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Children's Drawings Come To Life As Delightfully Weird Toys
io9.com 2 weeks, 4 days agoAfter transforming a drawing by a four-year-old boy into a stuffed toy, Wendy Tsao began turning other children's two-dimensional artwork into three-dimensional playthings. Tsao's since founded Child's Own Studios, a website where she builds toys based exactly on kids' illustrations. The results are charming and , given your average child's grasp of anatomy , extraordinarily surreal. Tsao's crafted dozens of trippy toys, and here's but a small sampling. The above illustration is "Dad" by 7-year-old Soren. M
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Tardy The Man Pony, And Other Crappy Vintage Toys That Never Existed
io9.com 2 weeks, 3 days agoThe artwork of Randy Regier channels the dime store toy aisles and the flashy comic book advertisements of the 1950s and 1960s. His toys promise rip-roaring thrills on their colorful packages and deliver confusion, horror, and crushing disappointment once de-boxed. Let's take a look at some of Randy's unabashedly rip-off playthings like John Manshaft the misleading action figure (he comes with hand-painted socks!) and the gasoline-fueled "electric Sun." More ยป
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