ART & DESIGN

PHOTO ESSAY

Vinyl Fantasy

A showcase of designer toys

By Pedro Mendes | Photographs by Steve Carty

May 11, 2005

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Hellboy, Eric So, Hong Kong (2004).

This surreal figure represents the first collaboration between a mainstream comic-book creator, Mike Mignola (Hellboy), and a designer toy maker — in this case, Hong Kong’s Eric So, a pioneer of the urban vinyl movement.

This Hellboy figure has been so successful, artistically and commercially, that Mignola plans to collaborate annually with different artists from around the world to reinterpret his characters in vinyl.