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1980s Toys by Artist Robert Burden

By John Farrier in Arts & Crafts, Toy & Video Games, Video Clips on Nov 18, 2008 at 7:18 pm



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Robert Burden is a San Francisco-based artist who composes paintings of toys from the 1980s, including depictions of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The video above is a time-elapsed video of his composition of an 11-foot high monumental painting of Voltron.

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  1. mrmuggles
    Nov 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    That guy has some talent. But seriously, who's gonna pay for that 11 foot high painting of a transformer?

  2. qwhacker
    Nov 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    wicked impressive paintings. I'd have to say my favourite is the picture of the gi joe/blanka that is shown on his website

  3. SenorMysterioso
    Nov 18th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Id buy that painting of Voltron.

  4. Rocky Rook
    Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Very narrow market.

  5. Alex
    Nov 19th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    I'm sure that as people who grew up playing games pine for the good ol' days, the demand for his paintings will go up.

  6. kris1112
    Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Does anyone know the name of the song?

  7. kris1112
    Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    oops, there it is at the end :P

  8. liphttam1
    Nov 20th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    Wow why has no one paid him to paintfor advertisments yet?

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