Archive for the ‘Weird Toys’ Category
Bears. Inside Out.
Kent Rogowski has created one of the most unusual books I’ve ever seen. Simply called, "Bears" He opens up Teddy Bears, turns them inside-out, re-stuffs them, then takes their portrait.
The absurd creatures that result from this make for the most interesting photos. Many of them seem a bit sad, some seem to be on life-support due to what I believe are noise making devices, now on their outsides.
The description from his website states "They are at once hideous yet cuddly, disturbing yet endearing, absurd yet adorable, while offering a metaphor for us all to consider. These bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. It is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own." OK. I think that might be going a bit far. But I was fascinated with them.
Check out some of his inside-out teddy bear photos here.
Mr. Bacon Head (Mr. Potato Head in disguise)
So you’ve got about ten Mr. Potato Head‘s sitting around your house. You’ve used all the eyes (even the “angry eyes”), ears, mouths, even the pipe (if you have one). Maybe you even have Darth Tater.
But now you’re bored with the accessories you can purchase. What to do? I know! Bacon!
That’s about all I can figure this guy was thinking when he created this excellent Mr. Bacon Head.
Incidentally, I think I’m linking to the original photo of this guy, but I couldn’t be sure.
And… while I was bopping around on the web, looking for other Mr. Potato Head items, I found this cool little article and pictures of Walt Disney Imagineers working on a giant Potato Head Animatronic.
I also came across the most amazing story (I couldn’t link to it because this is a G-Rated blog and some of the comments were not).
The photo you see here is not an octopus hat for a Mr. Potato Head. It is a picture of Louis the octopus at the Blue Reef Aquarium, in Cornwall. He was given a Mr. Potato Head for Christmas and he loves it so much he will become agressive and attack the net when workers attempt to remove it from the tank. He’s even learned to get food out of the secret compartment in the back.