There once lived an artist who really liked hats. He had hundreds of hats—can YOU believe THAT? Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss,
From cute toy cars to cute (and toylike) real cars! This batch of mid-century microcars is a follow-up to my 2010 award-winning post entitled How Cute Would I
Toy art continues to breach the boundaries of its niche, and this is a good thing. Recently, fine art discovery engine, Art.sy, added a “related to toys” gene
Sometimes I fall prey to romanticizing the anonymous precision of factory-made multiples. It takes only a reporter going undercover at Foxconn or photos from Michael Wolf’s The Real Toy
Remember my little Jeremycat Misfortune Cats? I shipped the toy cats to collectors around the world (but not this flipper), and I made a Google map of their
Morbid Anatomy is a wonderful blog I like to look at when I’m feeling curious, waxing macabre, too aware of my mortality, grateful to be living in a time of
OK last post on these Argentine cereal premium toys (for today, at any rate). But these 80s music toy rings are just so good! Previously, we took a look
If you thought Roman Polanski and Woody Allen were odd bedfellows for pinball game toys, things are about to get even stranger. (And by “stranger,” I mean “more
In this world, there are objects that really ought not to exist. I, personally, can name (and find enjoyment in) many such items, but never in my wildest
Viewing modern toy art in a museum/fine art gallery is an amazing experience. As LA’s Toy Art Gallery celebrates the 1st anniversary of its Melrose Ave showroom, and major