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Japanese Halloween Candy

For this month's Box of Schlock, I didn't want to just throw in candy that any asshole can get from a Walmart or Dollar Tree.  Nope, I wanted to do something way different. As some of you may or may not know, I love Japanese candy, or what is better known as dagashi, which comparable to penny candy found in the states.  Each piece of dagashi is a wonderful display of graphic design weirdness and eating one is akin to playing Bean Boozled; you never know what the hell it's going to be.  Sure, I could use the Google Translate App, but I like to live my life dangerously with a dash of mystery on the side. Now, I may have ordered way too much Halloween Japanese dagashi, but I think it was worth it just for the photos alone and sweet Instagram hearts. Enjoy! I am not sure if it's something to get around customs, but each box that was delivered was listed as either as a gift or present.  It was even wrapped like some sort of birthday present, albeit, one that g...

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I got new buttons for sale. $1.50 plus shipping or get one free with any purchase. The fun is over at houseofschlock.com. #misterschlocko #lowbrow #psychobilly #frankenstein #horror #kustomkulture #kustom #classichorror #monsterkid #halloween #vintagehalloween A post shared by Mister Schlocko (@misterschlocko) on Oct 2, 2017 at 7:07am PDT

Halloween Sanders

In the last several months, I have started to become a bit obsessive over fast food mascots; mainly those from McDonald's Land and Harland Sanders aka the Colonel Sanders from KFC. So, imagine my surprise when I saw on my Facebook feed that KFC was selling a Harland Sanders (The Colonel) costume for only five bucks!  I quickly gave them some credit card numbers and a week later they sent me something that I can only describe as gloriously cheap and kitsch. The costume kit includes a plastic mask of the ghostly visage of Colonel Sanders, which was feels surprisingly sturdy, as I was expecting something that was more akin to a tissue thin dollar store mask, and a plastic bib that resembles his all white 1900's southernly gentleman's suit.  All of this bagged in a cheap bag with a stapled folded label, and believe me the label is, in itself, a thing of graphic design love. Now, of course, like most limited edition things that are fast food related, the costume sold out q...