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While I anxiously await the release of my own Horrorwood-based octopus car in a future wave of Jack Hankins’ Calling All Cars series of papercrafts, I’ll be sated by these initial five releases, free to cut ‘n’ paste and make screechyvrooming noises all around the kitchen table with. Tear ass around those Cheerio racetracks, avoiding [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 23, 2009
I’ve been an avid papercrafting enthusiast since my early teen years when I spent my summer evenings listening to Jethro Tull’s ‘Heavy Horses’ and cutting out tiny strips of paper to make into dragons and stuff, but it’s never really been an organized creative front like the ‘designer toy’ thing – so I’m really pleased [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 10, 2009
This is the kind of thing I love to hear. Papercrafts plus me equals tingles in the ol’ scissors and glue. That’s not a euphemism, and if it were, it would be supremely gross. Horrorwood’s Jack Hankins has put out a call for artists to customize his original papercraft for his ‘Calling All Cars’ project, done [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 30, 2009
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Anybody who has every pondered the planning of a wedding knows that the fine art of letterpressed paper is not cheap. However, here’s the rare instance where letterpressed is free. Two of ToyCyte’s favorite papercrafters: Letter Pressed and Matt Hawkins have collaborated on this downloadable Presston mascot. Writes Letter Pressed’s Mark: “We knew it would [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
The 2008 US Presidential Election will be a historic and groundbreaking event. While the race and gender of the candidates is unprecedented, so is the huge outpouring of art. The latter can be seen tonight in NYC at ToyTokyo's The Showroom where Jailbreak Toys presents an evening of customized Barack Obama action figures by Brin Berliner, Damion Silver, Bigfoot, Denise Despirito, Leecifer, kaNO, Brent Nolasco, Matt Hawkins, Brian Colin, Dionysus Cho, Erick Scarecrow Jeaux Janovsky and more. Regardless of how you lean politically, a show of this nature has never before been attempted. All figures will be for sale with proceeds going to fund the Campaign for Change. You can look back at all the coverage of ART + ACTION = Obama 08 here, or scroll down for our exclusive pictorial. ToyCyte's NYC correspondent will be bringing us coverage of the show, so stay tuned. Tonight's event begins at 7PM EST. There's a rumor that Amber, the Obama Girl, may make an appearance. Wish I could be there.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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The second Obama custom action figure for this morning is also a paper toy from master paper toy crafter, Matt Hawkins. Ironically, this is the first plastic toy that Matt has ever customized, stylizing the action figure and giving him a papercraft White House mecha. You may recall Matt’s previous Barack Obama papercraft, the free, [...]
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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