Designer toys
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Designer toys are limited edition toys designed by artists in series of 300-1000 items per toy. Generally the artists have backgrounds in graphic design, illustration or low brow art.
Designer Toys first appeared in the 90's and as of 2006 is a growing industry.
Maybe the most popular series of vinyl toy to come out thus far are the 'Dunny' series from US company KIDROBOT. Dunny are a series of rabbit shaped vinyl pieces illustrated originally by various graffiti, stencil, and comic artists and then, mass produced as a vinyl collectable for all. There is also an opportunity to custom paint your own dunnys and 'munnys' (the monkey shaped version) as they are available in blank white, to act as a canvass for your own creativity.
Other vinyl toys of popularity note would be;
KidRobot's FATCAPS,
Frank Kozik's MONGERS,
Jeff Soto and Joe Ledbetter customs,
The highly anticipated CONIFERS series from Australian stencil artist 'puzzle' that are in the same 3 inch collectable vein as Kidrobot's Dunny series,
the ever popular QEE series,
and many many more that happen to take your fancy! Vinyl collectables are available at many places in the external links section below as well as limited edition prints, skate decks e.t.c from the artists individual webpages.
