ART & DESIGN

PHOTO ESSAY

Vinyl Fantasy

A showcase of designer toys

By Pedro Mendes | Photographs by Steve Carty

May 11, 2005

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Lamdog Gold, Michael Lau, Hong Kong (2000).

Just before the turn of the millennium, Hong Kong artist Michael Lau recast a bunch of G.I. Joe figures as city warriors, replacing their army fatigues with hip-hop gear and substantially altering their bodies. Eventually, he had created a series of urban action figures, including a line called Lamdogs.