Saturday 7 March 2015

Top 5 Toys - Brandon Els

Gold Coast resident and 40/40 Creative artist Brandon Els sent in a slew of designer vinyl for his Top 5 list! Bonus points if you can guess who his favourite toy artist is..

5) Stay Puft 24” Vinyl Bank by Diamond Select

"I picked this guy up on the 2nd day into my USA trip over in NYC, and I was there for 3 weeks. Basically he was so big that I had to empty out my entire luggage bag, and put all my clothes in my girl friends suit case so that I could take him around the states with me. He’s probably travelled more than my parents have ha ha."

4) Ratfink 12” Coin Bank by Funko

"This was my first ever collectible toy that I got back in 2012 I think. Basically the whole reason I collect toys at all, so he had to get a mention."

3) Ron English Bart Grin by Made By Monsters

"Seriously, what’s better than mixing Bart Simpson with a Skull, and having it made by Ron English himself. Well… Not much."

2) Ron English McSupersize Xray by Secret Base / (MC Supersized China by Mindstyle)

"A Ron English classic. These are the only two McSupersize’s I’ve collected so far, but no doubt there will be a lot more soon to be added. Love these guys."

1) Ron English Barney Grins

"And my most precious and most recent pair - the Barney Grins. Only 50 ever made of the OG Colourway, and 100 of the stoner. And as you can gather, I’m a big Ron English fan haha. Took me about 4 months to find these two, and ended up finding them over in Beijing at an art gallery. So lucky!"