Maybe it's the "sans-middleman" spirit of Web 2.0, or perhaps he just wanted to screw the flippers, but Frank Kozik is now operating his own Industrious fans who have the full cooperation of Frank Kozik (so much so that it…
Continue Reading →The Simpsons series (out August 21) marks Kidrobot's largest mini-figure series yet. Twenty-four vinyl figures stand just three inches tall, but the implications of the Kidrobot/Simpsons collaboration are huge. Despite the fact that Simpsons-creator Matt Groening redrew his characters in…
Continue Reading →I've had a mild obsession over piggy banks lately. Being without a car, I don't have an unused cigarette tray to throw in my extra change, and my coins usually wind up on the dinner table or stuck to my…
Continue Reading →Monsters and socks have one thing in common: both spent a lot of time beneath our bed when we were kids. We're not saying that's where Ann Inman came up with the inspiration for Ann's Monsters (after all she does…
Continue Reading →It's safe to say that plenty of artists rely on their surroundings for inspiration. Hailing from a small town in the Bald Headed prairies of southern Alberta, Canada, Ted Stilson just so happens to be surrounded by things of a…
Continue Reading →Mike Heisler introduces three of the friendliest Slobots to date, expanding his world of functional machines turned personable friends of man. Two of the new additions, Slo-Damen and Slo-Herren, are boxier with an old school look. Their orangey-red color is…
Continue Reading →At the end of the month StrangeCo will make their descent on classy San Diego for the area's annual Comicon to unleash a menagerie of characters that might not be so out of place in the fabled zoo of "America's…
Continue Reading →Over the past few years, Undoboy has been at the helm of a myriad of awesome projects. From designing various members of the mimobot family to collaborating on killer wall decals, this virtuoso of artistic and toymaking talent has more…
Continue Reading →Most artists are as individual as snowflakes; it's a pretty safe bet that no two creative talents - given a blank canvas - will come up with the same thing. That's exactly what makes Schaffas so magical. These "gentle and…
Continue Reading →Artoyz, the French magazine and website that both covers and sells products within the designer toy market, recently announced a new branch of its company: Artoyz Originals. This division will focus solely on the development and creation of designer toys…
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