The Art and Craft of Toy Design

Lucifer, Conqueror

The Luminites only realized the potential hazard that lurked in their continuous dumping of toxic and radioactive wastes into the largest crater of their home moon  after it fully realized and the zombie rose. They nicknamed it Valentine because it "would stop your heart," and the masses felt a little better upon hearing that the government was in the process of dealing with Valentine.
    Though the minions that Valentine "converted" were easily  dealt with, he could not be. Valentine could not be subdued by force, his brute strength and radioactivity destroyed anything that got close enough to try.
    After many terrible years of destruction, the elite scientists of Lumina produced a new light whose glow could potentially calm Valentine by stabilizing his radioactive decay. However, the light had to be applied to the zombie from close range, and there was still nothing that existed to survive so close to him so the light could work.
    Again the scientists went into seclusion for a time. After many failings, they managed to splice the molecular structure of the very rare Lucine crystal (which could not be affected by radiation) and that of an adult Luminite and they created Lucifer, in whose right hand was implanted the "Soothe Star."
    The final battle took about five minutes, and Valentine was in a meditative rest. The zombie's reign was over. The citizens were safe. Lucifer and the scientists were celebrated across the moon as great heroes.
    However,  unforeseen by the scientists was Lucifer's unquenchable greed for power, and there was nothing to stop him from threatening innocent Luminites with Zombie Wrath until they gave him everything he wanted. Overnight, the moon was forged to the whims of Lucifer.
    As for the scientists, they grabbed what equipment they could and retreated to the distant mountains. "At least..." they said to themselves, "at least we stopped the zombie. We only have to come up with a new strategy."

"Valentine's Last Stand"

"Lucifer's Victory"

"Herald of Light"

I also tried to create my own 3D pattern, but it was a terrible failure. Nevertheless I finished it, and it looked like this:

Pink Mutant Beet-Hampster.

Chuci the chi churtle

Hi my name is Chuci and I'm a Chi Churtle.  I live in the DT LAb and mostly just Chill. When I'm board I  sit on my chell and come up with stupid dope rhymes. When I 'm not coming up with hot fire, I'm usually just kickin it with my frineds. When My friends pick me up I light up. Next time your up in the lab come holla at me I'm be around. C-ya then.

Monstro the whale

(picture coming soon)

This is Monstro. He is a friendly whale, but all the creatures of the deep are scared of him because of his size. One day he accidentally swallowed a man named Geppetto. He didn't mean to! He was just trying to get a nice gulp of refreshing salt water. Monstro tried, but just couldn't figure out how to get Geppetto out. Meanwhile, Geppetto keeps a lantern lit from inside Monstro's belly, hoping for his puppet Pinocchio to come rescue him.

(sorry, my digital camera is on the fritz. hopefully I will get it working again soon so I can post a picture)

My friend

Hi,

I want you all to meet my new New York friend. What is special about my friend is that has a tail that lights up in the dark.

Lil' Clyde the Rebel Lifeguard

For decades, an evil yellow monstrosity (known to some as "El Hombre-Pak") has been known to harrass the ghost's peaceful lives and eats all of their food, and for some mysterious reason, he keeps coming back to life in what ghosts now know as "The Quarter Cycle".

Clyde, the orange warrior, has been a yellow monster hunter for years, killing many of the monstrosity's resurrections. Eventually, he met a lady ghost and had a son, cleverly called Clyde (to keep the family honor). Lil' Clyde grew up learning the ways of the ghost warriors, but there was one problem: Lil' Clyde didn't want to follow on his daddy's footsteps. Instead, he wanted to become a lifeguard (and he had the ideal color skin too!), so he moved to a tropical island and started to fulfill his life-long dream. A life without El Hombre-Pak.

One day, as he was enjoying the beautiful weather, the yellow monstrosity came out of nowhere and tried to attack him. He didn't know how, but the bastard found him. Rumor has it that Lil' Clyde got so furious, that his eyes turned RED from all the anger.

