Road Kill Toys are designer plush toys (stuffed animals, really) representing the undiscussed but often past rodents and animals of our highways and streets. Toys with a twist. I'd say so. Grind the rabbit on the left felt the tread…
Continue Reading →Connecticut artist Valerie Leonard created an American flag out of more than six thousand toy soldiers. She also does hilarious classic pet portraits. Like nothing you've ever seen before. Very talented and funny. Detailed pictures of the American flag after…
Continue Reading →It's been over 2 years since we brought you word of Tristan Eaton's Billy Bananas figures. Tristan's been busy with Thunderdog Studios, but Billy is back in five new colorways you can grab at the Jonathan Levine Gallery here in…
Continue Reading →Perhaps taking a page from the green movement, Toy2R has announced that (simulated) woodgrain is the colorway of choice for their 2009 art toys. We've already seen a preview of their fantastic woodgrain Domo Qee (coming this summer from Dark…
Continue Reading →We gave you a head's up in March that Tara McPherson's Gamma Mutant Space Friends mini-figures were en route, and they've arrived at Kidrobot and other designer toy store worldwide. But let's say you're a connoisseur of limited edition art,…
Continue Reading →We're big fans of I Heart Guts. The adorable LA-based family hit the perfect formula for didactic design with their plush organs. For jaded adults (and precocious kids), a soft heart ("I Got The Beat") or a plus kidney ("When…
Continue Reading →San Francisco-based interactive design firm, 17FEET, revealed their first designer toy at Phoenix's Resin Collective group toy show. When I caught up with 17FEET last December, the Feeters were still in the prototype stage, but now the tiny trio is…
Continue Reading →When we last wrote about California-based metal toy-makers FullyVisual, they were throwing a sale. This time, they're (literally) providing a way for you to save money. The catch is, you have to spend it first. In clever coordination with the…
Continue Reading →Toys are fun, but robots rock. Daft Punk Be@rbricks go! French wonder shop Colette just released this set of the Daft Punk duo in Be@rbrick form and they are amazing. I can't wait to see someone put these two in…
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