Last Call For Resin Hamster Contest!

Here’s a public service announcement to get in your entries for The Toy Architects x SpankyStokes Resin Hamster Contest, since it ends tomorrow! I was really happy to help the hamsters travel from the late night laboratory of Mathias Bax in Germany to the toy world that is the Bay Area. After Friday, we’ll scatter them around the world again to a couple of winners. Of the hamster-making experience, Mathias said:

Casting resin was not hard to do, but very expensive by trial and error learning. The Hamster form needed to be simple and flexible so it can be made into something wholly new…perhaps a Stormtrooper, Hellboy or an Easter Egg. As a result, the Hamster has no eyes: the mind of the Hamster is therefore neutral. But the idea of artificial teeth make him laugh…

FYI, there are three additional ways you can get yourself a Hamster by Toy Architects:

1. Follow ToyArchitects on Twitter, and Tweet something @ Matthias using the hashtag #resinhamsters. If that sounds like I’m speaking another language, fear not. Just copy and paste like one of these people did.
2. Toy Architects has a little virtual shop, which he’ll attempt to keep stocked with hamsters.
3. Hang tight for Wondercon 2010, because you never know what kind of collaborations are coming your way…