Two Inch Tweedy

Hold off on buying that Bon Jovi doll! This will be a better fit to keep your Beach Toy company. Turns out Jeff Tweedy's a big UNKL toy collector, and when the urban vinyl toy company found out they contacted Jeff about creating a limited run of 2" UNKLs in Wilco's likeness. The band acquiesced, and behold.

Cute! We like the one with the funny head. The mini-Wilcos will be sold in a set of six, released at San Diego Comic-Con. Anyway, Sky Blue Sky is such a grower; sure it's no Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but O'Rourke's not working with them anymore, they're older, Tweedy's not addicted to hillbilly heroin, they have dolls out in their likeness. Of course they're gonna sound different! But it works. We were gonna back that up with some great live vid of the band doing "Hate It Here," which you may have seen earlier today on Pitchfork. But now it's gone! Probably a Warner thing (you know how they like their intellectual property).

Posted at 6:15 PM in Rock Toys
Tags: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | Wilco

14 Comments

Tweedy doll has the best clothing

Posted by: Julie at 04/13/07 6:20 PM | Reply
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I'd like to see a Jay Bennett one, just to see how they would handle the white man dreads.

Posted by: Stephen at 04/13/07 6:33 PM | Reply
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You mean "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", no?

Posted by: krys at 04/13/07 7:30 PM | Reply
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Who is who in the dolls?

Posted by: ssds at 04/13/07 7:31 PM | Reply
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> You mean "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", no?

Yes! Blogging is hard you when jumble words.

Posted by: amrit at 04/13/07 7:37 PM | Reply
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i want!

Posted by: jess at 04/13/07 8:17 PM | Reply
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Vinyl Toys are for wankers with too much loot.

Posted by: Yep at 04/13/07 8:56 PM | Reply
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Holy shit..Those are awesome.

Posted by: msilverfish at 04/14/07 2:04 AM | Reply
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"Two-inch Tweedy"? Sounds about right.

Posted by: asdf4t2 at 04/14/07 7:57 AM | Reply
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zing!

Posted by: Tyler at 04/14/07 11:24 AM | Reply
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I'm trying to secure a set to do as a giveaway for one of you Wilco fans. Stay tuned...

Posted by: scott at 04/14/07 2:05 PM | Reply
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Tried to get tickets for their nyc show, sold out in 2 minutes. Dolls will not cut it

Posted by: splippy at 04/14/07 10:56 PM | Reply
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thanks for rekindling some interest in sky blue sky. i wasn't feelin' it at first...

Posted by: leo at 04/15/07 1:09 AM | Reply
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wow this is probably the coolest thing ever, i could pretty much hold wilco (greatest band on earth) in my hands
when, where, how much, will all this cost

Posted by: Eric at 04/16/07 9:32 PM | Reply
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