MetaFilter posts tagged with toys and art

Oh, Rom...

kittens for breakfast — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:39:28 -0800

Rom: Spaceknight was an improbable comics success: Based on a toy series that consisted of one figure (Rom), the comics series debuted in 1979 and lasted an unlikely 75 issues, featuring art from such luminaries as P. Craig Russell and Steve Ditko (previously, previously and previously). The series was written by Marvel Comics mainstay Bill Mantlo, who retired from comics and became a public defender (the legal kind), only to suffer a tragic accident in the mid-1990s that left him in need of constant medical attention. A 2007 benefit for the writer -- Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo -- will be followed by Spacenight 2, an auction of original Rom-related artwork that can be viewed here.

Monumental men of action

klangklangston — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:16:47 -0800

Robert Burden's artwork (drawings, paintings) mainly concerns toys. His flags are neat too. I didn't figure out how to deep link.

Bergman und Engel

nax — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:51:44 -0800

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.

creative fun

nickyskye — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:38:00 -0800

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.

The Toymaker: "Make toys! Play more!"

taz — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:23:46 -0800

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...]

Etch-a-Sketch

WestCoaster — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:50:14 -0800

Etch-a-Sketch options: if you don't want to buy one of several off-the-shelf choices, you can modify a classic Etch-a-Sketch so that it uses a serial mouse. Or play online (Shockwave required). And for the less active, why not order one showing your portrait for $5,000 to $8,000? (See the gallery here for a dozen examples of the artist's work, and the artist's website for full information. ) [Preventive strike against double-post monitors: some MetaFilterite comments about Etch-a-Sketch can be found at this June 2000 post.]

desktop subversibles

crunchland — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:58:36 -0800

desktop subversibles ... a collection of background subversions and awareness applications for the desktop.

It wasn't my intention, after the first dream, to do anything

anastasiav — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:07:23 -0800

Happiness is a Dream of Fisher-Price

Please don't be a double post!

jonson — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:18:25 -0800

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...

What, no Malibu Stacey Barbie?

jonson — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:01:07 -0800

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.

solistrato — Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:13:03 -0800

Nostalgic time-wasting. Anyone else getting misty-eyed?