Santa Mickey Mouse

Disney, as a creator of art toys, has played a significant role in merging mainstream pop culture with the designer toy world. While traditionally known for mass-market merchandise, Disney has also ventured into the art toy and collectible vinyl scene, often collaborating with artists and brands to produce limited-edition figures that appeal to both collectors and fans of designer toys. Vinylmation (2008 - 2020) – One of Disney’s most notable art toy lines, featuring blank Mickey Mouse-shaped figures customized with different themes, characters, and designs. Many were designed by Disney artists, while some featured collaborations with external artists. Disney has worked with Medicom Toy on high-end BE@RBRICK and VCD (Vinyl Collectible Dolls) figures, often reimagining classic characters like Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in unique art styles. More recently, Disney has partnered with Pop Mart, a leader in designer blind box figures, to create stylized collectibles inspired by its iconic characters. While Disney primarily operates in the mainstream collectibles space, its influence on the art toy scene has helped bring designer toys to a wider audience, bridging the gap between mass production and artistic expression. Mickey Mouse has been a significant figure in the designer toy world, inspiring numerous art toy collaborations that reinterpret the beloved Disney character in unique and artistic ways. These collectibles range from stylized vinyl figures to high-end sculptures, blending pop culture nostalgia with contemporary art and streetwear influences. Medicom Toy has produced multiple Mickey Mouse-themed BE@RBRICK figures, featuring classic, modern, and experimental designs. These range from vintage black-and-white Mickey to collaborations with streetwear brands like BAPE and fragment design. In collaboration with Disney, street artist KAWS created a now-iconic Companion Mickey, which reimagines Mickey Mouse in his signature “X” eyes and slouched posture, giving the character a melancholic and deconstructed look. Various artists, including Ron English and Sket One, have produced unofficial Mickey-inspired art toys that offer satirical, surreal, or edgy interpretations of the classic Disney icon. Singapore-based Play Imaginative is dedicated to toy and character designs of the highest calibre. The team endeavours to be at the forefront of avant-garde design concepts by bridging the gap between art, graphic and product design, pop culture, as well as a variety of products and services. Play Imaginative’s flagship designer toy, trexi, is a remarkable medium for ideals and thoughts. Brought to life in the form of a 3-inch action figure with a unique rotating head and articulated limbs, trexi serves as an exceptional communication and branding platform. Storming the world market since its inception in 2004, trexi speaks the universal language of artists, designers, personalities and corporate organisations worldwide. To date, trexi has seen collaborations with celebrated designers such as Jon Burgerman, Tokidoki, Gary Baseman, Devilrobots, Mori Chack, Brothersfree, Furi Furi and many others; alongside well-loved corporate brands such as Coca-Cola, Motorola, Nike, and o.d.m.