Toy links

Scharnhorst ver. Lego.
An extraordinary MOC by C.S. based on the German battleship.

Micronauts Acroyear customs.
Custom figures by Jeremy Sung, Kambei and search4skills.

Acroyear.
A beautiful sculpture by Helder M. of the Micronauts character. (There are work-in-progress photos on his site.)

The Toys.
A painting by Veronika Nagy.

Q-BA-MAZE inventor Andrew Comfort interviewed. [via]
“I see play and design as two facets of the same thing, so I’d say my childhood LEGO play continues with my design work as an adult.”

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Lego Lagann.
A Lego MOC inspired by the Gurren Lagann series.

Seamonkey King.
A Stikfas custom by BullStik.

Micro-NFL.
A Microman Material Force diorama by Yamakatsu.

Binaltech Wheeljack (G1 colours version).
A custom by berserkberserk.

The doll lady.
“They all have names, and each tells a story.”

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Shinigami type Lost.
A heavily armed Busou Shinki custom by Katarina Rina featuring Zoids accessories and a new paint job. (More: 1, 2, 3, 4.)

Acroyear: old and new.
A reissued Microman Acroyear Red Star figure alongside a custom Acroyear figure by motorrazor.

Microman Space Ghost
A very cool custom figure by TCM Hitchhiker.

World’s Finest: old school.
A fine old timey photo by Fengschwing.

World’s Finest: new school.
A neat photo by toyrewind.

Bedtime story.
An amusing photo by Zoot42.

Tim Bradley, ex-Transformers designer interviewed.
“The design of the toys is really a joint task between designers at Takara and designers and Hasbro.”

Ryan Katz, the Rubik’s Revolution designer.
“It kind of fits my personality, designing toys … I still enjoy toys today. I played with a lot of toys as a kid. I’d always take apart my toys and see how they worked, see what was inside.”

Regarding the yo-yo.
On its popularity: “Maybe it’s because they’re impractical … They don’t accomplish a lot other than going down and coming back up.”

Designing Happy Meal Toys.
“[It is] pretty cool to see someone play with the stuff you created …”

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Microvideos.
Bryan Wilkinson has hunted down videos related to Microman and other Takara lines.

Ring is hair-raising.
Click on the thumbnailed image for another amusing 4-koma from the Microman Life blog.

Gears 2.0. [via]
A fine custom of the Transformers character by Wheel_Jack. (More photos.)

Like a phoenix.
A beautiful photo of a 2004 Marvel Legends Phoenix figure. Check ryevasque’s gallery for more photos.

El Dave Photography.
El Dave takes excellent toy photos and blogs about it.

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