 100% sure if people would like it. Well, the stuff sold out the first day. Insert joke about relevancy of print media style editors here.

BROOKLYN PROJECTS x DISNEY BLOC 28 DECKS
• Brooklyn Dom: *Shrugs* Yeah we can do some decks and some Ts. Cool.
Disney: Awesome!!!
They’re still for sale if you want.

etnies PLUS x DISNEY EVIL LORD UPSETTER AND SLY SNEAKERS
• For it’s Spring collection (dropping April 1), etnies Plus went Disney and took two different themes, channeling Fantasia and the classic cartoon, Plane Crazy. If you’re a fan, these are all you.

WASHBURN GUITARS x DISNEY
• Stairway x Mickey, goin nuts. These drop in ‘09, and if you’re considering rocking a guitar with Mickey on it, we recommend you have a look at the Hannah Montana one as well.

Walk It Out With The Sneaker Bike

bfred — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:27:31 +0000

photo: thomas brown

We’ve always been jealous of those cartoon characters whose legs turn into blurry, rotating wheels when they run fast, so this new invention might be the closest we get. Wheel maker Max Knight created this bike for Intersection Magazine by replacing each tire with 8 sneakers (and socks!) and then turning each “spoke” into a sturdy, leg-like bar. But the question is…how does it ride? After the jump, see a video of the Walking Bike in action.

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ENV Bike Passes On Gas

treats — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:06:37 +0000

If fueling your car with bio-diesel or random waste products isn’t your thing, then a bike that run on hydrogen might spark your interest. At first glance, the ENV Bike looks like an upgrade from those grungy, run-of-the-mill motocross bikes. For starters, the clean design matches its commitment to being emission-free'the baby seals will thank you in the end. No complicated gears on this bike either. The simple button controls make it easy enough for anyone with no previous motorcycle riding experience to hop on and go. See the original concept and a few more photos of the ENV after the jump.

Did World’s Angriest Press-Hungry Messenger Ruin Monstertrack?

complex — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:30:33 +0000

Mike Dee in action / Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times

Although organizers are citing safety concerns for canceling Monstertrack, we’re pretty sure this article in the New York Times certainly didn’t help any. The subject of the piece, Mike Dee'who even among his peers is known as a big mouth'blabbed to the Gray Lady about the notoriously illegal fixed-gear only alley-cat that’s been going on for over a decade. And not that we’re claiming to be experts when in comes to organizing illegal bike races through traffic, common sense dictates that bragging about it, to the paper of record, probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do. So much for that code of the streets.