Subversive Toys by Andy Sahlstrom

Sometimes imaginative play can go too far.

Andy Sahlstrom, an artist in Brooklyn, calls his site "Kids Toys, Adult Issues." At Shampoooty, he offers custom toys that parody the Little Tikes aesthetics marketed toward preschoolers. But despite their small sizes, pastel colors, and gently rounded contours, they're made for adults with a very dark sense of humor.

Pressure News Media wrote that Sahlstrom was struggling with a breakup when he went into a workshop to work through his pain. His first piece was the Cozy Hearse.

Sahlstrom's creativity has met with...resistance. Pressure News Media notes that the artist experienced legal responses from the brands that he parodies.