Cool Toy Art – Meet my Munny

Games used to be for kids. So did toys. Now, however, kids seem to be growing up too fast whilst us adults are reverting to our childhood. I have a liking for urban vinyl toys, a subset of what are known as designer toys.

They’re honestly the coolest thing to have on your desk or mantlepiece or – for some people – in specialist toy display cabinets! Most of these toys are design by talented individuals or small design outfits, such as Sheffield’s Tado, who I’ve been lucky enough to work with. I find the range of designs very inspiring, particularly the way many toys are customised.

For example, meet my Munny, handpainted by one of our artists.

If you want your own Munny, or other toys, visit sites such as KidRobot, Octane3, Forbidden Planet, Tokyo Toy Store, or my current favourite UrbanRetro (who also do fabulous iPod gelaskins such as the one I have – the Exploding Dog robot design which always gets a few aaahs). For those interested, you can find daily news on an amazing assortment of designer toys over at Tomopop or Vinyl Pulse. Careful though, you’ll want one, and then another one, and then another. Before you know it, you’ll be addicted.

Here are some more Munny pics – picked out from abduzeedo’s inspiring design blog.

To wrap up – no pun intended Mr Mummy Munny – 138 Munnies by French collective Jeanspezial were designed in 2 weeks and can be found here.