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David Levinthal’s toy photography.
“From The Nutcracker to photographer Cindy Sherman’s mutilated dolls, artists have used toys to arouse reverie, pity, horror. Toys are abbreviations, archetypes: All men are square jawed, all women voluptuous. But toys also are helpless, and infinitely compliant.”
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The Ghost Who Walks.
Jeffrey Van Hove used a Mattel Superman figure as the base for this custom of the Phantom.
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Man-At-Arms.
“… I added some parts and painted others flat black, metallic red and blue to make him different/unique.”
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Puck.
Remarkably this custom of the Alpha Flight character used a Juggernaut figure as a base.
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Custom Mego-scale Dash Wing. [via]
“Space Glider was my favorite figure as a kid. There was something magical about the heavy metal figure that had light, attachable, transparent wing.” Also available in 1/6 scale.
Tags: 1/6, accessory, custom, Mego, Microman/Micronauts
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Tryin’ to catch me ridin’ dirty.
Spock boldly goes where no man has gone before.
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Through the fire and flames.
A striking photo by R.h. Karn.
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Look Ma, no cavities!
A photo by Jay Roosa.
Tags: 1/6, Flickr, G.I. Joe, movie, photo
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Save your rubber.
A Lego poster inspired by World War II propaganda. (See also.)
Tags: art, Flickr, Lego, photo
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From Jutland.
“Denmark’s Godtfred Kirk Christian sen, 47, is fond of remarking that even the best is none too good for children, and he should know what he is talking about: the worldwide success of his Lego toymaking business has all the ingredients of a modern-day Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.” A Time article from 1967.