01 February 2012

Let's all take a break from the skulls and ninjas for a second and get down with some slow paced easy-living. Scout Creative has...

12 September 2011

The Netherlands have staked a claim in the paper toy scene. So many of the great designers come from this wonderful part of the world. Marshall Alexander, 3eyedbear, [MCK],  and Dolly Oblong to...

10 September 2011

You know the phenomenon that occurs when two incredibly good looking beings produce an offspring? It's almost too cute, right? Well, it's happened again. This time on the shelf of Marshall...

01 September 2011

Wow. September is here, already? If the calendar says so... And as long as the days are going to fly by without a care, might as well mark them in style, right? The folks over at Curiosity / Go...

29 August 2011

Ryan Hall is a man possessed. By Dr. Who. It's a passion he grew up with, starting from the first moment he laid eyes on the program as a child. And I know he's not the only one. But he just might...

22 August 2011

I absolutely dig this series. It's got everything I love about paper toys. A stunning array of models from a variety of designers, an element of originality, and a blank template serving as an...

14 August 2011

This isn't the first time I've mentioned the name Marko Zubak, and it won't be the last. As one of the forces in the paper toy genre, Marko is a name you better get used to. Not only are his toys...

08 August 2011

If you're into paper toys, there are a variety of ways to participate. You can purchase any one of the numerous books featuring some of the best designers in the game, you can scour the web for...

31 January 2012

There are plenty of reasons to rant on and on about the vapid, superficial and materialistic entrapments of Valentine's Day. Who among us hasn't felt the pressure to produce on this most Hallmark...

12 September 2011

The last Shin bear I wrote about was version #18, did you get #19? Remember what I said about blinking and missing it? Well, here we are now at #20 and it's quite lovely. Really digging the spring...

09 September 2011

Nick Knite, the brilliant mind behind Funk Food has teamed up with the German based basketball and streetwear label K1X to release what has to be one of the coolest versions of Nick's MechaBunny,...

30 August 2011

One of my favorite maxisms is, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." The Pepetz paper toy project is a perfect example of such wisdom. Based upon a very simple design, they've offered...

29 August 2011

It's one of the first things I do in the morning, even before I get coffee. I check the status of Shin Tanaka's site to see if anything new has been released. It's a bit manic, I know, but there...

14 August 2011

I don't care how hard you are, how "street" you are, everybody needs some cute in their lives. Something soft, something kind and good. How about a bunny? Bunnies are soft, cute and good. When was...

11 August 2011

Merrci burst onto the Nice Paper Toy scene like a bat outta hell. Building everything he could get his hands onto. Just as impressive as his collection was the way he photographed his builds,...

08 August 2011

There are paper toys, and then there are papertoy monsters, and then there's Marko Zubak [aka YeboMaycu.] Marko makes papertoy monster art. In fact, you can dispense with the whole papertoy thing...

14 September 2011

Our good friend, and fellow paper toy fiend, Merrci has produced yet another crazy-fun and totally original paper toy. Where he gets it from, I don't know, but I hope he continues going back for...

12 September 2011

To paraphrase from James Brown of course... but it still applies. Marko Zubak continues to churn out beautiful, viable paper. If this post seems like a bit of dejavu, well... This time it's to let...

01 September 2011

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, this is not necessarily a "me first" world. Well at least not totally, yet. One of the few taking the battle to selfishness is Graham Wiles, aka The Grand...

29 August 2011

Paper toy icon Marko Zubak né Yebomaycu, has released yet another series. This one is entitled Peña, and if these toys signal a trend from the mind of Marko, things are about to get...

29 August 2011

Paper toy customizer extraordinaire, Abi Braceros aka Abz, the talent behind the fabulously named "Oh-Sheet," gets a little returned favor courtesy...

14 August 2011

Super I am 8 Bit holds high the esteem for games past, honoring these forefathers of the power-up. And this year they're going big. Five times bigger than their inaugral event in 2005, this year's...

09 August 2011

I discovered the work of Atlanta artist Greg Mike becasue of his paper toy, Loud Mouf. Turns out there's a lot more to this guy than a...

04 August 2011

Marshall Alexander has a way with paper. More than just static figures, his characters are always doing something. I first noticed this with his contributions to Papertoy Monsters. Whereas every...

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