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What The Duck

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:54:00 +0000

We've recently fallen in love with the web comic strip 'What The Duck' (WTD) and decided to bring in a new member to our family.

Patiently waiting for him to arrive in Singapore now...

The WTD comic strip basically revolves around the lives of several duck characters who are professional photographers, often making wry comments and observations that many pro and amateur photographers can relate to. Fans of the free web strip are able to support the author by purchasing various merchandise such as the cafepress T-shirts and the WTD plush toy of the main character, seen above.

Author Aaron Johnson also encourages fan-submitted artworks and photos of the main WTD character.

WTD at Singapore Grand Prix!!!

At the golf course. Love the little camera over his plush neck.

This is just the type of humour we love. Haha.

Visit the WTD Website if you haven't!

An Offer We Cannot Refuse

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:31:00 +0000

The mostly-male toys in Stuffed Toy Land are ardent fans of the Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather movie trilogy. We must have missed it when this plush product came out a few years back.

The severed horse head plush (pillow) is a spoof of the horse head put in the bed of a character in Godfather I, Woltz, a stubborn movie producer who was didn't understand the cost of going against the wishes of Don Corleone Senior. Woltz woke up one morning to find the bloody head of his prized horse next to him as a warning to heed Don Corleone's 'advice'.

Video clip of the famous Godfather scene

The toys have mixed feelings regarding this plush and whether it'll contribute to plush toy brutalities. Nonetheless, most of us agree though that the stuffed horse head plush is a humane, animal-friendly way to give a friendly warning to friends and family members to take you seriously. :D

Buy it here

Old Friend We Never Got to Know - Hungover Merlion

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Meet 谎言 huang yen（literal translation 'A Lie'), a cute little Merlion soft toy that has has recently resurfaced in our household.

Huang yen looks a little dishevelled and hungover in this picture, after a night of partying and puking.

The Singapore Merlion was actually a marketing tool conceived by Mr Fraser Brunner for the logo of the Singapore Tourism Board several decades ago to.. sell some souvenirs (I guess Singapore really lacks identifiable natural geographical icons). It has a lion's head and mermaid/fish's body and the most famous Merlion at the Merlion Park near One Fullerton, much loved by Japanese tourists, ~~pukes~~ sprouts water from its mouth.

Examples of Merlion Marketing - Merlion Lychee flavoured cookies..

Examples of Merlion Marketing - Merlion Toilet Paper Dispenser (picture source unknown)

Muse - Uprising of the Teddy Bears

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:22:00 +0000

How can we not love the cover art of Muse's single 'Uprising'? Art work by Dan Abbott/Storm Thorgerson.

Single Cover Art

Vinyl Cover Art

Source: Muse Website & Muse Wiki
Buy the album here!

Watch their performance at MTV VMA Awards. Spot the teddies!

You can also purchase an official Uprising Teddy at their online store

Sheep With a Pearl Earring

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Who's the fairest of them all? Of all these art parodies and Scarlett Johansson's interpretation of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, we believe Shaun Sheep is the cutest. :)

Sources: Shaun Sheep & udronotto (Lego) on Flickr

Impaled Stuffed Animals in Maryland

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:27:00 +0000

Impaled stuffed animal toys left on a roadside in Maryland. Wonder what's the story behind this?

Psychoanalysis

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Teddy Boy tries to uncover the psychological causes behind Lazy Fox's alcoholism by delving into his subconsciousness.

Books for Kids & Stuffed Toy Lovers

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:57:00 +0000

The stuffed toy family has heard of the Prince Bear and Pauper Bear by Emily Lim a few years back, but it was only recently when we finally flipped through the book in a local book store. Neal Sharp's amazing illustrations will definitely touch the child in all of us who used to (or still does) wonder how our toys will behave if they were sentient. :) Read about the author's story here.

Prince Bear & Pauper Bear
Available at Kinokuniya

Pauper Bear, a teddy bear without a mouth, longs to be loved. Prince Bear is a proud bear who loves himself. When their paths take different turns, the two bears discover that things do not happen as they expect. In the process, the two teddy bears come to experience love and friendship with new perspectives.

The Tale of Rusty Horse

Rusty Horse, an old forgotten rocking horse, longs to be a favourite with everyone. When his wish is met by an old fairy, it sets him on a journey where he discovers that it is within his own power to obtain what truly matters to him.

Just Teddy

Just Teddy, a lonely teddy bear, tries hard to fit in with polar bears, pandas & penguins in a toy factory with funny-sad results. His quest leads him to a surprising discovery about himself.

Bunny Finds the Right Stuff

Bunny, a floppy rabbit with flat feet, thinks he is missing out when he notices that the other toys are better stuffed than he is. He searches for the right stuffing to fill himself up and makes a mess along the way. Grizzly, Dinosaur and Kangaroo wonder if they can help their friend find the stuff he is looking for.

