Dream BIG and Back Yuna & Kitty on Kickstarter

With only 4 days left on Dream Big Friends Yuna Doll & Kitty Kickstarter Campaign, they are at 39% of their goal as of this posting.

What we love about this project is that Yuna is more than just a regular toy on the shelf, she's a dreamer and she's more than just makeup and clothes . She has a personality that is like you and I. She is the first Asian American doll to be made. She is also the central character of the Dream Big Friends doll line and if this project gets funded we will see other ethnic groups as well as boys. Yuna is 10 inches tall and very articulated, unlike other dolls where articulation is very limited.

This is the first doll that we have seen that has so much articulation and has endless play capabilities. Boys always gets the cool action figure with lots of articulation and fun play-sets. It's about time that girls get an articulated doll and can pose them while taking them along on fun-filled adventures. Not all girls wants to be princesses or a fashion model.

This is one doll that we would actually buy if we saw it on the store shelf. When it comes to Barbies or other dolls, it's an easy pass. Some dolls are just too scary or creepy. Our household growing up, we never had dolls but we had stuffed animals or other toys. When we were kids, our imagination was endless. We dreamed big all the time but were limited to what was available in the toy industry. We wish this was available to us when we were growing up.

We have the opportunity now to change a little bit of what the Toy Industry has to offer the next generation of kids. We have backed this project and now it's up to you to help back this project or spread the word to anyone and everyone you know.

Dream Big Friends' Yuna Doll on Kickstarter

Dream Big Friends was created by David Horvath (Uglydoll) and Klim Kozinevich (Bigshot Toyworks) and they launched their Kickstarter Campaign for their first Dream Big Friends doll in the series which is Yuna.

"The Dream Big Friends doll line is an imaginative play experience for everyone. Our goal is empowerment and inspiration."

We would have posted this sooner but the campaign launched right when we were headed to Designer Con and of course the Thanksgiving Holidays this past week put a lot of things on hold. If you were at Designer Con, Dream Big Friends had their own booth and showed off Yuna for the first time!

TR!CKST3R Symposia 2: Art in the 3rd Dimension: Design, Manufacture, and Distribution of Your Creator-Owned Toy

TR!CKST3R will be back during SDCC this year at the Tavern Bowl. This year they will have various Symposia during the course of SDCC. The ones that stand out to us is Symposia 2: Art in the 3rd Dimension: Design, Manufacture & Distribution of Your Creator-Owned Toy. Symposia 2 info below:

Maybe you’re a toy fanatic wanting to take the next logical step, or maybe you have a comic character that you’d like to share with your fans in a new way. You’ve heard of plenty of artists who produce their own toys. But you don’t have their contacts – where do you begin? 

Turning your artwork into a three-dimensional, manufactured figure is a lengthy but rewarding process. Learn from experience how to work with sculptors, designers, and prototype developers to develop a toy of your very own. Through the process, you’ll think of your character in completely different ways as you wrestle with the limits of manufacturing technologies, the spectrum of production methods, factory minimums, and your own finances. It’s challenging, but it is possible. Meet our panel of toymakers and find out how close you are to… the third dimension!

Join a cadre of today’s top storytellers in this unique 2-hour discussion workshop designed to bolster the craft of creating unique characters from the ground up.
Participating storytellers include JEFF PIDGEON (Happy Beaver, TR!CKSTER FOX, Pidgeon Toys), BRIAN FLYNN (Hybrid Design, Super7), DAVE PRESSLER (Robot and Monster), KLIM KOZINEVICH (Bigshot Toyworks), DOV KELEMER (DKE Toys), SCOTT MORSE (Strange Science Fantasy), and more to be announced shortly!

FRIDAY, July 19, 2013
10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Each Symposia will cost $40. Limited to 25. You can buy your tickets HERE. They also just added a Deluxe Ticket where you will also receive an exclusive TR!CKST3R Artic Fox Toy. This ticket will cost you $80. Unfortunately there is also an added service fee charged to the tickets by the ticket company they are using.

Check out the Tr!ckst3r website for all their events during SDCC.