Well when you can sell new prints upwards of £10k I presume it's hard not to start actually believing you are the endboss of the scene.

Toys vs Art. That was a subject he talked about a lot. He mentioned how when he first made the figures they were called toys. Kaws said he always takes pride in having his sculptures match the figures as close as possible. So now that they are 8' tall are they art? Does that mean the figures are art or the sculptures are big toys.

In regards to price, the south park kidrobot vinyls are $49.99 each. Yes South park. A higher price is also to drive off bootleggers. The number of people that will pay $200 for an open edition vinyl is already small the number that will pay $300+ is even smaller. I don't think he meant accessible as in Toys R Us, but as in collectors that want a KAWS figure to display in their home.

He took questions but no signatures. It's pretty obvious that museum pushes him to do these events. He acted and spoke pretty much like any of my other creative friends that are forced to talk about their work in front of large groups of people. 

But that's exactly what he said. I don't have the 100% exact quote, but he repeated that the toys are intended to make his art accessible (he used that word over and over, which I remember because he pronounced it "ass-essible") and to have something nice to put on your shelf but not be mad about when your child throws it across the room or drops it. It's not like the worst thing someone has ever said, it was just eye-roll worthy.

What is truly silly, as I mentioned before, is the smoke and mirrors about their availability. I just think it's disingenuous.

Some other silly things:
They had a framed print of Snoopy in the museum shop with a placard next to it saying edition of 50 with a certain number of proofs (can't remember that number). Asked an employee - the museum sold 9 of them at $14K or $18K (again, can't remember, not that it makes any difference) and kept one for its collection. No word on the other 40.

They are now running a KAWS toy raffle. They have a huge selection of toys spanning his career. The day after the exhibit closes in January, they are going to draw names and email people. You have 20 minutes to call back before they move on to the next name. What you win is not the item itself, but an opportunity to BUY the item. There were more rules, and they have the prices. One of the items is a Sorayama Companion, which would be pretty fun to have.

Were the prices of the raffle toys reasonable or were they priced at market value?  Regardless, I'm definitely signing up.

To my understanding you have to sign up for the raffle in person only

yes, this is my understanding as well.  Limited entries should definitely help my chances, no?

It's like giving food stamps to Bill Gates.

The reason why he Sells through these museums is not charity. It's for promotion and relations. Artists need museums more than museums need artists and artists want their pieces in museums for SEVERAL reasons. Museums like Moma or modern routinely reject donated art.

Have anyone who bought the 2nd release of the open ed recently on perrotin receive anything? This gallery is hopeless, doesn't reply to emails at all. Is there someone here who is in contact with them, and can help check on the status of these orders? Order is confirmed and money is collected but just went silent for 2 straight weeks.

It took months for them to send me one of the exhibition posters, and when it arrived it was in a flimsy tube and damaged... they sent another, but they're not the best at this sort of thing.

I've received my two plush toys from Perrotin.

Wow just wow. #epicfail

I phoned and talked to them, see my previous post. The said it would be a few days as the gentleman I spoke to was working in isolation and can only do so much. He was extremely apologetic.

Good lord, finally!