December 2011
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FACILERUB'N'TUG
Second round of marker pickups from Lakeshore Road drive.
SUPERSTAR YH-200
This has the familiar quality of Made in China cheap dollar store marker. Ribbed black plastic cap and endcap, inferior quality soft plastic construction, printed silverish plastic wrap label featuring slight Chinglish. Bullet tip. This thing arrived DOA, in true dollar store fashion, so no ink quality property review....
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BLACKY PACKAGES
Took the long way back home for Christmas along Lakeshore Road. Hit up a bunch of dollar stores along the way to look for new markers. The cluster of discount shops and convenience stores around Long Branch turned up the most finds. One spot used to be a Biway. Biway and Bargain Harolds were dope back in the day.
GOODWILL SUPER SUPERSTAR
Another example of a Super Sharpie bootleg. I have so...
Atlas X Studio BIB
Hooked up with Bay Area based Atlas to produce custom artwork and designs for this pair of decks as part of their ongoing artist series.
Available now, exclusively through Atlas Skateboarding.
With a solid citywide support system and a talented roster of riders including Patrick Beaudouin, Levi Brown, Julian Klein, Marco Lerma, Tony Manfre, Brandon Nguyen and Mark Suciu, Atlas...
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ONLINE / ARTLINE
Finding new markers around the city for the collection is a bit of a challenge these days, so I started looking online. It’s not as fun as physically hunting things down, but it does bump up the number count efficiently and effectively. Here’s a little selection I received this week.
8MM MARKER
Oh this thing I picked up at the dollar store. Came nicely packaged in clamshell...
PICK A WINNER
PICK ’ N ’ FIX MARKER
Here’s a little vintage gem I picked up off of ebay. Made in Japan, 60’s or 70’s. I’d like to think its bakelite. Nice silhouette with subtle accent lines towards nib and on cap. Simple wrap around plastic label. Nice red and yellow color combo, attractive font and design. This thing was DOA so no report on marker ink qualities....
