This is not a Toy.

A sculpture, an art object, a statue; that’s more like it. This figure has presence – it’s large, heavy and solid resin. It contains magnets, steel rods and felt pads. How nice it is to switch things up and work in different materials from time to time. Resin offers many different possibilities without too many compromises. In this case, it allowed me to go tall (over 16”).

The idea of several large characters crowding together on a small scooter is something that has been percolating for many years before this project started. Once I got underway, sculptor Dave Bondi and I spent several years working together to fine-tune this sculpt. Dave had some brilliant ways of hiding seam lines and fitting pieces together in invisible ways (look at the seam connecting the elephant’s face and trunk, for example). We also included scribe lines to the sculpt to give the black linework added dimension.

On the production side, Bigshot Toyworks did an incredible job managing this complex figure. With Road Trip they have produced a statue of the highest quality, as beautiful as can be, arriving safe and sound despite many challenges along the way. Nobody does it better.

I hope you enjoy Road Trip, I really went for it, pulled out all the stops and am pleased as punch! Now it’s up to you to decide where these travelers came from and where they’re headed. See ya down the road! -Joe