Polaroid releases first Lady Gaga co-design: Grey Label GL-10 Instant Mobile Printer

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Summary: Polaroid announces Grey Label GL10 instant mobile printer is now available for purchase at Bloomingdales in New York City.

Though the naming of pop star Lady Gaga as creative director of Polaroid in early 2010 was met with some skepticism, by CES 2011, Gaga and company were ready to announce the fruits of their collaboration: the Grey Label line of products co-designed by Polaroid and Lady Gaga herself, including the GL30 “instant” digital camera, the GL20 camera sunglasses, and the GL10 instant mobile photo printer.

Just over four months later, the company has announced that the first of these products began selling today at Bloomingdale’s flagship store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. With a suggested retail price of $169.99, the Bluetooth-enabled printer uses Polaroid’s Zink print technology (like the company’s PoGo printer and camera line) to instantly print photos sent from cell phones or other Bluetooth-compatible devices. Relatively portable at just 15 ounces, the GL10 can print 3×5-inch full-bleed snapshots, or a photo with a white “Polaroid Classic Border.” The Zink GL10 photo paper is a bit larger than the PoGo’s 2×3-inch peel-and-stick paper, but is similarly steep in price at $19.99 for 30 sheets (PoGo paper sells for $12.99 per 30-sheet pack).

Though initially available at only the flagship Bloomingdale’s location, the product will roll out to other select locations nationwide in late June. Pre-orders for the GL10 are being taken on Polaroid.com now and will be available on hsn.com tomorrow (with the product beginning to ship June 17), and Costco.com will begin selling the printer on June 20.

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Mint-condition Polaroid SX-70s sell out in a day -- more available in October

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Summary: Photo-enthusiast candy shop Photojojo sells 50 refurbished Polaroid SX-70s in one day, but promises to have more in stock mid-October.

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Oh how I loved my old Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera.  It was actually my dad’s, but after his initial infatuation with it, he let it languish in a drawer until I rediscovered it 10 years later as a high school student in the ’80s. I loved everything about this first instant SLR, from the real leather panels (the same color as my favorite Frye boots), to the funky rubbery bellows-like sides that made it look both retro and modern at once. Instant photos aside, I even loved how the disposable Flash Bar plugged in and each of the 10 bulbs melted into a crazy blob once it was spent. And of course my fascination with the innovative folding design must’ve been a harbinger of my future obsession with electronic gadgets.

Imagine my delight yesterday when I saw that Photojojo (one of my fave photo gadget sites) was selling original SX-70s restored to mint condition. The price seemed steep to me at $290, since you can find them selling on eBay for closer to $150, but apparently plenty of folks are willing to cough up quite a bit more for a guarantee from Photojojo (and to save themselves from eBay hassle). In fact, all 50 of the limited edition units listed yesterday were sold out within a day.  But don’t fret if you missed the boat. Today, the site indicates there will be more stock shipping by mid-October. Of course, they’ve quietly bumped the price up to a whopping $350 now, but who can put a price on nostalgia? Oh, and if you’re worried about where you can get film after Polaroid stopped producing it back in 2008, don’t fret: The Impossible Project — which bought Polaroid production machinery before it was relegated to the scrap heap and is leasing part of a former Polaroid plant in the Netherlands — produces and sells film for SX-70s and other Polaroid instant cameras. It’ll set you back close to three bucks a shot, though, so don’t start deleting those iPhone apps just yet.

And for a real trip down memory lane, check out this fabulous 10-minute advertisement for the SX-70 from the ’70s:

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Janice got her hands on a Nikon Coolpix 900 back in 1998 and has been a digital camera enthusiast ever since.

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