Booze's Fashion Statement

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:37:00 +0000

Booze the Moose got this nice acrylic necklace from TopShop some time ago. It reminded him of his absent father (male moose are polygamous) and the majestic antlers he had.

He hopes one day his very own antlers will grow to be as awe-inspiring as his dad's and cease being used by stuffed toys in the family to hang (and dry) their clothes.

He's also an active moose rights campaigner, and suggests animal bust collectors to consider alternative wall decorations instead.

ANIMAL FRIENDLY CARDBOARD MOOSE BUST from perpetualkid.com

Emo Fox

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:13:00 +0000

A rare glimpse of a sober, morose Lazy Fox, thinking of his ex-wife (mother of his son attached to him).

Road Trip to Msia

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The new Nici bear 'Heartless' went on a road trip over the weekend to Malaysia.

All tucked and ready to go in Michi's little bag. :) It's Heartless's first road trip.

So many toll booths on the way to Malacca from Singapore.. Zzz... Unfortunately, everyone was so tired by the time we reached Malacca that we forgot to take some photos for Heartless..

After resting for the night in Malacca, we made our way to Penang. Heartless has lost much of his natural bear tracking abilities since he's been domesticated and was quite unable to figure out where he was. Thank goodness for the GPS.

Nearing destination.. Palms and coconuts! Heartless loved the tropical greenery and landforms visible along the highway.

Finally, the Penang bridge! But Heartless fell asleep several times while waiting to get across during the evening peak period...

By the time Heartless and gang reached Penang it was rather late. So he went for a couple of drinks at Gurney Drive.

And a few drinks later....

The following morning, Heartless went to visit the beaches and farms along the Northern and Western coast of Penang.

Durian~

Rambutans

Heartless, a true blue city kid felt in awe of the variety of tropical fruits available on the small penang island.

Coconuts!

Up Penang Hill, with his snug scarf on.

Stones taught me to fly/Love taught me to lie/Life taught me to die/So it's not hard to fall/When you float like a cannon

Way back to the mainland

Basking under the Malaysian sun

Jam on way back towards the Tuas 2nd Link, Singapore

Under Spotlight - May 09

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:28:00 +0000

We found some cool food-inspired designer stuffed toys that the gang are hoping to add to the family ;).

Corn by Anna Chambers (don't think it's for sale)

Cutesypoo Egg Tarts with hot dog buns ;D Can be bought here

Sleepy Little Miss Eggtart & Happy Little Miss Eggtart!

Franken Foods by I Heart Guts, genetically modified food? Don't think its for sale.

Kate Sutton's high fibre Pirate Vegetables has loads of attitude and tenacity. Pirate Peas and Carrots ;D

Snaggs Cereal boxes

Brocoree by Nick The Ring

Sad breakfast from Miskellaneous

Many of these food toy designers particpated in the 'Stuffed - a Plush Food Show' in 2007. Some photos from the really cool exhibition..

Poster

Pictures from http://www.my space.com/stuffedplush

For all carnivores.. ;) Sweat Meats

We love Mr Toast and his friend Shaky the Bacon :D.
The World of Mr Toast

Tricia Chan's Esty Store!

Celebrities & Stuffed Toys

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:59:00 +0000

From Top Left to Right: Scarlett Johansson & Pig. Hayden Panettiere, Wentworth Miller with bears. Megan Fox & Teddy. Blake Lively & Duck. Venessa Hudgens, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, Teri Hatcher, Drew Barrymore, Keira Knightley, Liv Tyler, Kate Moss with Teddies. Mark Walberg & seal. Megan Fox (again with teddy). Penelope Cruz & Tiger.

Karl Lagerfeld and his Steiff Bear, made to his likeness! ;)

Sources:TMZ.com, popoholic.com, http://www.zealus.org/index.php?showtopic=11377&mode=threaded, mrsgrapevine.com, gossipgirlinsider.com

Under Spotlight - Apr 09

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:19:00 +0000

Michi was shopping online for clothes and whatnots when she discovered a link to I Heart Guts, a US-based store that sells plushies in the shapes of internal organs (hearts, kidney, lungs, liver, etc), with cute positive smiley faces to boot! The Guts stuffed toys were covered in many blogs and news sites such as the consumerist and wired! We think these geeky toys are not only educational for kids, they're perfect fund-raiser gifts for health awareness campaigns (anti-smoking, cervical cancer) and charity organisations (Singapore Heart Foundation) as well~

We so want these crazy organs to join our stuffed toy land family!

The innards go on vacation! Much like the ToyVoyagers concept. ;)

Heart Plush - I Got the Beat! A personal favourite. Awww, why didn't we have these (instead of some cow heart or something?) during our biology lessons?

