This site will be dedicated to a personal passion, the art and craft of tin litho toys, especially the wonderful tin robots popular during the 1950s and 60s. There are a number of resources available on the web and elsewhere, but they are spread out all over the place and can be difficult to find. Ultimately, my hope is that this site will [...]
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We visit a factory in Ontario, Canada to see fisrthand the meticulous process of manufacturing a tin toy.
We pay a visit to see the world’s geratest tin toy collection, in Yokohama Japan
San Francisco painter Eric Joyner, brings classic robots to life in is engaging works.
| If you’re coming to Seattle, it’s not too late to catch Robots: A Designer’s Collection of Miniature Mechanical Marvels before the show ends on October 26. The exhibition celebrates society’s long fascination with humankind’s technological version of itself. The exhibition is drawn from a one-of-a-kind assemblage of toy robots, which noted graphic designer Tom Geismar has been collecting for decades. “I’m proud to be able to show my collection, which exhibits the magic of toy robots,” said Tom Geismar. The imaginative creativity of these small sculptural wonders first appealed to me as a designer and eventually helped me make cross-cultural connections.” The collection will feature more than 125 robots from his collection. |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) quarterly profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual outlook well short of market expectations. In contrast to white-hot demand for the Wii, sales of its DS portable player dipped in the latest quarter, underlining slowing momentum for one of Nintendo’s twin growth engines. Since its debut in late 2004, the DS has sold 77.5 million units worldwide, with its demand driven by popular software titles including “Brain Age” and “Nintendogs.”
