Need to make an artist statement but not feeling artisty enough? Use the Arty Bollocks Generator to generate one instantly.
posted by mccarty.tim on Jun 16, 2011 - 49 comments

When Palisades Toys went bankrupt in 2006, they ceased production of The Muppet Show collection of character figures, Lance Cardinal took it upon himself to craft an intricately detailed Muppet Theatre Playset by hand.
posted by rhapsodie on Mar 28, 2011 - 20 comments

FREAK OUT AND BREAK THINGS A poster-maker toy for you.
posted by The Whelk on Nov 9, 2010 - 76 comments

Robert Burden's artwork (drawings, paintings) mainly concerns toys. [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on Jun 7, 2009 - 9 comments

The Warholizer Your picture. Warholed.
posted by konolia on Apr 14, 2008 - 18 comments

Travelling Exhibition of Broken Toys. [flash] A whimsical distraction.
posted by tellurian on Feb 11, 2007 - 12 comments

Puppettool lets you animate a variety of avatars. [note: shockwave, nudity]
posted by crunchland on Mar 12, 2006 - 9 comments

Tryangle cannot be defined, but it's way fun. Use it to easily create angular art pieces, then share your creation with the teeming masses on the Tryangle Flickr pool.
posted by Cecily on Dec 1, 2005 - 13 comments

Murphy's Original Stupid Creatures are more than just sock monkeys. Browse stupid creature history, or make your own.
posted by drezdn on Aug 3, 2005 - 10 comments

SleepyGeek has a fun tool that creates montages from Google image search results.
posted by willnot on Apr 10, 2005 - 6 comments

Ladies & Gentlemen, George Vlosich, the world's greatest etch-a-sketch artist. I'm nervous that I've seen this on Mefi before, but search came up blank...
posted by jonson on Aug 28, 2003 - 15 comments

"timemaker is a tool to draw your subjective experience of time."
posted by crunchland on Mar 31, 2003 - 12 comments

Self-contained ecosystems on your desk. Eco-spheres strike a perfect balance between members in an environment. Based on NASA studies, they can last past 10 years. Is it feasible to have more complex self-contained systems in the near future? Imagine, a sealed tank with a 'pet' you never have to worry about feeding, watering, or cleaning. That doesn't use batteries. Plus, they look pretty cool.
posted by rich on Mar 7, 2003 - 55 comments