Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer are the creative minds behind Yum Yum where they passionately create animation, illustrations and designs.

Their toy characters are simple yet amusing and placing one of them on your desk can brighten up your day. Unfortunately they are not available in the market yet, but reading their fan's appreciation and demand on Yum Yum's Facebook page will give you a glimpse of how desperately everyone is waiting to get one for themselves.

"We have waited enough, release the goddamn toys! It's playtime!!" demands one of their fans. :)


Here's what Beth has to say about Yum Yum's creative designer toys:

"We love collecting toys so we decided we would design a series of our own. The ideas come from a mixture of things, it could be from a film, a song or just walking down the busy streets of London and spotting an inspiring individual which will trigger a character idea in our heads."

Here are some of my favorite toys, and don't miss out a cute little animation (Parallel Parking) at the end of this post. 'Parallel Parking' was selected as the Best of 2010 by Stash Magazine.

Jesus

Bob

Octopus

Robber

Super Mr. Fox

Zombie

Mark Burgerberg

Arnie

Wilson Johnson

Cop

Gran

"Some designs are inspired by character in films, for example the action hero holding the chicken is inspired by Bruce Willis crossed with Arnie. The Kung Fu Granny was inspired by an article we read in the newspaper about a Granny who scared off some thieves by jumping into a Kung Fu stance. Other characters like the Hot Dog, Cactus and Octopus were designed because they were something we would like to have on our shelves and simply because they are some of our favorite things to draw."

Parallel Parking:





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