Toy links
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 …”
Toy links
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.