Fanmode faves
Originally published on 3 September 2008
Fanmode presents a few hundred toy-related links every month and it’s possible a few may have slipped your attention. Here are ten of our favourites for August ‘08.
customtoyz’s custom customtoyz toy.
A custom action figure by (and of) figure customiser Patrick Billings.
Otaku Barbie.
Also available: Crossplay Ken.
Under the sea.
Tamaki’s Little Treasure’s latest digirama is inspired by Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
Scarecrow.
Excellent digirama by boogeyman13.
Mannie Gentile’s Toy Soldiers Forever. [via]
Remarkable dioramas featuring American Civil War toy soldiers.
My Little Asimo.
This creation by MadArno looks like something Tony Stark would come up with given enough Lego bricks.
Ponyland Rock City.
Raise your glasses to this custom My Little Pony by Kim Johns.
Star Wars: Revenge of the Clones.
Custom figures by weechee based on the rejected Star Wars is Forever concepts.
Customising Minimates.
yo go re’s guide for creating new looks and characters by switching around Minimate parts.
Toys keep pace with children’s tastes.
A Modern Mechanix article from 1931.