Paul Budnitz (Kidrobot, Ello, Budnitz Bicycles) launches his designer toy company Superplastic today, with new limited edition toys by renowned artists for sale today on Kickstarter. Superplastic’s launch edition toys feature designs by 16 well-known artists from around the world.
Superplastic begins selling JANKY today — a sneaker-obsessed anthropomorph that’s somewhere between cute and dark, nasty and nice. Prices range for $25 for a handful of 3-inch toys to $5,000 for an exclusive handmade 4-foot version. The figure took 8 months to design, and is a collaboration between Budnitz and Superplastic art director Huck Gee.
Other super limited-edition toys available on Kickstarter today include a giant sized 8” SuperJANKY entitled Ro-Mu-Lo by Mexican artist El Grand Chamaco; and Maximilian Cash by UK artist Pete Fowler, a psychedelic 9-inch tall vinyl toy with fangs, sneakers, a boombox, and a glowing blue skull. Both are limited to just 666 pieces.
Artists included in the Janky series, include:
● Ricardo Carvolo (Spain)
● El Grand Chamaco (Mexico)
● Dalek (USA)
● Camilla D’Errico (Canada)
● Pete Fowler (UK)
● Huck Gee (USA)
● Mark Gmehling (Germany)
● Joe Ledbetter (USA)
● Jason Limon (USA)
● McBess (France)
● Junko Mizuno (Japan/USA)
● Dolly Oblong (Switzerland/Korea)
● Jake Parker (USA)
● Sket One (USA)
● Tado (UK)
● Bubi Au Yeung (Hong Kong)
As I say with all Kickstarter projects I post about. Remember...this is not a pre-order. There are many instances of crowd funded projects that have been funded never making good on their promised goods. So back all Kickstarters with caution.
