You probably thought all those wooden
toys and
Nutcrackers from your local version of the
KrisKindlMarkt were made in Bavaria. But wooden toys from Germany were an economic engine that supported a large percentage of the population of the Deutsche Democratische Repulic. In fact, people in the DDR were not allowed to own these toys,
they were all made for export to the west. You can still find "Unter dem Tisch" (secret, illegal) collections in towns like
Dippoldiswalde in the Erzgebirge mountains on the Czech border.
posted by nax
on Jan 11, 2008 -
14 comments
Toy art:
tribal scooters,
spider car,
little animal robots out of broken electrical parts, a
color changing house designed by a 14 year old boy,
of wood,
wind-up,
MunkyKing,
Ugly Dolls, out of
beer cans, with
balloons,
Cute Things,
artoyz,
toys from trash, tiny
knitted dolls clothes and
accessories, vintage and retro at
Tick Tock Toys.
posted by nickyskye
on Jul 7, 2007 -
15 comments
The Toymaker offers over 40
free paper toys and pretties you can print out (
PDFs) and make yourself, as well as "
Stories to be Told by Firelight" - online versions of author/illustrator Marilyn Scott Waters' children's stories and
lots of
other fun
goodies. For people who have kids, people who know kids, people who
are kids, and people who love papercraft, illustration, toys, and tales.
[more...]
posted by taz
on Jul 24, 2006 -
18 comments
Sure,
Scarlett O'Hara Barbie is lovely, and yeah,
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz Barbie is cute, but for my money, it's hard to beat
Marge Simpson Barbie,
Medusa Barbie, or
Dominatrix Barbie. The full collection, located
here, clearly owes a debt to
Todd Haynes, and the
Barbie Liberation Army, but is still worth a chuckle.
posted by jonson
on Jun 21, 2003 -
7 comments
