He's nice. But does anyone else feel that a massive entertainment company like Disney labeling some of their products as 'designer toys' is trying to muscle in on the phenomena that by its nature has something of an outsider ethos? I mean Disney & Co. have been making toys for, well forever, yet when the art toy movement comes along they conveniently hitch a ride. Or am I just a snob!!! O_O
I do have to say I own a Cheshire Cat and I love him, but then it isn't really a Disney character though they do own the rights...
I'm shocked Mindstyle has slowed down on riding the Disney train. That was their little cash cow
Shellie
12 years ago
I'm just saying Disney is very mainstream while the artists I like are the ones who made the designer toy movement what it is today like Frank Kozik, Andrew Bell, Kathie Olivas, Nathan Jurevicius. Maybe not outsider art but certainly edgy, strange and at times dark...
Designer toys aren't mainstream yet. Maybe in the US it might seem like it, but in Europe they really aren't mainstream - although their popularity is growing fast.
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ToyPunkJan
1881 1896 2109
12 years ago
I hate him.... somehow love him as well.....
Shellie
12 years ago
He's nice. But does anyone else feel that a massive entertainment company like Disney labeling some of their products as 'designer toys' is trying to muscle in on the phenomena that by its nature has something of an outsider ethos? I mean Disney & Co. have been making toys for, well forever, yet when the art toy movement comes along they conveniently hitch a ride. Or am I just a snob!!! O_O
I do have to say I own a Cheshire Cat and I love him, but then it isn't really a Disney character though they do own the rights...
Shellie
12 years ago
I dunno, maybe it is just me...
Nerdbomber
860 9 87
12 years ago
does he speak spanish?
Shellie
12 years ago
Uh, maybe he has a button on his back for that?
J_Walrus
51 9 368
12 years ago
Aren't the Toy Story characters designed by Pixar? Disney (Walt Disney Pictures) is the huge distributor for the films etc.
And these being made my Medicom in my opinion make them designer toys to some extent.
Peeps buying them tells them they made the right decision to "hitch a ride" ;)
elissa_s
388 689 743
12 years ago
I agree Shellie, and I think Vinylmation are hella lame.
Nerdbomber
860 9 87
12 years ago
I'm shocked Mindstyle has slowed down on riding the Disney train. That was their little cash cow
Shellie
12 years ago
I'm just saying Disney is very mainstream while the artists I like are the ones who made the designer toy movement what it is today like Frank Kozik, Andrew Bell, Kathie Olivas, Nathan Jurevicius. Maybe not outsider art but certainly edgy, strange and at times dark...
Shellie
12 years ago
Or just plain odd sometimes lol...
monsterforge
280 124 209
12 years ago
Edgy designer toys ARE mainstream anymore. XD
J_Walrus
51 9 368
12 years ago
Designer toys aren't mainstream yet. Maybe in the US it might seem like it, but in Europe they really aren't mainstream - although their popularity is growing fast.
MisterQuiche
185 83 831
12 years ago
seconded, to the point its impossible to even buy a blind box dunny anywhere in Sweden
Shellie
12 years ago
Really? Then there is hope yet, yay! I live in Australia and only a relatively small number of people are into art toys...
Shellie
12 years ago
And there are only a handful of specialist shops, grrr!!! =1