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Squadt Assembly Will Split Your Ass!
April 4, 2013This is the antidote to today’s arid array of art toys. It’s the panacea for prosaic plastic. The elixir vitae for vapid vinyl. The therapeutic treatment for tedious toys! And now that I’m done showering you with alliteration, it is, quite simply, Squadt … Continue reading
This Halloween Playge Doctor Makes House Calls
October 30, 2012If you’re feeling some malaise due to missing last night’s Jeremycat Misfortune Cat release, the doctor is in. The Playge Doctor, that is. Ferg‘s third edition of the eponymous medic is suited up in Playge Halloween scrubs: black wizard cloak, … Continue reading
Ferg Sees Gohsts at Comic-Con 2012
July 10, 2012Ferg designed this SDCC-exclusive Squadt Gohst s003 in a green hoodie and black vest that I’d proudly wear myself, which means that one day, I, too can dress up for a glamour shot just like this. The 6-inch tall vinyl … Continue reading
5/28 Squadts Release: CHIPP s004 and BOOMER [FORT BURNOUT]
May 25, 2012I’d like to preface this post by saying that the last time Ferg released a Squadt, it sold out in something like the duration of a single heart murmur. So basically: take heed if you need! This Monday, May 28th, … Continue reading
New Fr0g s001 [Swamp Dwllr] from Ferg
February 21, 2012Ferg‘s newest Squadt, the Fr0g s001 [swamp dwllr], is a triumph in toy art engineering. Inspired by one of his favorite childhood toys, the G.I. Joe Frogman, the Fr0g Squadt occupies that wonderfully (Pantone warm) grey area of “playable” toy … Continue reading
Brandt Peters x FERG: Trigger
January 9, 2012This weekend, Brandt Peters and Ferg opened their two-man show at The Stranger Factory in New Mexico. Trigger features an arsenal of one-off sculptures, editions and drawings done individually and collaboratively. The duo of Peters and Ferg took home the … Continue reading
GERM Squadt with Articulated Arms
September 28, 2011FERG (or a fan?) has gone and giffed up GERM, a new character in the Squadt canon. GERM features the articulated 2.0 arms announced last May. Over at the Collect and Destroy forum, FERG writes: The point of the new arms is … Continue reading
GID Nozzel [NKD] S00 Squadt Release
September 2, 2011If you ever contemplated how to make a character wearing a gas mask and brandishing a knife “cute,” the brief answer is to render the character curvy and dress him in a union suit. Awwww….so cute! On Monday, September 5th … Continue reading
The FERG Interview
July 18, 2011To name-check a so-wrong-it’s-right song title from 80s Norwegian synth-pop band, A-HA, Clay “Ferg” Ferguson is “Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale”. He owns a home in Austin’s Hyde Park–neighborhood where he grew up. Ferg’s childhood fondness for 12-inch G.I. Joes … Continue reading
