Anomalies: Adamen

Self-produced art toys are designer collectibles created and manufactured independently by the artist or small teams without the backing of a large toy company or mass-market brand. These toys are often highly personal, artistic expressions and are usually made in limited runs. Key Characteristics include independent creation where the artist is in control of the entire process from concept, sculpting, and painting to production and packaging. These are usually made in small batches, often 10–100 pieces, which adds to their rarity, made using materials like resin, sofubi (Japanese soft vinyl), or 3D-printed components. These Anomalies are the first of many color ways. The ProtoPhase are an all-grey non-painted versions of the figures. They can be painted by you, or just kept as a grey pocket companion. Each figure is 3 dollars each at www.481universe.com The Anomalies are a mini figure toy line consisting of aliens, monsters, creatures, spacemen and other weird stuff. The line includes are both PVC production figures as well as handcast urethane figures. Ni is a sculptor, a painter, a coder and a maker of all things stuff! For the last few years he's been working on his 481 Universe, a series of figures, parts and heads that are related to Onell Designs: Glyos toyline. These figures are based around an interchangeable peg system that makes customization a breeze. I started sculpting up heads for the Glyos "Traveler" figures and then would mold them in silicone and cast the pieces in urethane. In October of 2011 my first production stuff was produced, 6 mini figures called the Anomalies which also included glyos compatible head. Accompanying these production figures are a large selection of hand cast urethane Anomaly mini figures that didn't make it into the first steel mold. On top of the toys we've got a few comics illustrated by cpresti ( www.cpresti.com ) which gives a little background into the 481 Universe. The site also has "inhabitants" pages which explain each races history and sets a loose story for the figures.