Toy links
Customised this way.
“… for a customer who is a huge Lady Gaga fan.”
“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.”
Serious business.
“… toy sales worldwide grew nearly 5% in 2010 to $83 billion, with the U.S. market contributing $22 billion of that …”
“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.”
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.”
Michelin Man, meet your nemesis.
An Assemble Borg fanmode by Shikku. (Click on the images for a better look.)
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.”
Law without Order.
Art by Matt Kaufenberg.
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.”
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.”
Ms. Marvel.
“… the instruction: good-stance, sexy but not slutty.”
Saturday Lego Fever.
A Lego recreation by iElkie. (More Lego movie posters.)
Oorbellen, energise.
Hikutori used the Robot Tamashii Energy Wing Hyper Set accessories on Busou Shinki figures to striking effect.
“Today, Starscream takes over the world …”
Digirama by lil_meekerz.
Doomed.
Another valiant warrior falls victim to Photoshop.
LeGundam.
Gundam digital MOCs created with Lego Digital Designer. (Instructions.)
MOTU Kombat.
“I always wanted to see a Street Fighter type game with the He-Man cast …”
“… I hope this gift makes you smile …”
“… the Gaithersburg girl collected about 850 toys to be delivered to children who live in orphanages in Tohoku, Japan.”
The Headmasters.
“It’s interesting to watch those characters change culturally.”
HeadPlay.
More brilliance by the sixth-scale customisers.