Italian Shop Sold Toys Made with Live AK-47 Bullets
A souvenir shop in the city of Siena, Italy, sold toys and decorative items assembled with real bullets that could be used by anyone with basic knowledge of guns. The 25,000 AK-47 bullets were discovered during a control operation by the Siena Financial Guard. Most of them were used to assemble children’s toys like tanks, […]
Border Collie Chaser Learns the Names of 1,022 Toys
This news probably wouldn’t be that impressive if it was about a parrot, although I’ve never heard of one that knew the names of over 1,000 toys. And as smart as some people would like to think their dogs are, no one would expect a canine to know this much. Chaser, a 6-year-old border collie, […]
Cool Toys Made from Hard Disk Parts
A Ukrainian IT company posted some photos of toys its staff created from various hard disk components, to show off their creativity. Vist officials also added they are very proud of their employees’ ingenuity, but this doesn’t mean they have too much free time on their hands. The toys were created during breaks and in-between […]
Roadkill Toys Are Absolutely Adorable Yet Seriously Creepy
You might think a nice plush teddy bear is the ultimate Christmas gift, but for the savvy sociopath, there’s no better alternative than the ever so adorable roadkill toys. Roadkill Toys are the brainchild of designer Adam Arber, who made sure they look like the kind of thing you’d normally find squashed on the highway, […]
The Mentally Ill Toys of Martin Kittsteiner
A German toymaker has designed a series of cuddly toys, each suffering from serious mental illnesses like depression and hallucination. 36-year-old Martin Kittsteiner, from Hamburg, says the idea to create the bizarre toys started from a joke between him and his girlfriend, who has a lot of stuffed toys, but he soon started to see […]
Toy Car – Pretty Much the Most Amazing Car EVER!
That’s how the owner of this unique car describes his creation on his Flickr stream, and the geek in me agrees with him 100%. The Toy Car is a one-of-a-kind vehicle covered with thousands of toys that the owner most likely collected as a child. Probably eager to show off his massive collection, or just […]
Toysaurus – The Toy Dinosaur
Toysaurus is the creation of Japanese artist, Hiroshi Fuji, a man with a ton of patience. That’s the only way to explain how he built that thing, one toy at a time. Apparently, Hiroshi Fuji spent years collecting old toys, before he began working on this ferocious masterpiece. Toysaurus is on display, in Tokyo’s Rappongi […]
Star-Wars Transformers Make Absolutely No Sense
Blasphemy, I say! This is blasphemy! Why someone thought making Star-Wars characters, that transform into vehicles, would be a good idea, is beyond me. I stumbled across some photos from the Toy Fair 2010 event, and my eyes almost went blind when I saw Master Yoda looking all robotic, and ready to transform into an […]
The Drivable Toy Car of Bruce Mitchelson
Adorned with almost 500 stuffed toys, Bruce Mitchelson’s Toyota Corolla has to be the craziest-looking car in Melbourne. Bruce thought a great way to show his support for the Cronulla Sharks rugby team would be to paint his old Corolla in the team’s colors and stick on some plush sharks. This was back in 2008, […]
Toy Travel Agency Sends Your Plush Toys on an Amazing Journey
No time to travel? That’s no reason to kill the globetrotting mood for everybody. At least. give your favorite plush toy the chance to see one of the world’s greatest cities. Toy Traveling, a new travel agency in the Czech Republic, has come up with an original plan to keep afloat in times of economical […]
LEGO Trucks Look So Real
The first time I laid eyes on Maciej Drwiega’s LEGO trucks, I thought they were life-size, that’s how real they look. Of course the photo angle helped a lot, too. Maciej Drwiega (let’s see you pronounce that) is a big LEGO fan who likes to build replicas of trucks, using the popular bricks. His 1:13 […]
Be a Doll
If you think of yourself as a real-life superhero than you need to have an action-figure. Thanks to doll-crafting artist Cyndi Safstrom, now you can. Cyndi at Be-a-Doll.com offers anyone the chance to own an action-figure of themselves, for just $180 plus shipping fees. All you need to do is send out two photos, one […]
The Doll-Hospital of Lisbon
If your favorite doll suffered serious damaged that you can’t fix yourself, jump on a plane to Lisbon and take it to the Doll Hospital. They’ll fix it right up. Located in Figueira Square, Lisbon, the Doll Hospital has been “treating” dolls since 1830 and it’s not going to go out of business anytime soon. […]
The Creepy World of Loopy Boopy
Using Polymer Clay, Colleen from Loopy Boopy creates some of the creepiest dolls I’ve ever seen. her creations do have human figures, but they give you a creepy feeling, sort of like the characters Tim Burton puts on screen. Loopy Boopy dolls are a bit too creepy for my own taste, but if you’re into […]
Get Your Very Own Hacked-Up Body
With Halloween not so far away, it’s time to think about this year’s horrible pranks and this hacked-up human body may be just what you need. Made-of durable latex, the axed male body from Fright Catalog will scare the hell out of anyone who lays eyes on it. Hacked up into bloody bits and pieces, […]