Kidney Plush - When Urine Love. Uhh... I imagined the Singapore ministers whipping this out when debating how organ donors can be 'reimbursed' under the HOTA act..

Cool organ graphic designs

These toys also reminded us of the GiantMicrobes website, which offers a series of plush toys based on tiny micro-organisms (viruses, bacteri,cells etc..) Notable plush toys include The Common Cold, The Flu, Sore Throat, Stomach Ache, E. coli, Ulcer, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Black Death, Ebola, Flesh Eating, Sleeping Sickness, Dust Mite, Bed Bug, Mad Cow, Anthrax, Chicken Pox, Malaria.. you name it.

Not very sure whether some of these makes good gifts though....

A Visit to Himu's - Part 2

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:18:00 +0000

财神到！！

Stuffed toys wishing everyone a Happy Lunar New Year!!!

A Visit to Himu's - Part 1

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:06:00 +0000

A catch up with Himu's stuffed toys at their new home on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Xiao Hui (Little Grey) aka 灰爷 is the supreme leader of her soft toys. ;)

Snowmi giving the visitors a guided tour of the house as his owner Himu does her domestic chores in the background.

The gang reads up on Tarot & Feng Shui in their free time. Thanks to Himu's extensive book collection on such subjects.

They have much interest in culinary books as well.

Disturbing entry for Keyao Pig

Likewise for Xiao Hui.

Belated Xmas

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:51:00 +0000

Xmas & New Year went by really fast this year...

Christmas Deco at Robinson departmental store - Xmas tree made up of stuffed teddies!

Stuffed Toy Xmas Tree at Suntec

Mushroom Toy (actually a mobile phone holder that was meant as a gift) was briefly introduced to the household before she was sent away!

Plush Fashion Part 3

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:15:00 +0000

We can't get enough of stuffed toy fashion

Japanese Vogue - August 2008

Italian Vogue - August 2008

Sweet blue teddies slumped on the bed in the background

Tally Weijl Campaign by Ellen von Unwerth
:D Strictly speaking, the pink bunny is NOT a stuffed toy...

Plush Fashion Part 2

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:30:00 +0000

Stuffed toys in fashion shoots

As the toys have noted back in March, the fashion industry has turned to children bedrooms for shoot inspirations, often with a quirky or demented twist to the theme of the shoot.. We've gathered some more evidence of this trend.

Numéro 97 October 2008 - 'Mommie Deariest'
Cool French magazine that never disappoints.

Awww....

Mildly disturbing mask in the midst of the toys

*stuff toys screams in horror* Happy Halloween btw.

Diane Kruger in Russian Tatler
We take a breather with a much more wholesome shoot

Awwwww....

Stalker Teddy

and finally... Little kids pls close your eyes

Supermodel Lily Cole's shoot for PlayBoy France Oct 2008

The Stuffed Toy Rights advocates will be looking into this apparent outrage of modesty of the nice, seemingly innocent-looking pink teddy bear. Yummy.

Booze the Moose's Nightmare

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:43:00 +0000

Now, the citizens of stuffed toy land are usually apathetic with regards to politics, even more so with foreign politics. But the recent hooha with the financial meltdown and US presidential elections have prompted the toys to read up a bit more on world issues. To Booze the Moose's horror, the Republicans actually made 'moose-hunting' sound like a cool hobby for the VP candidate. Hunting, as a sport, is SO wrong!

Singapore Grand Prix 2008

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:00 +0000

ToyVoyager Dio was at the inaugural Formula One Night Race held in downtown Singapore.

Olympics 2008

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:51:00 +0000

From Blog

Booze and Lazy Fox watching a basketball match during the Olympics

A little late in updating this blog.. but the stuffed toys have been very inspired by the Beijing Olympics 2008, particularly in bizarre sports such as the equestrian and the modern pentathlon. They were eager to hone their riding skills to compete in the local equestrian competitions.

From Blog

Summer Time

galetia@gmail.com (michi) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:04:00 +0000

The relentless heat is becoming unbearable, particularly for the clothed stuffed toys; most of them hide out in air-conditioned rooms these days, and were mostly engaged in non-strenuous recreational activities.

Keyao Pig takes a well-deserved bath after weeks of complaining that he smelt of stale hair.

Meanwhile, Michi has become a host for ToyVoyagers Dio & Benni. Dio is from Netherlands and Benni is a German bear who just came over from New Zealand. Highlights of their time here.

The net savvy toys have noticed a cute sheep named Shaun who's sharing his lifestyle pictures on flickr. :)

Gui Zai traces his roots

noreply@blogger.com (xomaeira) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:23:00 +0000

Nothing like a good scottish breakfast before meeting some monster of a relative.

Tada! His antiquated relative, reptilian (?) Loch Ness Monster shimmering in the... pond.

Bring one home.

Or maybe more than one. More Nessies!