ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Frank Kozik’s Giant Smokey Plushes

Friday, December 19, 2008

Because what this world needs is a giant soft cigarette, Frank Kozik and Switcheroo have teamed up to produce these 3-foot tall faux fags. The smorkin’ cigarette is made of velcro and removable, in case you want to modify the larger cigarette by putting something else in its mouth instead. This standard version is available [...]

Amanda Visell’s Self-Produced Vinyl Dragon Scout

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Amanda Visell’s Self-Produced Vinyl Dragon Scout

Amanda Visell’s unique take on toys has proved to be quite popular with collectors, particularly over the past year–where any group show I attended had a sold sticker on a Visell piece. She’s poised for a strong entrance to 2009 with her upcoming vinyl Dragon Scout figure. Switcheroo is currently producing the 6.5-inch Dragon (which [...]

Bwana Spoons Steven the Bat Belt Buckles

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Bwana Spoons Steven the Bat Belt Buckles

I'm having a real Steven the Bat kind of day. First, Bwana's hardwood Steven. Now this. Bwana Spoons worked with Fully Visual on his metal Steven figure back in April (still available here). The collab returns as a new belt buckle from Switcheroo.

Bwana Spoons x Switcheroo Present Rainbowasaurus

Friday, December 12, 2008

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Bwana Spoons x Switcheroo Present Rainbowasaurus

We’ve been waiting for Bwana Spoon (of Grasshut Corp fame) to debut the piece he’s been working on in conjunction with Switcheroo and finally, it’s here. Switcheroo, for those of you living under a rock, is the design studio created by Michelle Valigura and Amanda Visell. Yeah, this pretty much guarantees an instant coolness (and [...]

Bwana Spoons x Switcheroo

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Sweet sweet Switcheroo, these girls on to something. Switcheroo is a company by the ever fabulous artists and toy designers Amanda Visell and Michelle Valigura. They design, create and commission various items made out of plush, resin, wood, metal and paper. Yeah, everything but the kitchen sink! On their “projects” section of their website was a [...]

Anna Chambers’ Burgerlog Doodie Dolls

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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At first glance, these are just cute plush dolls by Anna Chambers. I really love her plushies, and her Woodchucks are my favorite. Then, you read the description of these and realize that they’re plush poops. That’s right. They’re called Burgerlog Doodie Dolls. Even the name makes me a little uneasy. Anna Chambers has teamed [...]

Michelle Valigura’s Pistol Pedro

Monday, August 25, 2008

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Pistol Pedro first made an appearance at last year’s Vinyl Toy Network. The plush 11″ pistol is the first in Michelle Valigura’s Concealed Weapon Series. In case you didn’t know, Michelle Valigura is one half of Switcheroo. Pistol Pedro sports a fancy mustache, and his name is stitched on the handle. The suggested retail price [...]

San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Part 5

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Every year, fanboys and fangirls of varying stripes descend on San Diego for Comic-Con. Although the event has extensive programming, there’s one activity that unites the collectors with the cosplayers, the MMP gamers with the manga readers, the superheroes with the steampunks: the pursuit of SDCC’s exclusive toys. ToyCyte will be publishing a weekly bulletin of [...]