Hi Woodsie, as I eke out my twilight years, finding meaning in things of the past, I've come out of retirement to work on a monster costume for the upcoming Tiktok Horror mini series "Greystains" featuring Maltese Folk demons... - but I digress
I'm in yet another Art Toy Challenge and this time it's Mattel's Ken. Groan! Eye rolls! Then I looked at Mattel's recent Back In Action rebranding exercise and I had a great idea for a Mattel based mash-up...
Ken meets Major Matt Mason! All done in 1967-68 vintage style!
Of course Ken is a lot weedier than the Major, so I had to do a full digital sculpt for his space suited body. His lack of manliness couldn't go unremarked on either!
The triumphal Nationalism of the original toys have been dialled up to 1000% because this IS a poarody!
Of course the blank squares are meant to have photographs of the toy, so I went totally bonkers and envisaged a full toy range!
What if Major Matt had gone on, introducing Villains like the Big Jim range? Of course, with the Space Race, the Russians were and obvious choice and I'm working on a Space Arms Race range!
Lots of mash-up references that Millenials will go WTF? but we Boomers will wet our comfort pads over!
As a taste of what is to come, Moonbasers may enjoy this reference to a recent Blog post...
Yep! Looey finally got the Moon Buggy he never had as a kid!
Of course, the version on the left looks way too serious and SPACEX like, so I set about making it more "Toyetic" and the third iteration feels MUCH more satisfyingly goofy. It's a fine line line, but I just keep repeating to myself Billy Blastoff,,, Billy Blastoff,,, Billy Blastoff,,,
Anyway, more to come as I move out of the digital realm... Cheers, Looey
Amazing work Looey! It's a full scale toy revolution down under! Keneveral is a hoot and there's tons of potential for extra paks and gizmos deffo. And he gets to go with Barbie if he wants. Poor Matt and co only had aliens to keep them company. Yikes, just had a thought, Captain Lazer with interchangable heads! Ken, Callisto, Scorpio, Godzilla and .... Sindy!
ReplyDeleteGo mad, and have fun.
ReplyDeleteCrazy stuff Looey.
ReplyDeleteMight I suggest you give him the rank of Kommander, so instead of Major Matt Mason , he's Kommander Ken Kennedy !
Oooh! Nice thought, but he sounds a bit... Russian! I've just finished printing out his antagonist; Boris Killoff with his CLAW (Communist Launched Atomic Warhead) Pak!
ReplyDeleteThese will go down a storm at the show/ competition Looey!
DeleteA "Sergeant" Storm!
DeleteYou'd be surprised how deep those Soviets penetrated Looey !
ReplyDeleteSo how does Commander Ken Kennedy sound (still audio alliteration).