A person may enjoy a toy because it takes them back to a happy event in their younger life. Maybe it reminds them of a favorite cartoon or TV show.

A toy can also be a celebration of current interests or a personal expression. What does the statuette of the ruthless, intelligent heroine on your shelf say about you? How about the stuffed version of the witty cartoon animal on that deep-thinking, adult-geared TV show? There's self-fulfillment.

We here at Toy of My Dreams happen to be members of Generation X. Many people our age have had difficult lives. Since everyone needs an occasional escape from the world, many GenX'ers have chosen to seek out these kinds of toys, and the toy industry is responding. There are lots of wonderful things out there that are worth even today's dear prices, made for adults who will love them wholeheartedly, just like kids - except we may tend less toward melting or shredding our toys in a spectacular display (and when we DO do that, it's for the noble purpose of posting the video online.)

"They," big producers, are not intentionally being neglectful - they just can't serve tiny niches. It takes a large manufacturing run to recoup costs. There is an incredible amount of work and expense in toy design, in preparing a manufacturing plant, in training workers, and in distributing. Even if all the work is done overseas on the cheap, large toy makers simply can't serve a few dozen fans with a particular toy.

If you frequent an online fan forum, you probably know what the "missing item" for your community is:

"If only they'd made a doll of her, she was the best character,"

"I wrote to them asking them to make it, and they said they couldn't do it,"

or the ever-popular

"Too bad the action figure looks like it lost a fight with a garbage compactor."

We've experienced all of these. One of our favorite characters, for instance, has one doll. It's tiny, it's poorly made, not enough were made, and it goes for about $500 when you can find it. But we would have saved up and spent $1000 for a good-quality one. We wanted good toys so badly we literally dreamt about them.

To fulfill our own needs, we started making our own toys. We have been able to use our talents to make the toys we most craved for ourselves. Now we'd like to do the same for others.

Nope, just toys. We listen to what fans say, what toys don't exist that they need, and we make them.

With a business model like this, naturally, we must live and breathe customer service and quality. We like to think we do, and we welcome suggestions that we can improve ourselves with.

We also live on customer's suggestions and requests. While we try to choose the best toys to make that we can, we need input. If you crave something, please, PLEASE let us know. Please tell us what your needs are and we will make it if we have the means. We will make small runs for interested fans. We can also make one-of-a-kind custom projects on request.