The Most Hideous Thing Ever
A long, long time ago a company named Super Rad Toys sent me a press release talking about a contest where the winner could get their hands on some of their merch. I appreciate getting notified of such things, but this was one of the toys you could win:
Sometimes… the terrorists have a point.
This is by far the most hideous toy in existence and I never thought I’d say that after seeing the ICP figures. I’d almost believe that Super Rad Toys was trying to give me a heart attack by sending me an image of this thing. If you somehow brought this back in time and showed it to HP Lovecraft he would have immediately stopped writing and gone into gardening knowing that nothing he could create in his literature would even compare to how monstrous this thing is.
Who the hell would want to own this thing? Is there a big following for angel clown gangster merchandise? I have never once thought to myself that what I really needed was a gangster combined with a biblical deity and a children’s entertainer.
I realize that there are a lot of small companies making their own toys for a niche audience. The vinyl toy craze has become popular and has led to some pretty great stuff, but at a certain point you have to take a step back and ask yourself as a designer, “Am I doing the right thing?” In this case I’d have to put a big no on this one and start over.
November 9th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Who knows… after gangs take over the world, this thing might be worth a damn. …take over the world or become extinct from it.
November 9th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Looks like a reject from the Spawn universe.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
“Looks like a reject from the Spawn universe.”
Todd would call him Gangel.
November 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
too much articulation for the Spawniverse…
November 13th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Good God it looks absolutely awful!