Peng Lei is the guitarist of popular new-wave punk band New Pants. He also shoots and directs independent feature films, and owns a store that sells retro toys, and scale models of comic and film characters such as Astroboy, the Japanese cartoon character who was one of the first foreign stars on Chinese TV, back in the 1980s.

This episode of Sexy Beijing is an interview by Su Fei with Peng, who is an old friend of hers.

This episode is also available on Youtube and at Danwei TV with links to other formats added as they are uploaded.

Peng's toy store is called Wind Up Monster (发条怪兽). You can buy online at their website Bigmonster.org by wiring money to a Chinese bank account, or visit the store in Beijing (6225 8001 东城钱粮胡同乙33号).

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