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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Mr Toast Lunchbox

I was invited to be in a show of custom lunchboxes at Monkeyhouse Toys this coming September. So I bought a nice shiny new blank lunchbox.

Lunchbox Sketches

I chose to do a box based on some of my Mr Toast in Outer Space images.

Flat Black

I stripped off the hardware and sprayed the box black.

Lunchbox frontLunchbox progress

I started by painting the front to see how it was going to go. I used acrylics for most of the painting and an enamel silver for the space ship.

Lunchbox progressLunchbox progress

Then I worked on the remaining 5 sides all at once.

Mr Toast in Space lunchbox

After about a week I had it all painted up and put back together with the original hardware. Now I just have to find someone who wants to mass produce them.....

Mr Toast in Space lunchbox

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7 comments:

  1. Oh thats such a clever idea.
    I think I'd like to try that.

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  2. i love this thing. i'd like to take my lunch to my high-powered executive job in one of these.

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  3. great great great!!!!! looks fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 20, 2007

    Well done, Dan!

    It would be cool if it was manufactured with the graphics embossed.

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  5. this lunch box is fantastic!

    do you still have this original because i would love to buy it!

    i'm really new, as in 5mins ago, to mr toast but i really like him,

    wb
    :D av

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  6. Awesome! I like Mr. Toast. My daughter draws a toast character also, Ms. French Toast. Perhaps the two of them could get together. They may have a few little crumb-snatchers running around some day!

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