Futakushiona

Woot Bear is a distinctive collectible designer toy store and art gallery located in San Francisco, California. Situated at 1512 Haight Street, it serves as both a retail space and a platform for artists to showcase their work. Woot Bear curates monthly art exhibitions, providing a venue for artists from around the world to present their creations. These exhibitions often feature original pieces alongside collectible figurines and products from various renowned brands. My love affair with toys stared at an early age. As a child I collected and played with the traditional 80’s mass market action figures but as I grew older I began to realize the unique beauty that these “toys” possessed. In high school I could be found skipping class to hang out in the aisles of ToysR’us waiting for the new shipment of figures to come bursting out of their cardboard coffins. In 2002 on an extended visit to Japan I discovered the world of designer vinyl and art toys. Since then I have become an avid collector and customizer of unique 3D art figures …. as well as the mass produced action figures of my childhood. Currently living in San Francisco, I spend most of my free time collecting and creating one of a kind toy art for pleasure and for SF's own Blamo Toys.