Are we talking mainstream toy industry here, or limited collectors market stuff?
I’ve been a toy collector for 15 years so this is a dream come true. I’ll have a few different things out over the next few years with a few different companies. One that I can mention now is “The Maltese Chimp” with Electric Tiki. What types of characters/concepts are you using in your toy design? Girls of course, but since I’ve been wanting to do this for so long I’ve got a backlog of ideas that have been fermenting in my head for years. So expect the requisite monsters and robots as well. I’m fascinated by the fact that Hans Karl has written an entire album’s worth of instrumental music, inspired by your “Chairs” series. How did this come about, and what are your thoughts on what he is up to? In many ways this is the oddest project I’ve been involved with. When he first approached me about this I immediately said yes. It wasn’t until after he began working on the compositions that I had any hesitations. When it became a reality I began to worry about whether or not I’d like the musi
