Ferrero/Britains - Cyber Tech Check
Cyber Tech Check - This vignette depicts a female cyborg getting a technical checkup at her home base. She’s actually a 7-piece, snap-together candy premium by Ferrero, the company famous for the “Kinder Surprise” candy & toy products popular throughout Europe for decades before finding retail space in the U.S. But, back in the late 1970s, Ferrero tried their candy/toy concept in the United States with a plastic Christmas ball package called “Lucky Drops”. Among the very Kinder-like toys were these cyborg figures. There were 4 different heads for female cyborgs, plus 4 different torsos and 4 different sets of arms and legs. These were packed randomly, making 64 possible combinations of the parts! There were also male versions of these cyborgs, of which I was able to find only 2 different.
The technician is a Britains gas station attendant that I completely repainted, color coded to match her charge. The floor was cut from a typewriter ribbon cassette.
Completed in 2000.
Ferrero/Britains - Cyber Tech Check
Cyber Tech Check - This vignette depicts a female cyborg getting a technical checkup at her home base. She’s actually a 7-piece, snap-together candy premium by Ferrero, the company famous for the “Kinder Surprise” candy & toy products popular throughout Europe for decades before finding retail space in the U.S. But, back in the late 1970s, Ferrero tried their candy/toy concept in the United States with a plastic Christmas ball package called “Lucky Drops”. Among the very Kinder-like toys were these cyborg figures. There were 4 different heads for female cyborgs, plus 4 different torsos and 4 different sets of arms and legs. These were packed randomly, making 64 possible combinations of the parts! There were also male versions of these cyborgs, of which I was able to find only 2 different.
The technician is a Britains gas station attendant that I completely repainted, color coded to match her charge. The floor was cut from a typewriter ribbon cassette.
Completed in 2000.