Last night (March 18), EOS Watches founder Mukul Lalchandani opened up the doors to this newest boutique store venture, DIZTRICT. Located in Manhattan’s West Village, the store sports a specially curated selection of watches, sunglasses, men’s and women’s tee shirts and vinyl toys from an array of brands that straddle various ends of the market.

GIANT stopped by the store opening last night to check out some of the timepieces from Diesel and G-Shock, admire the selection of Kid Robot Munnies, salivate over the Toki Doki vinyl figures and try on a few pairs of glasses from Paul Frank.

If you’re in the area, you should too. 

DIZTRICT: 259 Bleecker Street, NYC  212-627-8546

Photo courtesy of EatTheCakeNYC

Folk, the 7-year old Scottish menswear line, is for those who have an affection for tweed and trousers, who’d recognize a misstep in their knitwear’s stitching detail, and those who prefer a natural color palette to their moccasins. For these reasons, it seems unlikely that Folk would choose to affiliate itself with a brand that produces evil-eyed toys out of not-so-comfy vinyl. But if the “two heads are better than one” mantra does apply than the collaboration between Shofolk, the sister footwear brand, and Kid Robot, will create a fly limited-edition byproduct that only the premiere toy retailer could help sell. After all, as it’s website states, “once it’s sold out, it’s sold out forever.” Using Shofolk’s Alaric model, a slender low-top, the partnership created a saturated blue/gray color scheme. Complete with a rainbowed-font print taping running along the heel, it’s obvious that the shoe is fit for the urban man who is not afraid to rock a cardigan.-DANIELLE CHEESMAN

In 1978, German poster girl Monique St. Pierre was known for two things; hawking ski equipment for snow-sports brand Lange while rocking an oversized sweater, skimpy denim shorts and knee-high boots, and gracing the pages of Playboy as Miss November. To commemorate the 30^th anniversary of her status as a centerfold model, Playboy hooked up Kidrobot to create this (first in an ongoing collaboration series) sexy figurine

Designed by comic book artist Paul Pope, it stands 7.5 inches tall makes for a perfect desk side companion – or bedside, depending on your relationship status.

Available now at kidrobot.com, the Kidrobot X Playboy Monique St. Pierre Miss November 1978 figure retails for $60.

I would be lying if I said I was not a fan of both Kid Robot and The Simpsons. While, I discovered the vinyl toy mecca only a few years ago (when I copped my Afro Samurai figure), I have been following the antics of Bart, Homer and Disco Stu (another personal fave) since they first hit the small screen on The Tracey Ullman Show. Needless to say, this is a match made in geek heaven.

KR’s biggest mini series yet — 24 characters in total — includes 3-inch versions of the Simpsons clan (of course), Sideshow Bob, Apu, Mr. Burns and rare finds like Don King Lucius Sweet and Duff Man. Unfortunately, each figure is sold as a blind assortment, so you have no idea what figure you’re buying until AFTER you open the box. But that’s half the fun, isn’t it?. If not, then you can cop the entire case.

Click here to cop your own Kid Robot x The Simpsons figures.