After barely escaping, he realized that the only way he was going to leave happily and peacefully as a lifeguard was by defeating the yellow monstrosity, so now Clyde's on a quest to find and defeat El Hombre-Pak, once and for all.

Surrogate Crackberry

Commonly dubbed the "CrackBerry", the BlackBerry is known the world over for its addictive qualities. Studies have shown that once you own a BlackBerry you can never go back, and that the craving for sending email to all your friends and clients is as bad as any substance craving. Yet there are dark times in this age of always-on tech and constant connectivity, times when the trusty sidekick of a wireless device is not available. Maybe it broke, maybe you left it at home... maybe you're trying to wean yourself off of the whole "available everywhere you go" thing. That's where the plush comes in.

The surrogate crackberry is strategically designed to help cure cravings for your mobile wonder. And while it's not nearly as sleek (and might, just might, be missing a little processing power), you never have to charge or sync this baby at the end of the day. The plush is there when you need, where you need it. With its brightly colored casing, you'll never lose track of it - even in a blizzard. It's like a beacon of comfort and peace for the addicted user. Keep it at your bedside, or sleep with it nestled in your arms. Store it with the rest of your hardware. Toss it like a football in Central Park. Just don't expect it to remind you about that important meeting tomorrow!

Oh, and if you get desperate... you can probably fit a real BlackBerry inside of this one. Nobody has to know...

Pirate Inky!

Say Hello to Captain Inky, well he's trying to be a captain and a pirate. Inky may look familiar, his father is THE Inky, yes the same one that works in that maze with that yellow bulumic blob that eats anything and everything, esp golf balls. Someone definately has an eating disorder. But Inky didn't want to follow in his father's footsteps, he wanted a life, he didn't want to be chased around a maze all day or be chasing some yellow blob that eats everything in sight. He didn't want to be in a maze all day hearing wakawaka and not being able to eat a cherry. So Inky decided he wanted to be a pirate and left. His dad was sad as he wanted his son to carry on the tradition of working in the maze. So Inky set out into the real world, traveling and working on boats. He loved the sun and the salty sea so he decided a pirate's life was for him. yes ghosts like sun.

But sadly his father had to retire from the maze. And his cousins decided they didn't want to work in the maze either and went out to get a life. So wat did the yellow bulimic blob do? he left the maze to harass the ghosts that decided to get a life! The nerve of this guy! so the ghost in him freaks out when he sees that yellow bulimic freak charging towards him after he's eaten a golfball, his eyes lite up as the yellow freak shows up. Inky's getting ready to run now...

oh and here's a picture of him with his cousin...yeah his dad also works in the maze.

see process pics here.

Barnaby T. Pawsworth

Meet Barnaby T. Pawsworth, a born and bred Englishman. After a childhood in the country, Barnaby moved to London to enjoy its fine culture and excellent nightlife. However, he still occasionally finds himself lost in the London fog, so he has a handy light in the tip of his tail to help guide him home.

 

David Pasquel presents Paul R Bear

Hi, I am Paul R Bear and I am a polar bear.  I come from the island of misfit toys.  You may remember this remote island from the tales of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.  I don't know much about Rudolph because he left the island before I was born but my mom, Paula Bear, knew him well.  You see, Rudolph and Mom became quite intimate while they were on the island, and, well, Rudolph is my dad.  And, as misfit toys, I inherited both of their perceived abnormalities.  Like Mom, I too have front legs that are indistinct from my body, and like Dad, part of me glows.  Unlike Dad though, it is not my nose that glows but my whole body and it is not something I can control.  But if you would like to see me glow, just squeeze my tail and I light right, and don't worry.  It doesn't hurt.  In fact it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling all over.

Spooky the Bat

Here is Spooky the bat, In the Spirit of Halloween. He has a blinkin Red LED Nose he uses for Sonar or when he's just kicking it.