I went searching for toys in the thrift stores near me but was not successful in finding anything that really gave me inspiration or for parts. (I was probably in the wrong thrift stores)
Before deciding the toy I wanted to make I was thinking about size and quantity. Do I want to make a midsized toy or variations of a smaller toy like monkeys in a barrel. I have an idea for each:
Mushbot
With scraping the physical Kitbash idea I started to think about what form Mushbots might take. I kept thinking about robots that try to mimic nature, and landed on robots that are in the form of animals. I thought of a scorpion, turtle, chicken and snail.
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Fungus Folks
The fungus folks are smaller and I think of as little shrooms that gained sentience. I would try to produce them in mold tins to produce multiple of them.
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