James Maybe

a painted toy from Jason Jacenko.

Siberian artist Marina Bychkova takes the inherent creepiness of realistic dolls to a whole new level with her tiny porcelain creations. Her “Enchanted Dolls” feature ball-joints and tattoos and anatomically correct private parts.

A robot sculpture with its own backstory, from mheisler. See extended for more views.

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Two-Faced Hazel is a 9″ vinyl doll by artist Kathie Olivas. She (the doll) has four striped legs, an amorphous dress, and a gas mask for a second face. Not quite cute, not quite scary, Hazel just hangs out, compelling you to pick her up, turn her around, set her down. Then stare at her for a while before turning her again.

Artist, sculptor, and toy maker Andrew Bell built a custom wagon sculpture, tied an absurdly large and bulbous cargo to the roof, and posed it for Road Trip photos.  The result is a perfectly charming image of slightly warped Americana.

Sooner or later everything and everybody gets the zombie treatment, and everything gets Lego-fied. So I suppose it was inevitable that someone would combine the two. Shown above: Giant Lego Zombies by Andrew Bell.

Mechanical looking bunny toy by the multi-talented Luke Chueh. Available here.

Brian Mccarty photographs toys. This photo was taken for Laughing Squid. In his compositions the toys are integrated with the real world, not set apart.

By Alex Pardee for Upper Playground.  Walrus has a Dr. Seuss look. Narwhal-horned rider has Mickey gloves and evil triangle eyes. Toys just keep getting better and better.

Urban samurai toy by Dr. Bao-NVC Crew

Some toys by Frank Kozik.

While we’re looking at toys, here’s Ice Bot by sometime graffiti artist dalek.