Category: Toy Talk
Oh Schnapps! Poison Plum CrappyCats
May 16, 2012As a follow up to the binge-drinking Crap Stink Splasher CrappyCat duo, Van Beater keeps it alcoholic with today’s release: Oh Schnapps: Poison Plum edition. Oh Schnapps! Poison Plum finds its protagonists involved in the following situation: CrappyCat and FlunkMonkey shove off … Continue reading
Swanicornatopia Resin Toy Art by Daniel Fleres
May 11, 2012In 2011, Northern California artist, Daniel Fleres, went searching for the mysterious Swanicorn. After a year of investigating, researching, and exploring, Fleres succeeded in discovering the Swanicorn. He saw Panda Swanicorns, Fine China Swanicorns, Flamingo Swanicorns and even the incredibly-hard-to-locate, Camouflage Swanicorn. Tomorrow, Saturday, May … Continue reading
Speaking of Japanese Cats…Meet King Negora from Max Toy Co
May 11, 2012If you enjoyed that last post about 520 Japanese Lucky Cats, here’s another one for you. King Negora is a big version of Max Toy Co’s previously cute Kaiju Negora. This piece is a celebration of our friend, the feline … Continue reading
O-No Sushi Wasabi Custom Toy by VISEone
May 10, 2012Germany’s VISEone has recently updated his Behance portfolio with a plethora of tubed critters and comic-stripped customs. Yes, I don’t normally profile custom toys on this site. No, Hell has not frozen over. I just think that VISEone’s Wasabi treatment of … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Kickstart BearyCalm!
May 10, 2012Two absolutely adorable artists have designed what is essentially a totem in the form of a toy. The asymmetrical BearyCalm was “born from the friction of lead, paper, and two creative minds that live 8,917 miles away from each other”. … Continue reading
New WolfGirl Resins from FrankenFactory
May 9, 2012Remember these fantastic WolfGirl2.0 resin “Jello Shots” by FrankenFactory? Meet Deathly Cold (1/15) and Orange Blossom (1/5). Character design, original sculpt and paint app by Shea Brittain. WolfGirl took fate into her own hands and defeated the beast. Now she … Continue reading
Mari Kasurinen and Jodi Moisan: the O.G. My Little Pony Customizers!
May 8, 2012This past weekend, Hasbro’s My Little Pony Project galloped into LA to begin a year-long global celebration of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The charitable art exhibition showcased 18-inch My Little Ponies painted up all pretty by artists like … Continue reading
KURUMA: Japan’s Whimsical Answer to Scandinavia’s PLAYSAM car
May 8, 2012KURUMA is like the cute Japanese version of the stark Scandinavian PLAYSAM car. Please guys, don’t mess with the KURUMA! KURUMA, which means “car” in Japanese is a handmade wooden toy car by Mr. Togawa, a wood artist and owner of … Continue reading
Brutherford Introduces New Ice Scream Flavorway: Badass Brown
May 7, 2012It’s a little known fact that Badass Brown Ice Scream had a small (non-speaking) role in the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film, Jackie Brown. Initially, Mr. Scream shot a very hot scene opposite Bridget Fonda. (It was filmed privately inside of … Continue reading
