In case you’ve missed me going on and on about this, the 2nd series of my vinyl toy ‘Droplet’ has their own launch party this weekend, which I’ve been hard at work organising over the last few weeks!
Well, I could not have imagined the launch would go off this this much of a bang, I was genuinely blown away and overwhelmed with the reception! There was a queue snaking up Park Street at the start of the night and then when we opened at 6pm my initial stock of 226 Droplets sold out in just 58 minutes!
People seemed to love the showcase of custom Droplets that were in the gallery downstairs and that was chocca too, a very orderly in/out queue formed which was smashing to see!
The hand-made cupcakes from the lovely Cakeology ladies didn’t last long at all, neither did the smoothies, flavoured water or bottles of beer - which is always good to see! The giant blank Droplet and animation projection / realtime twitter feed also seemed to go down well too :)
I cannot thank everybody enough for their hard work and support, from Louis and all at Fifty Fifty to every single customiser who kindly gave me their time to create something fanastic. There’s a long list of people who helped me out, I’m eternally grateful to them all!
There’s lots of photo’s floating around the interwebs now, which is very exciting to see! You should definitely check out Rick Nunn’s photo blog as well as Doc18’s snaps of the customs plus the Flickr photo group seems to be growing and growing with people’s photo’s each day, be sure to add yours!
I’ve still got lots and lots to post about from the evening, but i think that’s enough for now, be sure to click the image to check out Rick’s photos!
The Droplets are now available online from Crazylabel’s store, why not grab some!?
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone involved in making the event what it was and thanks to everyone who attented the night, I’m honestly blown away by your support, i thank you :)
![Hello everyone!
So then, it’s really happening - the Droplet launch night is just a couple of days away! Things are going really well on the organisation front, i’m overwhelmed with how many talented people are involved in the whole affair and humbled by how much fantastic help i’ve received in every way, I’m eternally grateful for it!
That means that I think there’s only hell of a good night to be had on Saturday, I hope you’ll all enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it all together!
There’s just a few final things I wanted to let you know about that might be useful to know…
GOODIE BAGS—————-
There’s 50 goodie bags ready and waiting for the first 50 purchases of a Droplet toy, t-shirt or tote bag!
They’re full of goodies from myself and other artists like stickers, badges and postcards, as well as an iphone skin from Hotskins and a 10% voucher for fantasybazaar.com online toy store!
Oh yes, maybe a Delme vinyl toy and a Crazylabel bubblefun keyring in some of the lucky ones too!
It’s first come first served on the goodie bags so the early worms will get the goodies! Because the store is open as usual until 6pm when we take over, i’m going to ask if folk queuing for the Droplets / goodie bags wouldn’t mind queuing outside until 6pm, that’d be ace - I hope y’all wont mind!
5050 STAYING OPEN————————-
Fifty Fifty will be open as normal too whilst the event is one, so if any of the sneakers, clothing or skateboards take your fancy then you can purchase as normal - the staff of Fifty will be more than happy to help!
NOT ONE FLOOR, BUT TWO———————————
The night will be split over 2 floors! The Droplet toys, t-shirts and tote bags will be for sale in the Shop part of Fifty Fifty on street level and the showcase of the customised Droplets will be on display in the gallery part of Fifty, which you get to by popping down the steps outside the store, you can’t miss it!
DROPLET ‘MEAL DEAL’ PRICE———————————
I’m going to have a ‘meal deal’ price on the night, meaning you can get a Droplet blindboxed toy, t-shirt and tote bag for just £20!
On their own, the Droplets are £5, the t-shirts will be £10 and the tote bags will be £10 too! Unfortunately, because of how we need to work it, it’ll be cash only! There’s a whole host of HSBC Cashpoints 30 seconds down the road from Fifty though, thank you for your understanding!
CAR PARKING & LOCATION——————————-
If you’re coming by Car then there’s a car park just 30 seconds from Fifty. It’s called ‘Trenchard Car Park’ and here’s a google maps link to it [/tinyurl.com/yb3teey].
I’ve also compiled a google map with lots of spots and things happening in Bristol plus the location of the venue [tinyurl.com/ya3n24v]
That’s it from me, don’t forget it’s this Saturday 6th Feb, starting at 6pm at Fifty Fifty store at the bottom of Park Street here in Bristol
Hope to see you there and thank you!
~ Gav
Droplet microsite
Launch Flyer](http://www.jam-factory.com/droplet/launchflyer.jpg)
