Tag: toys
Superbelts
[Found here. Click any image for full power.]
Antique Toys of the Damned
[All are the work of Petr Válek, found here.]
Amathophobic Hot Links
Transatlantic Orbit, The Space Cossacks (1998)
This instrumental space surf rock quartet formed in Washington, D.C. in 1996. They released their 2nd album in 2000 – Tsar Wars.
“See ya”
NFL filth [h/t Chuck C.].
Up the turbine {via Bunkerville].
Be Prepared [via Memo Of The Air].
Puke [via The View From Lady Lake].
Rats like to drive [via Nag on the Lake].
You want your own Irish Pub? (Okay, but heed this warning.)
[Top image: An online auction of Space Toys is scheduled for noon ET on December 3 2024 [via Mme. Jujujive].
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X-Rays of Taxidermy
The Museum of Lost Toys
On a dark and freezing morning during the winter of 2015, a plastic baby doll head left behind by the outgoing tide caught my eye. I pried it loose from the frozen sand and took it home. This began my slide down the flotsam rabbit hole.
First, I only collected toys, but the collector in me inevitably took over and my toy collection grew to include shotgun shells, shoe heels, combs, old pipes, toothbrushes, balls of fishing line, and on and on and on. Soon, my yard was a plastic graveyard.
I’ve discovered that like things float together. Some days I might find 6 or 7 tennis balls, other days the wrack line is a trail of colorful bottle caps. Once, two Monopoly houses washed up on the same day about a half a mile apart.
All these items individually don’t say much, but together, they tell the story of all of us; what we value, consume, discard, hold nostalgic. – Corinn Flaherty
Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities
[via Mme. jujujive.]
Stuff What My Kid Drew
Child’s Own is a company that takes children’s pictures and turns them into stuffed animals things. Unfortunately, it’s too late to order for this Christmas, but it’s still a cool idea.
[Click on any image below for larger examples of awesome.]
Tacky Raccoons 