The Tim Burton´s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys series were my christmas present this year. Small ornamental statues based on the characters from the book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, a playfull and mordbid collection of Tim Burton´s poems.
The second series collects the Mummy Boy, the Toxic Boy and the Penguin Boy.
Mummy Boy is the most delicate of the group, since his head is huge and his whole body is limb and very thin. Tim Burton´s design are the nightmare of all toy manufacturers out there. The Mummy stands perfectly but i am afraid to broke him in any minute.
He is a perfect manifestation of Burton art, with each bandage sculpted and having a dirty wash of withe and grey, he looks like a watercolor paint. The bandages on his base are a little too dark however.
Next is the Toxic Boy. Like the Gilr with Many Eyes, he is the most colorful and almost shining of the group. His sculpt is clean and simple and his blue skin and green eye bags are disturbing and fun at the same time. His base is the most detailed, with toxic products from a kistchen and a hole made by all the poison hes been playing with.
Next up is the Penguin Boy. He is the smallest pof all the characters, but he is the scaryest and most disturbing one as well. His poem is th shortest too soo the fact we dont know much about him (aside of his name) makes him the scariest of all.
His base comes with a wall fragment from a circus (maybe??) and the black strips on his suit are all sculpted. His face is full of sratches and scars as well….is almost ferall. And the fact he has no eyes is just….
His head is full of grey washing soo he looks dirty and really…hiddeous. As small and simplistic as this guy is, he is really mezmerising and nightmarish.
I really dont know wich one is my favorite here…i love mummys and Toxic Boy is really fun and stands out a lot, but Penguin Boy is just way too creppy….just too much and thats why i love Burton soo much.
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