One of the things I like about collecting Designer Toys is the joy of discovering artists and toys that were previously unknown to me. Thanks to the message board publicity from her husband, Daniel, I was able to gaze upon Jill Penney’s series of amazingly cute plush Troglodyte toys at their website which features a sweet hand-drawn sketch motif that has to be seen to be appreciated. There’s no doubt that designer plush is gaining in popularity these days. IMO,
these Trogs are some of the best designer plush toys available today.
Why? The strong character designs are infused with loads of spunk and personality. There are eight designs in all : Foil, Q, Periwinkle, Racket, Parliament, Frog, Snipette, and USDAorganic. Each of the Trogs has its own visual personality and identity — no simple colorways here. I
really dig the subtle variations between the Trogs such as striped vs. solid horns, different shaped eyes, different teeth, etc.
Typically, I prefer vinyl to plush primarily because vinyl seems to lend it self to cleaner more detailed designs. These guys really erase that bias as they are incredibly detailed for plush toys — some even have non-slip padding on their feet. The Trogs are available for $70 each direct at Daniel and Jill’s website. If you’re a plush fan, check ’em out ! Btw, if the Trogs look familiar, you might have seen Jill’s custom Trog Funny Club figures as part of the Chicago stop of the Funny Club show (at Rotofugi).
Trog pics (Clockwise: Snipette, Foil, Racket, and Periwinkle)
Troglodytes are sooo unique… you should design other colors like brown, black, white, purple. You should also put designings on them like plad, pokadots, stripes, swirlys and much more. Me and my friend Ruth are such HUGE fans of them!! You should also make a yellow trog. whatever your mind can imagine!!
your friends and fans,
Andie and Ruth =)
Sorry i’m writing to you again but, my friend Ruth wanted a Troglodyte REALLY badly!!!! Because she knows I have one (foil) and she thinks theyre sooo cute! I just showd her them today on the rotofugi website and were already planning to have a garage sale and sell lemonade and brownies to get the money for one, but I just ralized that the one she wanted, (frog) is now SOLD!!!! We made a bed for him and everything! She even took a picture of him and framed it!! I was wondering if you could make another Frog. I’ll pay extra! If you can write back. = (