
PROJECTS: Toy Inventor’s Notebook
You can recombine heads, bodies, and parts
of figures and toys in new combinations to
create mad mashups. I see many of these crazy
creations at local toy and flea markets (Figures
D
and
E
). In 1979 Mattel even joined in the
recombinant fun by manufacturing their own
mixed-up line of glamorous fashion dolls — with
animal heads (youtu.be/DvkmzlORWeA).
If you have lots of little game pieces, toys,
accessories and such, get creative and make
art! Sort all the bits and bobs by color and then
arrange them in a shadow box to make an instant
collection display. Or glue or fasten a random
assortment of action figures, ...