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When I was about 15 I realised that I wasn't collecting toys for the characters or to complete lines. I was actually obsessed with the 'hows' of toys: I liked models because the building portion interested me, I collected figures with complicated joints because I loved how they were constructed. I started making plush as a way of working out the 'hows' myself, the fact that my creations sold was just a bonus after spending so much time figuring out how to make them. I became more and more obsessed with making toys, eventually I discovered that I could major in it and went to school for industrial design. I'm in my final semester now and I'm finally focused entirely on toy design courses. Every semester one of my first homework assignments is to go to TRU and buy three toys that catch my eye. Many of these end up taken apart over the semester to see how they work. I collect to see, and to build, but not to have, and I am happy. Likewise I sell what I make, but I don't make to sell. The joy of someone else treasuring one of my creations would be enough if I didn't need money to live and keep creating.
