GRAND THEFT NYC !

Picked these up along Grand Street dollar store stroll in Brooklyn last week. 

SNOWMAN BOOTLEG

Pretty sure this is a bootleg of the Snowman series of marker from Seiko Seisakusho…because it came from a dollar store on Grand Street. The label is printed on plastic wrap around, and doesn’t have the trademark snowflake icon on the label. English, French and German text translations appear on the body. NIce bold wordmark in a red cylinder shape. Chisel tip. Makes nice deep black markings, no bleed, good fades. Heavy alcohol smell on this one. 

COLORIFIC WASHABLE MARKER

This came in a marker set. Screened on label, minimal detailing. Wordmark is made up of a multicolored letters, none of which really look good when placed together. Color sequence goes magenta, magenta again, brown, brown again, yellow, lime, lime again, blue, blue again. Heavyweight plastic construction. Conical nib, similar to Crayola brand. Ink is a light tone, closer to a dark grey. Makes nice smooth marks. No odor. 

DRY ERASE MARKER

Pretty no frills marker right here. Plastic construction, white body, black caps. Just says “DRY ERASE MARKER” screened in a slanted non-serif font, twice on the body. Bullet tip. Really faint ink color. Closer to a medium grey tone. Makes smooth lines. Slight alcohol odor. 

HENG BAO WHITE BOARD MARKER

This is a pretty common silhouette for dollar store markers. Plastic body, sticker wrap around label, ribbed black top cap and rounded black end cap. Bullet tip. Nice medium weight black ink, makes smooth lines. Medium alcohol odor. Pretty basic all around marker.

XINYIDA WHITEBOARD MARKER

Have a couple other of these whiteboard markers that have built in felt erasers in the caps. This one has a bonus magnetic strip on the cap so it sticks to a whiteboard, I guess. Solid plastic construction, white/silver/greem colorway. Minimal label details. Bullet tip This thing came DOA, dried out, even though it was in a plastic package.

STAPRO WHITEBOARD 

Stubby whiteboard marker with a felt eraser built in the cap. Bullet tip, makes smooth lines. Really dark ink, which is surprising for a dry erase marker. Minimal label details, black screened on text, white plastic body. Heavy alcohol smell. This thing is pretty under the radar, but is a better than average dollar store marker. Shoulda picked up a couple more of these ones.

5 STAR GENERALS

5 STAR GENERALS  Shabaam Sahdeeq featuring Eminem, Skam, A-L (All Lyrics) & Kwest. Produced by DJ Spinna 1998 Rawkus Records.

More markers from Broadway stretch of Dollar stores.

Background image is Animal Husbandry by artist Sue Williams.

FIVE STAR SUPPLIES 

No frills dollar store marker. Plastic construction, white barrel, minimal labeling. Medium weight ink, a bit on the dark grey side. Makes nice smooth lines with no bleed. A rather nice marker.

STA PRO WASHABLE MARKERS

This came in a box of assorted color markers. Pretty much a bootleg Crayola. Same barrel and cap shape, same conical tip. Whereas Crayola markers give off a nice indigo black ink, this one gives a dark greyish/black ink.  Makes smooth lines, no bleed. 

DYNAMIC STAMP MARK

This came in a box of assorted color markers, called stampers. Same silhouette as a Crayola, with a nice musical note motif running up the side. The tip of this marker features a musical note. You’re just supposed to stamp down the image, not draw or write. The musical note doesn’t even look good when stamped. Not really a practical marker. It does make lines and is capable of writing, but the results are really wonky and unpredictable. 

E-CLIPS BOARDMARKER

What an ugly marker. Thin sticker paper label on blank plastic marker. Design and layout is all over the place on this one. Appearance aside, the ink is nice and dark, and the bullet tip makes clean lines with no bleed. 

FACILERUB DRY ERASE MARKER

This is another cheap looking dollar store marker. The words on the labeling bleed into each other, a poor quality screen job. Somewhat thin plastic construction that bends in a bit when you press on the barrel. Smells something fierce. Light ink quality common amongst dry erase markers. Not a beauty, but it works.

BAZIC SCENTED MARKERS

This is a bootleg version of the Sanford Mr.Sketch line of scented markers. Same marker silhouette, but different labeling and marking. Semi-gloss silver gray barrel, with Crayola-like wavy lines near the tip and ends. For some strange reason they chose the color black to smell like…SWEETCORN ? It does smell pretty good though. Somewhat weirdly appealing, like Jelly Belly popcorn flavor. Makes smooth black lines of average consistency and quality.