Entries tagged “toys”
kidrobot x Matt Groening vinyl toy
“…Created by legendary “Life is Hell” cartoonist Matt Groening, THE SIMPSONS is celebrating its 500th episode in February 2012, and Kidrobot is honoring the father of primetime animation in the only way we know how: making him into a 6-inch vinyl toy!
Complete with goatee and glasses, director’s jacket, and pad and pencil accessories, it is the first EVER Simpsons Matt Groening toy…” —kidrobot
dreaming of toys cover for F.A.O. Schwarz Christmas Catalog c. 1959
(via wishbook)
Secret Identity of superheroes
Secret Identity by Simon Monk “is an ongoing series of paintings each representing a plastic model of a famous superhero contained in a clear polythene carrier bag…”
(above ‘Peter Parker’ as Spiderman via It’s Nice That)
Originally designed by Patrick Rylands in 1969, the timeless mid-century modern plastic toys are icons of British design history.
“Bird and Fish are the first two products to be re-launched by Selegiochi toys under the MasterToys brand and are included in many permanent museum collections including the V&A Museum, London…” —Webb & Webb Design Limited
(rediscovered via TheDieline.com)
The Bluth Company Stair Car and other fun “Arrested Development” LEGO brick creations, even including a model home
(via Pepa Quin’s (aka Matt De Lanoy) creations for Brickworld 2011)
“620 Dunnys and Counting,” a collection unboxed and organized in time-lapse video
Lomography presents “The La Sardina Fish Market” line of sardine tin inspired 35mm analogue wide-angle cameras.
(above is the Marathon model, one of 4 initial designs)
photos of the box and kid-sized plastic dishes from the Ideal Russel Wright Dish Box
(via scrubbles)
Disney / Pixar’s teaser for upcoming short animated film Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation
Ken, Barbie and the rest of the Toy Story gang will hit the big screen again with the release of Cars 2 coming up in June 2011. This looks fun, but I hope it isn’t in lieu of another original short before the new Cars sequel.
“The Tiny Chef: Coming Soon,” part of the in progress Consumed By Design project
(via Mark Stokoe)
