If you aren’t famil­iar with my blog or tweets, then you might not real­ize how much I enjoy toys. Here’s a snip­pet of some of my collection:

My main obses­sion is with vinyl toys, more specif­i­cally with design­ers and illus­tra­tors that turn their 2D draw­ings into 3D objects (more com­monly referred to as “art toys”). There is a cer­tain level of artistry and atten­tion to sur­face detail that can be lost with other toys. Kid Robot is a great place to go for these pre­cious objects!

There are col­lec­tions sold in “blind assort­ment”, mean­ing that you don’t know what you’re going to get before the box is opened. Some­times, you’ll get the fig­ure you want, other times not so much… but that’s part of the fun! I’ve rounded up some of my favorite Kid Robot col­lec­tions. I am espe­cially lov­ing the Tree­son and Other Sto­ries Series. I find the char­ac­ters to be sim­ply adorable. They are not over­done with detail, not overly com­pli­cated… just these won­der­fully rounded shapes that melt my heart. The Tree­son series is based on sto­ries from artist Bubi Au Yeung’s first storybook.

There are only a few Kid Robot loca­tions around the United States (Los Ange­les, New York, and San Fran­cisco). Never fear, though. You might live near your own Kid Robot-esque store. In Bal­ti­more, I shop at Atomic Books.

From top to bot­tom, in order: Tic Toc by Amanda Visell // Tree­son and Other Sto­ries Series by Bubi Au Yeung // Heroes & Heart­break­ers by Ryan Bub­nis // Gloomy Bear by Mori Chack // mini­Totem Dop­pel­ganger by Anton Ginzburg