My Views on Art Toys and Customizing

I was always the type of child that enjoyed making stuff. If I got a toy or gadget and it had visible screws in it, I would take it apart and put it back together. I liked building models and trying to make them better. I was always curious, inquisitive and most of all creative.

I found some of my mother's drawings when I was a small child and it inspired me to draw. I never really stopped drawing which then lead to painting and sculpting. This is combination with tendency to take things apart lead me to customizing toys and making my own toys.

I tend to combine toys with art and art with toys. I always welcome screws in toys and even if they don't have screws, I sometimes have to dismantle them. I like unique things and I love creating things. While I appreciate designer vinyl and art toys, I know I'll always have to mess with them and create my own. I guess it just speaks to my individuality and creativity. I like mass produced toys, but they just don't compare to the customs that I create that I deem successful.

My Vision for Microman

Here are some of my drawings from years ago. They were all done in Adobe Illustrator several versions back. They were examples of how I thought the Microman line should be expanded.



This is a New Acroyear design that I came up with.



Here is my female Pharoid design. I really wanted more females in the original line because there were so many male figures and I thought that things should be equal.

Please note that all of these figures were meant to have the same or similar rivits, joints, hands and feets cuffs that the original line of figures had.