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It explains the appeal of limited-edition vinyl figures, the DIY and street-art influences, and the role of galleries and design firms in expanding the movement. The catalog also includes ordering terms, shipping and payment details, and a highlighted run of issues from Hi-Fructose with publication focus, artists, and condition notes.","Designer Vinyl & New Art  \nBay Leaf Books, ABAAeList 23 – April 2018  \neList 23 ~ This is Not a Toy ~ March 2018  \nIf the terms Munny, Dunny, Labbit, or Qee are in your vocabulary, then you’re probably aware of the art toy subculture. If not, it can seem like an odd world where vinyl rabbits are arranged in display cases like sculpture, and collectors wait in line for hours to have graphic designers sharpie their signatures across the heads of their plastic figures. But an explanation of designer toys is actually pretty simple, “limited edition art objects that are designed […] by artists of all kinds, from all fields of art and graphic design.”1  \nThe art toy world, which has enjoyed tremendous sales growth over the last several years, 2 has become a major form of expression for a select group of designers and street artists. Some contemporary artists have taken advantage of the designer toy form to expand on characters they have developed through their art, like Mike Egan, whose popular Bones character grew from the artist’s folk-pop paintings of doom and gloom (see items 4 and 16) . The DIY ethic is strong in the art toy community where base figures—like the Dunny, a kind of a cartoony rabbit figure—are used as starting points for the designer’s individual vision. Kidrobot, one of the most popular designer toy companies, even produces blank Dunnys, so anyone can pick up some markers or paints and become the artist. Like books, there are some art toys that are truly limited, with a run of only 10, 50 or 100 pieces, while some mass-produced  \ntoys are only limited—again, like books—to the number that they can sell.  \nThe movement has spawned dedicated galleries, like Clutter in Beacon, New York, and Rotofugi in Chicago, powerhouse design firms like Kidrobot, Funko and TOY2R, and a host of books that feature toys as art (or art as toys), and the designers who create them. What follows is a short list of books on the  \nworld of designer toys, and a few toys as well. Enjoy…  \nOn the Cover: Item No. 25  \nBay Leaf Books, ABAA  \nG.L. Konrád, Bookseller  \nPO Box 243 Sand Lake, MI 49343  \n(231) 652-2665 [books@bayleafbooks.com](books@bayleafbooks.com) [www.bayleafbooks.com](www.bayleafbooks.com)  \nThank you for taking time to explore our list; please feel free to call or email with any questions. All items subject to prior sale; please call or email to reserve. Unless otherwise stated, signed volumes do not have inscriptions. Additional photographs can be emailed upon request.  \nTerms: All items are packed and posted with care. Unless otherwise noted, domestic shipping via Media Mail is $5.00 for the first item, and $1.00 for each additional item (adjustments are made for small booklets, pamphlets, bookplates, etc. ) . Priority rates are available. Foreign shipping is billed at cost. Note: Toys will be posted via USPS First Class or Priority Mail, depending on weight, and shipped at cost.  \nPayment is accepted via all major credit cards, PayPal, money orders or checks (U.S. funds drawn on [a U.S. bank](a U.S. bank)) . Trade discounts are available and institutional purchase orders are welcome. Michigan residents must add 6% sales tax. Approved, prompt returns accepted.  \nWe are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and adhere to those organizations’ standards of professionalism and ethics.  \nA Forty Issue Run of Hi-Fructose  \n1. Attaboy; Annie Owens, eds. Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine, Vols. 1 – 40. Albany, CA/Richmond, CA: OuchFactory YumClub, Vol. 1, Summer 2005 – Vol. 40, 2016. Wraps, 21.2 by 27.6 cm, 96-122 pp. each, plus inserts, heavily illus. The first two issues have light wear to the covers with minor rubbing to the corners and edges; the covers of the second issue are lightly yellowed. The remaining issues, Vols. 3 – 40, are fine, or near fine with a few lightly bumped corners here and there. 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