February 21, 2008

{     SABRE - Skulls     }    

We here at Crowndozen totally ♥ skulls. It's a fact. So naturally our brains practically melted out through our ears when a couple of these lovelies showed up in our post-box. We're not exactly sure why Sabre (who's most famous for their rad selection of custom sunglasses) decided to get into the limited edition collectibles market, but we couldn't be happier that they did. The pieces are around 5 inches tall, made of a rubbery vinyl and sculpted in exquisite detail. They come in five wicked colors: Hot Pink, Snot Green, Coffin Black, Radical Blue and Ghost White with a little Sabre logo emblazoned on each temple. The jawbones are flappable, so you're welcome to carry on a conversation with your skull, or to just strike your best "...alas poor Yorick...." pose when delivering your soapbox soliloquy on the nature of mortality in the post-modern era.

The skulls come in customized packaging with a unique window-box layout that makes it look like they're wearing a pair of wacky eyeball-popping glasses. The effect is simultaneously cool and creepy, I was forced to take mine out of the box because I just couldn't shake the feeling that the damn thing was staring at me. Sabre says these are the first of a bi-annual project, leaving me wondering just what sort of badassery they've got in store for later in the year.

You can snatch up a black or blue skull from Karmaloop at the link below.