Hasta La Ideas

At a quiet studio in Kansas City, three creatives sculpt and mold prototypes for toys. Filmmaker Anthony Ladesich’s mini-doc, “The Secret Story of Toys,” looks at artists Jason Frailey, Adam Smith and Adrienne Smith as they carve everything from Terminators to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

In the molding area you’ll see similar equipment to what was seen in “A Look Inside a Moldmaking Shop,” but Ladesich’s narrative focuses much more on the actual creators as they explain the joys—and agonies—of scratching out toys from scratch:

Via Dooby Brain

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