Toy links
Creating your own vinyl toy.
“The cost of making a figure can be as expensive or as cheap as you make it … The cheapest production costs for soft vinyl figures are similar to the cost of putting out a limited CD independently …”
The Iron Mobile.
A scratch-build inspired by a vehicle that appeared in a single panel of Marvel Adventures Iron Man # 4.
Take-G’s wooden toys.
Fantastic handicraft by Nakagawa Takeji. Prices range from US$60 to US$6000.
Larry Hama on writing filecards. [via]
He wrote the majority of the bios for the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toys.
Mego Super-Heroes ad from 1973.
“Imagine what the gang’ll think when they walk into your room and see SUPERMAN and BATMAN holding up volumes on your library shelf—super-hero bookends!” Yeah, nothing says cool more than bookends.
Man meets bear.
Someone has clearly not seen Grizzly Man.
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