Category: customs

Long before I even knew what designer toys were, I collected rocks. And I loved geodes. As a kid, it seemed amazing to me that something so beautiful

Frankenstein is my favorite of the Universal Monsters. The idea of doing a marshmallow monster mash is so wacky, so against type, that it just works. FrankenMarshall by 64Colors joins the

Mark Nagata & Yo Miyamoto’s Toy Karma opened at Rotofugi in Chicago over the weekend. Now in its third year, the popular Japanese vinyl toy show continues to thrill.

This is pretty cool. Mike Slobot was commissioned by a person who uses a wheelchair to make this custom Slobot. Writes Mike: “[The client] is interested in human-robot

Bromance alert: Here’s Scott Tolleson and Gary Ham. Their booth at Comic-Con was colorful and happy (despite Tolleson’s efforts to be a downer). They stocked their stall with a good

It’s a hard-knock life for designer toys outside of The Cultyard. As you can see above, there appears to be a pile of Peppers in the glass cube

Like last year, the Grass Hut guys shared space with Gargamel and offered a variety of toys and art. Arbito continues to amaze with his resins and “squishy”

If I was going to give an award for biggest heart(s) in the designer toy (store) scene, the trophy would go to Joanne and Ray Suavillo of Sacramento’s

While I don’t support customizing your dog, I’m all for modifying “self-propelled hubless skateboards” and selling them for charity. Designed and developed in Brooklyn, by Brooklyn Workshop, the

When asked via her Facebook page what this figure means, Okedoki replied: “Pacifist Hitler enjoying his ice cream in Disneyland.” Seems obvious enough, right? There are, however, subtleties.