Posted by Geoff April 02, 2008

Gallery1988's new show "Toys" opened up the other night with a ton of amazing work based around childhood toys. So there's the obvious homages to Transformers, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Manga and M.U.S.C.L.E Men.

Gallery1988's new show "Toys" opened up the other night with a ton of amazing work based around childhood toys. So there's the obvious homages to Transformers, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Manga and M.U.S.C.L.E Men.
As part of the show a number of artists were invited by Hot Wheels to customise a VW Camper Van and the results were spectacular. If you like the look of any of the vans contact G1988 or take a look at their blog to view all of the artwork from the show.
Jesse Hernandez - killing it as usual:

KaNO's homage to Air Jordans!

Grundy - nice paint job

Noferin - turning the cute up to 11 (again!!!)


My favourite - Mark Bodnar, simple idea, brilliant execution


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