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Customised this way.
“… for a customer who is a huge Lady Gaga fan.”
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“Toys are always tied with nostalgia …”
“A lot of … purchasing decisions are being made by a parent or a grandparent. They gravitate toward toys they enjoyed as children.”
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Serious business.
“… toy sales worldwide grew nearly 5% in 2010 to $83 billion, with the U.S. market contributing $22 billion of that …”
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“Collectors are often highly gifted experts …”
“At the same time, though, collecting also encourages some of our most dangerous and base qualities: possessiveness, acquisitiveness, the lust for power.”
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Johnny Depp.
“Repaint is a new form of pop art, wherein the doll’s face is treated like a three dimensional canvas, with the added challenge of painting within a very small area.”
Tags: 1/6, custom, doll, movie
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Michelin Man, meet your nemesis.
An Assemble Borg fanmode by Shikku. (Click on the images for a better look.)
Tags: Assemble Borg, fanmode
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Transformers Mosaic.
“… comprised of numerous one-page stories, each focusing on a specific character, all set within the original animated movie, building upon the epic story that so many still hold dear.”
Tags: art, comics, Transformers
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Law without Order.
Art by Matt Kaufenberg.
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Mattel’s Man In Space.
“Tom Hanks is an unabashed Matt man, and astronauts over the years have been rumored to have taken him into space with them.”
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Toy Shining.
“Having seen both The Shining and Toy Story 3 for the first time recently myself, I thought it would be cool idea to mash the two movies together as a fun side project.”