Vinyl toys are not exclusive to Happy Meals. All around the world, they've become 3-D canvases for the most contemporary forms of art: graffiti, digital, character design, etc.

Up-and-coming gallery Da>space in Shanghai is currently presenting "China's first DIY toy show." The prototype for the show ("I, WZL") was created by Shanghai painter, WZL. For the event, over 100 of WZL's vinyl toys have been customized by some of China's most promising young artists and designers.


Photo Location: I, WZL toy

The opening of the show featured hands-on graffiti: stenciled toys lined the posts of the gallery where artists and visitors could create their own vision of a toy. Check out the Gallery Opening Photos.

The show opened June 29th and runs through July 31st.
Da>space is located at 84 FuJian Zhong Lu, 2nd Floor (at the intersection of Guang Dong Lu), Shanghai.

Not in Shanghai? Broken teleportation machine? You can catch plenty of photos of the show and it'll almost be like you're there.

Thanks to The Shanghaiist for the tip.