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The toy designer.
“We have to consider safety, … box size and shipping, … testing, the price points … You want to be super passionate and optimistic because it drives product through final production and keeps your design exciting, but you also have to be prepared for the worst …”
Rios Palante’s FU-Stamps.
“… as the Toys ‘R’ Us went under, there were a lot of people that went jobless. I saw this is an opportunity to just kind of branch off and to see if I can do something Indy, on my own.”
Designer Con.
“I think there’s a big return to DIY, and I think that there’s an audience for it. There’s something tangible, there’s something different when something’s handmade; there’s an earnestness …”
Designer toys as art form.
“… when the MoMA Design Store released a series of 11-inch-tall vinyl versions of his coveted ‘Companions’ for only $200 apiece, the flood of traffic crashed their website.”
Batteries Not Included: A Custom Toy Show.
“The show highlights custom toy designers of all kinds from 2BitHack’s action figures of movie characters like Ducky from ‘Pretty in Pink’ to Patrick Ho’s cleverly inspired Sozotron robots.”
“In a thousand years, even you may be worth something!”
“‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ toys and merchandise were somewhat hard-to-find treasures when the film became a box-office sensation back in 1981.”
Retro Lego.
“Some minifigs … can sell for as much as $200, Masek said. One of the most expensive items he ever sold was a $1,500 mint condition Millennium Falcon.”
Metalgraves.
“Stikfas ball-and-joint model kits have sold over four million figures since their 2001 launch. … (Metalgraves) will consist of six figures, including complex ball-and-joint models that echo Stikfas’ simpler toys.”
Minifig, maxi profit.
“… the runaway success of a range of £2 lucky dip figurines aimed at those with pocket money to burn had provided the building blocks for a record year for the Danish toymaker.”
The Ranieri collection.
“The 77-year-old Great Falls man had few toys as a kid growing up in Black Eagle. … Now facing some health issues, Ranieri decided to part with nearly all of his estimated 1,500 to 2,000 toys.”