PingMag has a great interview with Australian designer Alex Kubalsky about his work designing toys including the transformations of Transformers Bumblebee and Mirage. Kubalsky talks about his methods and there are some great images showing his process of drawing the entire transformation by hand. He also shares a pretty wild dream about Mary Poppins floating on a cloud, that admittedly give me the willies, yet somehow led him to create transforming toys long before this Transformers gig came up.

Hard to complain about such a great interview including so many interesting pics, but I wanna see more of those crazy prototypes he mentions throughout.

STRANGEco is one of the coolest producers and distributors of designer toys in the US. Their portfolio of collaborators is a veritable “who’s who” of custom toy designers and artists.

Co-Founder Jim Crawford graciously agreed to an quick interview about STRANGEco and the rising popularity of the designer toy scene. Take the jump for the interview!

We are beginning a series of artist interviews here, and I had the pleasure of interviewing a very talented one. Take a few minutes, and learn a little about John Lytle Wilson and his wild creations! Click here for interview!