In this feature we bring you images, info and opinions on some products that you can find in stores right now.
Unless we think that something's totally fucking stupid and we feel like we really have to tell you about how stupid it is, nothing that appears here will ever get a bad review. In short: this is the best stuff.
Instead of overwhelming you (and us) once a once with a boatload of products like we did in our previous Buyers Blitz features, we've decided to break it up into multiple Blips that we'll be sprinkling every week or two.
Laptop sleeve by Arkitip x Original Fake x Incase
and (as a special bonus from a couple years ago)
Hipbag by Arkitip x André x DC Shoes x Incase
We're showing you both the new Original Fake laptop sleeve and the not-as-new André hipbag for two reasons:
1 because they're both awesome, simple, effective accessory designs coupled with artwork from a couple of super inspiring dudes and they both came FREE with different issues of Arkitip magazine.
2 because we wanted to boggle your mind and make you ask "How the hell can a magazine that's been giving away extras like these with every issue over the span of a few years still exist?" so that we could answer by saying "With the support of forward thinking companies like Incase and devoted readers who know a good magazine when they see one, that's how".
LIVESTOCK MONTHLY PICK:
Nike Air Zoom Moire +
Every month we bring you our favorite pair of shoes that are on the wall of Canada's finest sneaker store, Livestock.
REVIEW FOR SNEAKER NERDS:
These are the speckled Moires that came out last July, the first Nike + iPod collabs available at Tier 0 shops where you might have been one of the people lined up to get them. I don't know where Livestock found them but I'd be willing to bet you won't find them anywhere else aside from Ebay. Oh, and they've got the grey speckled ones too.
REVIEW FOR NON SNEAKER NERDS:
These hard-to-find colorways of some now-popular running shoes are amazingly comfy and sync with your iPod Nano if you buy a separate adapter. Did I mention that they're amazingly comfy?
Last Buyers Blitz I wrote about McFarlane's figurine of Chris Pronger, one of the dudes who helped the Anaheim Ducks bring the Stanley Cup home this year. So since a Southern California team won the cup it's only logical that everybody in the world loves hockey now, right? And the story of Bobby Orr's '69/'70 season with the Boston Bruins is one that doesn't even need to be told, right? Well here it is anyway, just in case you missed it in the pages of all of those hockey history books you've been reading lately...
"In 1970 Bobby Orr did the unthinkable, doubling his scoring total from the previous season to score 120 points, six shy of the league record and becoming the first (and to date, only) defenseman in history to win the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. Besides the Norris and Art Ross, Orr also captured the first of his three consecutive Hart Trophies as regular-season MVP and later won the Conn Smythe Trophy for his playoff heroics, being the only player in history to win four major NHL awards in one season. He went on to lead the Bruins in a march through the playoffs that culminated on May 10, 1970, when he scored one of the most famous goals in hockey history to give Boston its first Stanley Cup in 29 years. The subsequent image of Orr flying through the air, his arms raised in victory—he had been tripped by Blues' defenseman Noel Picard at the moment of shooting—became a prize-winning photograph and is arguably the most famous and recognized hockey image of all time."
