Toy links

Starscream papercraft.
Astonishing.

Eat dirt.
A fine Earthworm Jim custom by The BeasT.

Kamen Rider Kiva.
A neat SIC-style custom.

Iron Monger fixed.
strap3.0 had to do quite a bit of work to improve the Iron Man villain’s hip articulation.

Sasha’s Custom Made Figures.
Customs from various Josh Whedon shows.

Burn ’em to ashes, then burn the ashes.
A photo by Luckykatt. Amusing or sobering, you decide.

Silhouette.
A striking photo of a Stikfas Triceratops. (See also.)

Partsformer.
A Trans Scanning Optimus Prime fanmode comprising vehicular mode kibble.

Archie McPhee’s David Wahl interviewed.
“We have over 10,000 items in our store and since the only way to be sure if they meet standards would be to test them all … Each test costs $500. That is $5,000,000.” (See also.)

From China to Vietnam.
“TakaraTomy once had considered raising Tomica prices in order to cope with soaring labor costs in China. But it managed to avoid the price hike by transferring production to Vietnam, where the costs are less than half that of China …” (See also.)