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illest Winter 2010

We’ve just updated the illest homepage with bits and pieces from our winter delivery. Expect to see these in store and online in very limited quantities end of October.

Stagea-wesome.

Not the wildest Stagea but definitely worth taking time to feature. I personally fell in love with Stagea’s ever since seeing the Phoenix Power Stagea in 2004. I was really into wagons and seeing it in person at their huge workshop in Fukui, Japan. This photo was submitted by Arie of Hamilton, New Zealand. The…

Fatlace in Danger! Dodgeball HD

Our friends over at Robot Stampede just launched Danger! Dodgeball HD for the iPad. The game is a crazy urban arcade game that uses all tilt controls. Fast and smooth fun. In the HD version, you can peg a tagger spraying Fatlace tags for big bonus points. Download it here The iPhone version of the…

The Paddock

Thanks to everyone who submitted via twitter, Facebook and our site and much love goes to Yuri Gagaring from Brooklyn, NY for his submission to the “name our space” contest.. So on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 from 5-10pm, we’ll be having our Opening Ceremony at the Paddock where you can check out some of the…

Canon S95

Since owning the S90, I’ve been very impressed with the quality of the build and photos compared to some other camera’s ive owned, I’m pretty excited to know the predecessor is going to be available at the end of this month. The S95 update ($399.99 in late August) to last year’s S90 combines Canon’s DIGIC…

Lancia Stratos revisited

Forty years ago the Gandini-penned, Bertone-stamped ‘Zero’ concept shocked the automotive industry, and over the last couple of weeks, this new Stratos project has drawn global attention like few Lancias since the debut of the original. We understand the three images were also taken during this prototype’s test session at the Fiat Group’s Balocco test…

Contest: Name the Spot

We just moved into our new office/studio/retail/warehouse in San Mateo and we’ve searched high and low for a name. Help us name it and if your name is chosen, we’ll give you $100 worth of product. Quite a few submissions came thru twitter and facebook so leave your submissions here in a comment. THANKS and…

Bowls LA Grand Opening

So today, this Saturday, our good friends at Bowls LA will be opening a new shop in Little Tokyo in Downtown Los Angeles. Very excited to see the store and hope to see you there. Expect a ton of people today as The 70th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival starts today. Also, if you do…