The Jellies.

As cute as Trumpets RIGHT!
I wish I could be a baby just to wear them.

This is wild.

Please watch this video.
It is amazing!!!
I don't know if you guys read the newspaper or know about what the FRENCH said about the USA before the relay but if you guys don't know, find out in this video.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0811_HD_SWB_HL_L0194

This teach us how great is team work and how bad is to talk or wish bad to people.
I am a sports freak and I apply things like this in my every day life.
If we work hard we will win a gold medal.

All Hail The Chalkmaster!

Check out the AMAZING chalkboard sign "chalked" by Greenpoint artist, Hilary Pharr (also, my wondrous girlfriend). This isn't the first time she's made a completely awesome chalkboard sign for AREA PLAY, unfortunately, we never managed to capture her work digitally... This time I made sure to take plenty of pictures. Let us examine!

Hilary used the Schleich Koala (#14303) figure as a model, contrary to what you might think, this dude could not stand still for a second. Additional point of interest: I had a giant stuffed Koala when i was a kid named Wally Koally.

Check the "Oball" from Rhino Toys!! It's not just for kids anymore; all manner of marine life love the OBALL. The Sea Lion was also based on a Schleich figure (#14365). Unlike the Koala, this one could stay still all day and didn't say a peep... not one... single... peep. (I suspect he/she must've been one of those military sea lions that search for old torpedo shells at the bottom of the ocean. I didn't ask.)

Is it a simple game of monkey in the middle gone awry? Or is there something else going on? Perhaps the hermit crab is conveying a message of warning to the viewer... or surrender? Or both??!!

These bunnies work cheap. Seriously.


Maxing and Relaxing. Hitting the sauce maybe....


These robots were actually NOT inspired by WALL-E as we haven't seen it yet. I designed the top one basically originally using a repeated hexagonal motif. The final result is modified as only the head remains hexagonal. The second robot seems to be conjured from retrofuturist concepts from the 50s and 60s of humanoid artificial intelligence. In this particular example, emotion, or rather e-motion, is expressed through a flashing of lights, in this case: a rapid display projects excitement and wonder.

ummm... you're here reading it so... I guess........ keep it on up!


And that's it. Pretty awesome eh? If we were at a benefit banquet I'd say give Hilary a standing ovation for donating her talent and time, but we're not so I'll say she takes donations via PayPal.. oh and cash. She takes cash.