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It's Urban Papertoy Week and here's my box of surprises:

surprise 1: Here's another one-piece papertoy by yours truly, this time paying tribute to our close relatives. You can download him as usual on my website. He's a pain to build and it took me three times myself before I got him glued together satisfactory. I guess it needs a hardcore warning :)

surprise 2: Also available for download now is the PDF of my model for the Urban Paper book, Paperboy. But remember to buy the book as well. We all want a sequel to it!

surprise 3: And in a couple of days you will also be able to download my Peace Of Paper model that is currently on display at Pink Hobo Gallery in Minneapolis.

surprise 4: My 3 year old daughter did some customizing of my APE models and the result looks awesome. Here it is:

surprise 5: I am your father.... just kidding ;)

Anyways, the last period I've seen an enormous growth in the amount and quality of papertoys. I find it hard to keep up with it, it's overwhelming and inspiring at the same time. It challenges me to compete for a place at the forefront of papertoy design and in the coming period I will definitely try to push my boundaries more. Gotta stay fresh.

In the meantime, enjoy APE and enjoy papertoys,

Marshall

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Comment by MARKO ZUBAK on May 11, 2009 at 8:32am: ONE piece?!?!?!?!??? Great!!!

Comment by mckibillo on May 5, 2009 at 6:31pm: Out of the park! Damn, that's a sweet shape.

Comment by Harlancore on May 5, 2009 at 4:01pm: yay, I like 'em hardcore...of course I say that before I have tried to build it, but regardless it looks quite sweet all together. nice job!

Comment by tougui on May 5, 2009 at 2:36pm: very cool!

Comment by Dolly Oblong on May 5, 2009 at 1:12pm: Great toy design! Love the shape :)

And hooray for surprise 3! I'll start making some room on my display shelves...

Comment by Methuup da Funky One on May 5, 2009 at 12:24pm: Yeah, get out the markers, crayons and felt-tips for that "my daughter can do that feel".
I betcha you could sell them as Cobra.

Comment by Matt Hawkins on May 5, 2009 at 12:16pm: Another great toy. really love the head shape!

Comment by Mr. WalkieTalkie on May 5, 2009 at 12:08pm: awesome =D

Comment by Abz on May 5, 2009 at 10:37am: Awesome! I have to say, you're daughter is way ahead of her time. Super cool. Great job, the both of you!

Comment by Marshall Alexander on May 5, 2009 at 8:57am: @damien: yep, definitely showing off :) If you look at the model it's probably way easier to just create four separate limb pieces and a head piece and glue it to the body. It's just that I enjoy trying to find ways to create models out of one piece. Even though it might make the models a bit 'hardcore' sometimes. Gotta find a balance in there somewhere.

@Methuup: These ones are one-offs, since they're done with markers on the models themselves. But I like your idea of doing a father-daughter model that is downloadable as well. In that case I should involve her in the concept stage as well, that might generate some fun results.