ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Sun Ra had it right when he told the world that ’space is the place’. We’ll be fleeing our rapidly-decaying planet soon enough, so here’s a mess of traveling companions to keep you sane among the myriad stars.

1. Mars-1 Observer from Strangeco – $35 to $50. No space-based collection is complete without the transparent-domed creature called Mars-1 and his tiny, tiny head.
2. Astronof by Peecol & Kidrobot – $10. Easily one of my favorite astro-folks, with all kinds of swappable parts with the other awesome Peecol toys.
3. Astronaut Jesus by Doma - $50. Now, Jesus really IS your co-pilot. Those bumper stickers were prophetic indeed.
4. Sentry Robot by Matias Vigliano x Doma – $110. Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t need 10″ of hot robot protection.
5. Dalek Spacebot Qees – $10. There’s no limit to what they’ll send into space.
6. Junior Space Commander Print #5 from Letterpressed – $35. You could just eat him up. You know, if you run out of rations.
7. IWG Astro Krieg by Rocket World – $42. In three human-destroying colorways.
8. Secret Base Space Barbarian – $60. If he were a real space barbarian, his suit would be made out of wampa fur.
9. Klaatu (and Gort) from Amok Time – $110. The original cinematic spaceman and his wacky robot pal.
10. The American Astronaut DVD – $20. One of my favorite films of all time, and required watching if your space travel will be musical, incorporate space-barns or dance contests.
11. ToyGraph Space Trooper – $70. A plethora of sold-out colorways, none of which you’d want to meet on the final frontier.