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Toys for big kids.
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I still play with toys.
Krauts PEECOL
First to recommend
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eBoy's take on the urban collectable not only addresses the design studio's unique visual style, but the PEECOL collection's figures also feature interchangeable body parts. This guy, Krauts, is made in only 600 pieces.
Updated Jun 10, 2008
FU MIMOBOT by Reach
First to recommend
Description
One of the more memorable additions to Mimoco's MIMOBOT Artist Series flash drive collection, this Fu mimobot, by Taiwanese artist Reach, was created with an original run of less then 2000 pieces. Can carrying around data in your pocket be any more fun?
Updated Jun 3, 2008
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Adios
2 people recommended this item
Description
This guy is only five inches tall, but he kind of scares me. I bet I'd get more work done if he sat on my desk and watched me all day.
Updated May 27, 2008
Hearts Beat Stronger In an Electrical Storm.
First to recommend
Description
Nesting dolls are a pretty fun platform for hand-painted customization. These fully-functional piece by Trish Grantham are painted in acrylic, watercolor, and ink on wooden Russian nesting dolls. (via KidHaus)
Updated May 12, 2008
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Sancho Panza Turquoise Edition
2 people recommended this item
Description
This Day of the Dead take on Don Quixote's Sancho Panza is kind of an obscure set of references for urban vinyl, but there you are. The piece was made in an edition of 250, each individually numbered.
Updated Apr 17, 2008
Kidrobot Uncle Bucky Dunny
First to recommend
Description
The backwoods hillbilly is about the only American subset that still seems completely available to ridicule, which may partially explain Uncle Bucky. Accessorized with a pipe, he has also caught a fish, he also carries a stick, with which he has caught a fish that has a mustache.
Updated May 22, 2008
bauhaus hampelmann
2 people recommended this item
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A fun toy, artfully rendered, Bauhaus Hampelmann, designed by Margaretha Reichardt in 1926-1930 for the Bauhaus, features a handcrafted figure that dances at the pull of chord.
Updated Apr 16, 2008
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Greato-Fu Oyako
First to recommend
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Because sometimes a 3" vinyl figurine just won't do, Greato-Fu Oyako stands a full 20" on your desktop, notifying everyone within 300 feet that you're a dork. Just kidding. This guy is cool, and if you turn his head around he turns that frown upside down.
Updated Apr 15, 2008
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shELF - 3" Vinyl Toy Display
2 people recommended this item
Description
Playing with the idea that unique collectables need a unique setting for being shown off, shELF comes in four versions, each accented in unique colorways, limited to 25 pieces, and hand-numbered in silver paint marker. It's clearly designed for Kidrobot's dunny, but any 3" figurine will feel at home.
Updated Apr 11, 2008
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Tofu Robot - Blue (Medium Firm)
4 people recommended this item
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a tofu robot.... yet another way adorable way to express my veganism!!!
Updated Jun 17, 2009
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