Spectacular Exhibits

Toy Fair International in New York is the biggest and most important exhibit we build for Funko, the booth is 130 feet long. Sometimes the weather in February cooperates, sometimes it snows.

We work with Funko’s in house event team to produce their exhibits for comic cons, trade shows, and pop up shops. At these events Funko retails direct to the public which requires managing merchandise inventory and creating secure storage. Funko always draws huge crowds so line control is a primary concern.

Funko is always exploring new ideas, the FunkO’s cereal looks back to the days of Saturday morning kid’s cartoons, a favorite memory of many of us; including Funko CEO Brian Mariotti and Mike Becker the founder of Funko.

Being based in Everett WA. Funko supports their local Emerald City Comic-con which is a great show and every two years Funko participates in Star Wars Celebration, a show about all things Star Wars.

Licensing Expo is held annually in Las Vegas it connects the world's most influential entertainment, character, art, and corporate brand owners with consumer goods manufacturers, licensees and retailers. 

New York Comic-con draws a crowd, the estimated attendance is more than 200,000 people over the course of four days. The difference between the New York show and San Diego is that in San DIego, Comic Con International takes over the whole city, but in NYC no one notices another Batman walking down the street.

To mark the Funko NASDAQ IPO in 2017 we produced a one day pop up shop in Times Sq which was a great success. We utilized a custom 20 foot container for the store and brought in the jumbo figures to add to the atmosphere, it was an exciting 24 hours.

Experiential agency Neverstop asked us to manage the technical development, logistics and on site production of “Climbing Up” a joint presentation by Land Rover and Architectural Digest. The concept was to demonstrate the inherent strength of the vehicle’s aluminum alloy unibody and the power of the Land Rover engine. The New York architectural firm HWKN designed the plinth and we figured out the engineering and managed the installation. The SUVs were on view over a 4 day period in the Meat Packing District in Manhattan creating over a million media impressions worldwide.

Workbench Creative asked us to co produce the launch event for Adidas’ new line of NHL jerseys. We fabricated the helmet displays, entry walls, media area walls, and customized team lockers. We also managed the on-site installation at the Wynn resort in Las Vegas. Hip Hop artist Desiigner performed live.

Another production for experiential agency Neverstop. Their client Nordstrom teamed up with Sarah Jessica Parker and Manolo Blahnik to create a pop-up shop in Soho NYC to launch the SJP shoe line. Nordstrom temporarily took over the empty former Tommy Hilfiger flagship store and we transformed it into Nordstrom Soho in 2 days. The pop-up shop drew capacity crowds over a 4 day weekend and sold out of the entire stock of merchandise.

Workbench Creative asked us to manage the production of the launch event for the largest 4K LED screen in the world in Times Square. We fabricated custom bars, light fixtures and furnishings for the opening party. We also coordinated the AV services by Perception AV and the lighting by Sense Lighting. British art collective Universal Everything created the video that played on the football field sized screen.

We fabricated the custom fireplace, screens, and tables for this installation at the Untitled art fair in Miami, to promote the launch of Ace Hotel’s latest venture the Maison de la Luz in New Orleans.

Another gig for Portland based Workbench Creative, we managed the set builld and onsite production of the Adidas Originals Blacktop school house. Featuring a design collaboration with Niki Minaj, Jeremy Scott, Big Sean, and Derrick Rose plus a custom multi camera 3D photobooth designed by Roundhouse. The mural on the rear of the building was by Chicago artist Poze. MTV broadcast all their updates on that year’s Lollapalooza from the set and everyone had a great time.

Experiential agency Neverstop asked us to produce the world’s largest cellphone, certified by the Guiness Book of World Records. Expert LA prop fabricator John Merrit built the phone, a 12 feet tall, 15 feet wide replica of a Samsung slide phone which was fully functional after two engineers who spoke no English at all, flew in from South Korea and spent two days getting it working. Then we took it on a four city tour which opened in Chicago over the St Patrick’s Day weekend.

For Workbench Creative, we managed the production of the Microsoft Treehouse at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. Probably the first time an actual logging truck made a delivery on Park Avenue in a quite a whie. The Microsoft Treehose was built with freshly felled maple trees from a Vermont tree farm. The treehouse showcased cell phones using the Windows Phone OS and featured the Re-tweet Bird who would sing your tweets to you. Since the treehouse was positioned directly in front of the only roll up access door to the Armory, we picked up the whole frame with truss motors in order to be able to load the rest of the show in and out of the building on schedule.