Toy links tagged "movie"
Kurosawa and Lucas.
“… Kurosawa himself was heavily influenced by the sweeping Westerns of John Ford. … The genius of Star Wars, by accident and/or by design, was to somehow fuse these disparate elements together – ancient mythology, samurai warriors and futuristic spacecraft …”
Cowboys and spacemen.
“By the time the first ‘Star Wars’ film was released, viewers were comfortable with the idea of robots and space explorers thrown into a desolate desert landscape or a lawless saloon like the Cantina.”
Toyetic stories.
“Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz claimed that Star Wars made three times as much on toys as it did on films … Toy Story 3 made nearly $10bn from its action figures and other merch – 10 times what it took at the global box office.”
District 9 exo-suit.
A Lego MOC by Vince_Toulouse. (More.)
Do-you-think-he-saurus Rex.
Digirama by Ryan Kasnick.
“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.”
God, that’s good.
Playmobil customs by mrslovett94. (See also.)
Smolder and Chopster.
“I liked the Smolder from PCC but wished he could have been more.” (See also.)
Madame Alienne.
“One minute you’re threatening the whole galaxy and suddenly you find yourself sucking down Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette …”
Thunder, thunder …
A poster-inspired portrait of the Hot Toys Thor figure by Bryan Mark German.