MINDstyle

MINDstyle is a Disney licensed toy manufacturer which has produced collectible designer vinyl toys of Disney characters. The company has a strategic creative and manufacturing partnership agreement with Funko POP! toys throughout China and Southeast Asia.http://www.mindstyle.com/news.html
Based in China, and working with a variety of popular artists from around the world each bringing their own artistic styles to the medium, the company has produced elaborate touring exhibitions of the original custom art pieces that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors. Some of the many Disney initiatives MINDstyle has produced include: Basic Beanz series,http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/san-diego-comic-con/sdcc-2012/15966403 Disney Experiment 626 Stitch Series,http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-mindstyle-reimagines-popular-stitch-vinyl-collectibles-eric-tan-jenny-chung-11621/http://www.theblotsays.com/2009/10/disney-x-mindstyle-experiment-626.html TRON Bambi (a bizarrely humorous mash-up of the two properties),http://www.tomopop.com/mindstyle-making-a-tron-bambi--15321.phtmlhttp://jme7315.blogspot.com/2011/01/clot-x-mindstyle-x-disney-tron-bambi.html Disney Mad Hatter Project based on characters from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland,http://www.superpunch.net/2011/01/alice-in-wondelrand-toys-by-mindstyle.htmlhttp://vintagealiceinwonderland.com/disney-x-mindstyle-mad-hatter-project-tweedledum-and-tweedledee-by-gary-baseman/ Bloc28- Mad Mickey,http://www.mindstyle.com/blog/?p=4664 the Alien Invasion: 'When Aliens Meet Artists' Series based on Toy Story's Little Green Men,http://www.vinylpulse.com/2010/06/mindstyle-alien-invasion-when-aliens-meet-artists.htmlhttp://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-mindstyle-offers-alien-invasion-project-disney-pixar-artists-10785/ and the 100 Acre Wood, 100 Artists & Friends Project based on Winnie The Pooh.http://www.mindstyle.com/blog/?p=4014
The company has also produced many high-quality, more tradionally faithful interpretations of Disney characters as well, including: Jiminy Cricket,http://www.theblotsays.com/2009/08/mindstyle-x-disney-jiminy-cricket-vinyl.html Pixar's Tin Toy,http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_081110a.htm
 Chernabog,http://youbentmywookie.com/news/mindstyle-x-disneys-chernabog-atc-7102 and V.I.N.CENT from The Black Hole,http://www.vinylpulse.com/2009/07/sdcc-09-disney-x-mindstyle-vincent-from-the-black-hole.html among others. As many of their products are limited editions and primarily distributed throughout Asia, this has added to their scarcity and desirability in the U.S. on the secondary market.
==Gallery==
File:MINDstyle Tikistitch.jpg|Tikistitch by artist Eric Tan
File:Eddie Carroll & MINDstyle Jiminy.jpg|Eddie Carroll, the voice of Jiminy Cricket, with MINDstyle President Paul Holbrook at D23 Expo
File:Disney MINDstyle Basix Beanz.jpg|Basix Beanz Series 1
File:MINDstyle V.I.N.C.E.N.T|V.I.N.CENT from The Black Hole
File:MINDstyle Chernabog.jpg|Chernabog from Fantasia
File:Mindstyle Alien Invasion.jpg|Alien Invasion
File:MINDstyle Stitch Mini-figures.jpg|Stitch mini-figures
File:MINDstyle Mad Mickey & Pacquiao.jpg|'Promoters of Peace' Mad Mickey & Manny Pacquiao
File:CLOT x MINDstyle Tron Bambi.jpg|CLOT x MINDstyle TRON Bambi
MINDSTYLE TIN TOY.jpg|Tin Toy|link=Tin Toy
==References==
Category:Toys
Category:Merchandise