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Cactus Friends

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One of my favorite new character designs is cactus girl from tokidoki, a series of art, t-shirts and accessories by Italian artist Simone Legno.  I’m pleased to see he’s launching cool new vinyl toys next month - cactus friends (shown above).  Tokidoki means “sometimes” in Japanese and cactus girl certainly exemplifies that attitude - cute and prickly.  I’ve recently started collecting “designer toys” inspired by the creative art book, Vinyl Will Kill!, but more on that in another post..

Update:  thanks to Jenny who wrote in to let me know Simone is a guy not a girl (oops!) and for these links to more of Simone’s work.  He designed two rooms for this competition and did a cover for a journal project.

I’m also happy to report I’ve now added Cactus Girl and Bastardino to my collection - bought them here in SF at the KidRobot store.  I’ll post some photos when I get a chance.

Posted by emily chang on 10.21.05 at 11:51 PM
Filed under Art/Pop Culture• Permalink • Tell a friend

  1. I wish to buy the cactus friend vynil toys… How can I proceed?

    Posted by Amelie Springael  on  11/14  at  04:31 AM

  2. They’re not out yet apparently, but soon!  They’re being produced by StrangeCo.  See the link for more info: http://www.strangeco.com/store/Shop_cat.php?cat=20&sub=0

    Posted by emily chang  on  11/14  at  04:49 AM

  3. I want the pink one.

    Posted by Travis Przytula  on  01/11  at  10:22 PM

  4. Amelie- We have the Cactus Friends figures for sale in our store! Please visit Tenacious Toys!

    Posted by Benny  on  05/17  at  10:16 AM

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